RickR

The cart ports would be pretty awesome for sure!  It does have the ability to run images from a USB memory stick though.  Just like the C64 and Amiga versions.
It is also missing a real keyboard, but that is solved by attaching a USB keyboard.  Not ideal, but it does work.  (And there is also a virtual keyboard). 
The other real con with this is that you *must* use that controller it includes to get access to all the features (like virtual keyboard).  Although other USB controllers will work, the button mapping is hit and miss. 

110 pounds is heavy, man! 
💪
 

This is EXCELLENT news.  I have the C64 and Amiga mini and they are both awesome.  I think I'll be a buyer for this. 
 

All: 
There's a great new TI newsletter available for everyone interested in the TI computers.  Please take a look here:  https://www.chicagotiug.org/chicago-times-newsletter
We're also lucky enough to have creator @John Behnke here. 
Please spread the word and make sure you ask any questions you might have or help you need here in the atari.io forums. 
 

I watched the first two episodes in the middle of the night (up with a cold). I like the TNG tie-in for this season's MacGuffin.
The first episode was a little over-the-top with the action, but I like the lighter vibe they seem to be going for this year.

S5, E2 - Ah, that was much better.  They toned down the action (and yelling).  What was here made more sense. 
I enjoyed this episode much more.
 
 

S5, E2 - Ah, that was much better.  They toned down the action (and yelling).  What was here made more sense. 
I enjoyed this episode much more.
 
 

Happiest of birthday wishes to your dad.  80???  He doesn't look that old!  Both of your parents look healthy and happy. 
 

Enjoyed Dakoda's Sports Bar & Grill, great pub food with large portions and value pricing. Friendly staff, good service, all more a rarity these days but was very satisfied.

Big influence on USB, that’s a fun story if you read into it. I like to credit Atari for the USB 😛

I’ve been watching SNW. I absolutely love it. I even tried to style my hair a la Captain Pike but couldn’t get the volume. I may need a better hair dryer or hire a stylist 😂

I'm going to suggest a switch over to "Strange New Worlds" for you, as it REALLY good.  You'll get a flavor of that in Season 2 Discovery.  So maybe watch season 2 and then cut over. 
Very much appreciated.  Thanks! 

John, I'm going to create a new thread for your newsletter and club.  I think it's great and I just started reading your first newsletter today.  I hope we can help you drum up more interest.
 

Thankfully, they both are! 

Happiest of birthday wishes to your dad.  80???  He doesn't look that old!  Both of your parents look healthy and happy. 
 

John, I'm going to create a new thread for your newsletter and club.  I think it's great and I just started reading your first newsletter today.  I hope we can help you drum up more interest.
 

This video should be a nice refresher for what's happened before.  @socrates63, I'd avoid this video for now...
 

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing the news, Rick. It's incredible that the Chicago TI user group has been meeting regularly, and true to old school, in a library room, and there's videos of the meetings 👏 👏 Trivia about Scott Adams, Infocom ❤️
I miss those user group days. I told my wife recently that I want to fly to Texas to attend a T.A.C.O. Atari user group meeting.

Thank you Rick for allowing us the space here to help distribute as well as solicit contributions for the newsletter. It's a bit hard re-starting something that has been dormant for decades but I remember how excited I was to get each issue every month in the mail. There were many other excellent newsletters by other user groups and some are still being printed but this was the one that was most dear.
In restarting this we made a few changes. The first, of course, is that it will not be distributed by mail and it will be free of charge. The cost alone to mail this would be huge but today it's far easier to distribute it in PDF format which also allows us to print it in color. You download it, you print it, read it on your computer or on your phone. It's that simple. Now we will be printing hard copies for those who take the time to attend one of our meetings in person as well as having copies available at the TI Faire but the cost to print those is small vs a worldwide distribution.
So what is the purpose of this newsletter?
1. Nostagia - We're going to handpick some great articles, ads, programs and pictures from the good old days. Right now we have a bit more of this than we would like but until we start gaining fresh sources of new material, we have to fill the pages and I'm sure you do not want to see nothing but my ramblings LOL
2. Drum up support for the community and rekindle some of the fun we all had in better times. Sure we're a bit older and we have even lost a few great friends by way of relocation or in passing but communication is one of the most outstanding things in modern times and we can meet old freinds as well as new by means of great forums such as this and if a newsletter helps in a small way then so be it!
3. If I can create a newsletter in a few hours, so can you! If re-starting this newsletter helps nudge your group into doing the same, let's trade ideas and exchange newsletters and rediscover the special place in our hearts for this little machine we bought so long ago.
4. We'd like this to be an international edition. We've already gotten a few outside contributions and even a few from England.
 
Now before I end this long post, I'd like to ask everyone out there what they would like to see. What they liked about the first few issues and what we could make better. I'd also welcome articles, game and program reviews and we'll even accept small ads for new items for sale that would be of interest to the community. We want to make this the best we can and we could use your help!
Thanks again to this great forum for not only supporting the TI community but also allowing us this space. Thanks!

I'm in Puerto Rico to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday.  We went out to eat yesterday and today....

I've watched both episodes already.  I watched them on my flight to Puerto Rico.  I really enjoyed them! 
Not remembering season 4 after so long is not such a bad thing.  The final episodes of the season were really good and felt like true discovery, pun intended, the Star Trek way. 
The tech on the suits comes from programmable matter, something that was established when they set the show in the 34th Century.  I don't envy them trying to create even more futuristic tech, particularly when it can look just like magic. 
@socrates63, glad to see you're liking the show.  Again, be aware that the show goes through change on every season. 

Jon from GenXGrownUp does a great job explaining how to use the "pause" function to beat the game in 0 seconds!  I think this is pretty neat.  You know the REAL Superman could do it in 0 seconds 🙂 
 
 

All: 
There's a great new TI newsletter available for everyone interested in the TI computers.  Please take a look here:  https://www.chicagotiug.org/chicago-times-newsletter
We're also lucky enough to have creator @John Behnke here. 
Please spread the word and make sure you ask any questions you might have or help you need here in the atari.io forums. 
 

I can appreciate everyone that can look at these machines objectively.  All of them have their plusses and minuses.  But mostly, they all offer a ton of retro fun. 
I was thinking of putting together a quickie "Retro Gaming on TI for New Users" guide here.  Just a way for anyone that has interested know what they need to get started.  But boy, it sure does add up quickly.  Computer (but not a beige one), set of joysticks. 32k sidecar, a flashrom of some kind, voice module (and then do the 5V power fix)....it gets complicated fast.