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How the old computer stuff is shaping up in the new place. It's still work in progress, but getting there I think.
I'd have some sort of competition to name everything you can see, but there's nothing that rare here and, anyway, a lot of stuff has the name of it on the front/top somewhere....hence I've tagged everything I can instead.
(that said, you don't see Atari 1200XLs, Philips N60s or Timex TS1500s in the UK that often)
The TI 99/4 was the predecessor of the more popular TI 99/4A, and, besides a big price tag, featured a horrible "chicklet" style keyboard.
I'd always wished we'd gotten a Commodore 64, or even a VIC-20, but no, in 1983, we got one of these, the TI99/4A. It had low memory, its games were sucky, except the Atari-soft ones. The joysticks were crap; had to upgrade to better ones.
Scan from 99'er Home Computer Magazine, November 1983.
The cover of the booklet for one of my old TI99/4A games.
One of the more fun of the TI electronic 'board-games'.
A scan of the lid of the box for one of my old TI99/4A games - in this case, a game on cassette!
Dull, in the extreme; note the lame graphics.
The very first video game I ever played in my life was this game on this machine: TI Invaders, a Space Invaders clone, on a TI-99/4A. I'm a little upset with myself for not grabbing a controller and playing like I did when I was three: sitting cross-legged three feet from the television set inside my parents' bedroom.
Another incredibly verbose ad, from when people took time to read ads.
From National Geographic, December 1983.
A 64K cartridge or "command module," which contains a requisite bank-switching chip (for a cart of this capacity). The game requires the 32K expansion module.
Never-Lander was released in 2008, I believe. A great game!
I'd always wished we'd gotten a Commodore, rather than a TI99/4A! Not that it matters now, but still!
From Home Computer Magazine, Vol. 4 #2, June 1984.
The cover of the booklet for another of my old TI99/4A games.
From the '80s, when the graphics promoting the game were better than those in the game.
This was a fun game, though; certainly, of the original TI ones, probably my favourite (not including Atarisoft games like Defender).
The cover of the booklet for one of my old TI99/4A games. It was corny, and dumb, but it was actually fun, at the time. I hope this doesn't ever come to pass, what with this being the 21st century now, and all - avoid Old West ghost towns, tumbleweeds and saguaro cacti! :)
I love the MACommunity, especially on flickr, so I told shinichiro saka, I could match his 1984. This is my daughter Ashley showing her sister how to draw with "fatbits" first Mac ever shipped, before the "128" It was a big upgrade from the girls (TexasInstruments) TI99/4, and the pacMan-invaders, where all memory came in little cartidge. The Commodore-T.I.99-RadioShack, and Atari computers of the day had 8K memory built right inside!!
Ashley graduated from Art Center Pasadena last year in Cinematography. (She is still loyal to MacIntosh)
What is this thing? The keyboard came from a TI99/4a, but it's in an unmarked black case, with a telephone cord coming out of it.
The third wall is now complete. This wall houses the Case o' Consoles, complete with glass doors, as well as the red bookcase, with SNES, N64, XEGS, TI99, and TRS-80. Sadly, the C64 ended up in the closet, nothing like the honored position it deserves. Up top are some game-related board games, a 3DO, a CD-i, and a Commodore +4 system.
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of USD $525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful—and quite rare—TI-99/4 model, which was released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150. The TI-99/4A added an additional graphics mode, "lowercase" characters comprised of small capitals, and a full travel keyboard. Its predecessor, the TI-99/4, featured a calculator-style chiclet keyboard and a unique style of ASCII that lacked lowercase text.
See Wikipedia for the full history of my late father's (and probably the entire Pautz family's) first computer.
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of USD $525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful—and quite rare—TI-99/4 model, which was released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150. The TI-99/4A added an additional graphics mode, "lowercase" characters comprised of small capitals, and a full travel keyboard. Its predecessor, the TI-99/4, featured a calculator-style chiclet keyboard and a unique style of ASCII that lacked lowercase text.
See Wikipedia for the full history of my late father's (and probably the entire Pautz family's) first computer.
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of USD $525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful—and quite rare—TI-99/4 model, which was released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150. The TI-99/4A added an additional graphics mode, "lowercase" characters comprised of small capitals, and a full travel keyboard. Its predecessor, the TI-99/4, featured a calculator-style chiclet keyboard and a unique style of ASCII that lacked lowercase text.
See Wikipedia for the full history of my late father's (and probably the entire Pautz family's) first computer.
They and my TI99/4A actually weren't where I'd thought they were, I just stumbled across them somewhere else; not that it matters.
Anyway, these are my cartridge games, though I also had a few games on {shudder} audiocassette, too, incl. at least one which I 'programmed', in TI BASIC.
Ah, the '80s...
The cover of the booklet for another of my old TI99/4A games.
From the '80s, when the graphics promoting the game were better than those in the game.
I liked BurgerTime, though now, I see it's really highly derivative of Pac-Man, with a few twists. It was not an original TI game, but one licensed from some other firm.
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer Products
US Consumer Products Suggested Retail Price List, June-December 1982
"It's a whole new way to learn."
Featuring Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr., of Picture Pages and Jell-O Pudding fame.
This came with a bunch of TI-99 stuff I picked up at a second hand store. Bill Cosby is only on the cover, the inside is a standard dull price guide.
The CPU and Graphics chip (under the heatsink). You'll probably remember the 6502 from other fan favourites like the Commodore VIC-20, NES, Atari 8-bits and more!
While you can't see it, that's a TMS9918/9929 under the silver chunk of metal. You've probably encountered these in MSX & MSX2 systems, the Colecovision, TI99/4A and many, many more.
Search and destroy.
From Wikipeidia:
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June of 1981, originally at a price of USD525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful - and quite rare - TI-99/4 model released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150. The TI-99/4A added an additional graphics mode, "lowercase" characters comprised of small capitals, and a full travel keyboard. Its predecessor, the TI-99/4, featured a calculator-style chiclet keyboard and lacked any provision for lowercase text.
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of USD $525. It was an enhanced version of the less-successful—and quite rare—TI-99/4 model, which was released in late 1979 at a price of $1,150. The TI-99/4A added an additional graphics mode, "lowercase" characters comprised of small capitals, and a full travel keyboard. Its predecessor, the TI-99/4, featured a calculator-style chiclet keyboard and a unique style of ASCII that lacked lowercase text.
See Wikipedia for the full history of my late father's (and probably the entire Pautz family's) first computer.
Texas instruments TI-99, Atari Jaguar boxed and an obscure boxed SEGA videogame/toy played with a videotape.
This case houses many of the consoles I own. How many can you name?
The big open spot on the middle shelf is where I plan to put the Atari 5200, once I can figure out how to mount it vertically so that it will fit when the door is closed...
The third wall is now complete. This wall houses the Case o' Consoles, complete with glass doors, as well as the red bookcase, with SNES, N64, XEGS, TI99, and TRS-80. Sadly, the C64 ended up in the closet, nothing like the honored position it deserves.