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[OLD CS1]

rocky007, on Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:08 AM, said:

oh yes, i checked the ebay page, you're right.. price is down from 59 US$ to 29 US$ ...no luck for me

it's many good games & utilities that requires ( or works better with ) 32ko RAM expansion. Disk emulation is just a question of confort, especially if you download image from internet and need to transfert to the TI

Notice, though, that the $29 units have a smaller CF than the $59 units. From 32GB to something like 512MB, IIRC... I cannot find the auction again. Maybe it was 2GB, but smaller none the less.

[idflyfish]

OLD CS1, on Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:23 PM, said:

rocky007, on Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:08 AM, said:

oh yes, i checked the ebay page, you're right.. price is down from 59 US$ to 29 US$ ...no luck for me

it's many good games & utilities that requires ( or works better with ) 32ko RAM expansion. Disk emulation is just a question of confort, especially if you download image from internet and need to transfert to the TI

Notice, though, that the $29 units have a smaller CF than the $59 units. From 32GB to something like 512MB, IIRC... I cannot find the auction again. Maybe it was 2GB, but smaller none the less.

Also, keep in mind there is a version that comes with a RS232 port and one that comes with a parallel port. The more expensive one has the RS232.

[Mirage]

What's the use for the serial port over the parallel? I honestly don't see myself using either, but... what's the advantage?

I have many CF cards around here, so the size of that doesn't matter to me.

And to the person who asked about the speech synth, I plan to keep both for now.

Edited by Mirage, Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:46 PM.

[OLD CS1]

Mirage, on Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:44 PM, said:

What's the use for the serial port over the parallel? I honestly don't see myself using either, but... what's the advantage?

I have many CF cards around here, so the size of that doesn't matter to me.

And to the person who asked about the speech synth, I plan to keep both for now.

I would rather have a serial port over parallel as it would better allow communication between TI and PC. However, with the CF card and the transfer utilities, couples with TI99Dir, this could be a moot point, anyway.