Kay SavetzSep 13, 2024

Yesterday I took possession of three Texas Instruments 99/4A computers. Complete with a speech synthesizer and the giant expansion box!

I’ve had these as a retro collector before, but wasn’t really in the mood to play with them so let them all go. That was years ago and now I am vibing with this machine. The last time I really paid any attention to them was when I went to TI Fest West in 2017

so: what is the state of the art? What’s the upgrade to get? I remember there was some sort of tiny box that was the equivalent of the expansion bread box. Doesn’t look like Fujinet is for sale yet. Advice appreciated.

Cc @tschak @floppydays

Show threadFloppy Days-Randy KindigSep 13, 2024
@savetz @tschak cool! The CF7+ or mini-PEB is the expansion device you’re thinking of, but there are other options these days. I don’t have the big PEB, but deliberately have not gotten due to its size! There’s the F18A too for better video (there’s a new replacement for that now). I bought the F18A from you a few years ago after you won it at a TI show, if you recall. The TI is the one I coveted back in 1981 but was disappointed by the TI99/4 due to its chiclet keyboard and high price. So I ended up with Atari 800 and the rest is history!
Show threadeuroplus Sep 14, 2024

@floppydays I wonder if Kay and Thom saw your reply as mentioning them.

Links in your posts continue to not be “live” and those two Masto handles aren’t live either.

Show threadFloppy Days-Randy KindigSep 17, 2024
@europlus@europlus.zone I don't know. Kay did favorite my post, so he saw it, but too am concerned about links and handles not being "live". What could I possibly be doing wrong????
Show threadeuroplus Sep 17, 2024
@floppydays which client/s are you using? Or just the website? I’ll try and look at the statuses in the underlying database.
Show threadeuroplus Sep 17, 2024
@floppydays hmm, actually, I need to see whether my client recognised your reply to me as a non-live “mention”, or if the website does as well. More digging!
Show threadeuroplus Sep 18, 2024
@floppydays also confirming your test to @inverseatascii did not link to their account, so it just looked like a post by you with no live mentions.
Show threadeuroplus Sep 18, 2024
@floppydays actually, your posts are indicating they’re posted from the Web — is that right?
Show threadeuroplusSep 18, 2024
@europlus @floppydays just replying here to see if there’s something about the oldbytes web site that mucks up live links https://blog.europlus.zone/
the europlus zone

…from Ireland with love! ☘️🇮🇪💚🤍🧡

the europlus zone
Show threadeuroplus Sep 18, 2024
@europlus @floppydays nope, they worked and show as real links, etc.
Show threadFloppy Days-Randy Kindig
@europlus@europlus.zone @europlus ok, this post is from the Safari browser using the web version of Discord. Let's see if it makes a difference
Sep 18, 2024 at 3:00pmWeb
Show threadFloppy Days-Randy KindigSep 18, 2024
@europlus@europlus.zone @europlus From what I can see, using Safari didn't make a difference
Show threadeuroplus Sep 18, 2024
@floppydays no difference