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[retroclouds]

Each month I'd like to promote a website about the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer.

This month I picked the website called "TI-99 forever!".

The website is in french, but don't let that scare you. Some of the stuff presented there is also available in english.
And you can always use google translator, you get the idea

This website has some very nice pictures about the TI-99/8 prototype and a lot of other stuff.
I bumped into it yesterday, while I was looking for a way to improve the picture quality of my TI-99/4A (PAL modulator hack).


http://www.ti99.com

[sometimes99er]

Yes, very nice site, with, I think, a few pictures and information hardly found anywhere else. It won an award or something last year at the 28th Chicago TI International World Faire.

[matthew180]

Yup, been there many times, then I remember I can't read (or speak) French. The graphics he made are very nice.

[retroclouds]

A while ago I started this "TI-99/4A website of the month" thread. Unfortunately, last month I didn't get to add a website.
This month, I've got something for you. airernie has been very busy adding scans of numerous books to his new website.

TI-99/4A Home Computer Book Archive

A new site where you find many books about the TI-99/4A not seen elsewhere.
Author: airernie

[idflyfish]

The archive is one of my favorites...very nice work

[sometimes99er]

Absolutely marvellous site. And good thread. Keep it up.

[Vorticon]

Wow! Nicely done!

[Ksarul]

Very nice idea--and I do love visiting the "TI-99 Forever!" site. I've read pretty much everything there to re-familiarize myself with French while in pursuit of interesting hobby tidbits.

Ernie's site is awesome too. I may have to eventually contribute some books to him for his continued labor--as I have an extensive library of TI books in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish.

[acadiel]

Ksarul, I want to see pictures of your basement one day :-) :-) :-) :-)

[Ksarul]

My basement is a scary place. . .I have one room with about 20,000 books in it (mostly on floor-to-ceiling bookshelves), but very little room left otherwise, and a computer room with books, desks, systems, work projects, and a whole lot more. It is not what most would call a pretty place--but it is mine and it has lots of nice, weird TI stuff in it (the part you're really interested in).

On a side note, I now have sufficient spare parts to try and restore the Mechatronic Quick Disk drive I got from Kyle a while back (I got hold of a (tested good) spare drive mechanism with a new belt, so it is just a matter of switching out the parts and the cover plates, since the spare came from a Roland S-10). I plan to look at the Hex-Bus interface Mechatronic put in it to see if it is worth making a new design to allow folks to build their own. It would be mostly of use for CC-40 and TI-74 users, but it would work fine on a TI-99/4A with a Hex-Bus interface as well.

[retroclouds]

This month I have selected Stuart's TI-99/4A Computer site as website of the month.

You'll find many interesting things there, including some information on cartridge bank switching.

However, the particular reason why I picked this site, is because of Stuart's TI-99/4A port of the "Power BASIC" interpreter.
It's the BASIC dialect used on the TMS9995-based Powertran Cortex machine.

If you have a chance then check out Power BASIC on an emulator (classic99 and MESS should work). Or try it on your TI-99/4A machine.

Stuart's TI-99/4A Computer site

[Willsy]

Yeah, that's a lovely site. Stuart also has tons of info on the 990 mini's. He's a fellow Brit, too

[fabrice montupet]

Hello

Thank you for the compliment on my website!