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I've long forgotten who this system belonged to, but it was one that really impressed me at the time.

By the beginning of 2015, I had upgraded to a Lotharek HxC and an F18A, dropped on a Lantronix UDS-10 and started hitting Heatwave BBS... By the middle of 2015 I added a PS/2 keyboard, and an extra disk drive and WiFi capability to my UDS-10... Around the middle of 2016 I had a modem, which was not used much, and I think the HDX card (which has since been removed). It was around this time that I obtained a TI compatible Wico trackball and customized it to match the TI. I also added a custome control panel with digital thermometer showing the TI's running temperature. It was about this time that I had already started removing stuff from my system and replaced older stuff with some real cool goodies! So now by the end of 2018, (as shown below) the Modem was gone, the UDS-10 was gone and was replaced by a TIPI giving my TI mouse support and gigabytes of storage. At the end of 2020 not much had changed except some cosmetic stuff and an external SD card holder for the P-Box TIPI unit. ... so now that it's basically expanded as far as I can go, what could I possibly do?

So what do you do when your TI-99/4A system is expanded as far as possible? Simple, start another system! I'm not sure where I'll take this one next, but so far... .. currently my beige "portable system" has a TIPI/32K with RPi ZERO W and a speech synthesizer. Hopefully someday the F-18A MK2 will finally hit the market. This entry will be updated if/when anything changes!

What drives a guy to use a computer that is 40 years old? Nostalgia & fun are two reasons. Back in 1981 or 1982 I got myself a TI-99/4A console, later Extended BASIC a "Program Recorder" (Cassette player) and then built it up little by little. This was what my system looked like in 1985... The peripheral expansion box (as shown above) only had a 90K disk drive, 32K and RS-232 card. By today's standards that's laughable! By 1987, I had to "downsize" due to my firstborn taking over my den space. So I built a hutch, popped the 19" monitor inside, added a lighted printer bay and was happy for a while as seen below. By 1990 I had downsized again due to my second born taking over more space in the bigger place. In the photo below I was stuck in the corner of the master bedroom as seen in the photo below. This photo was the last photo of my TI system before I got out of the TI and moved on to the "PC". Years went by, computers came and went in my life, and then I found and played with Classic 99 the best PC based TI-99/4A emulator (IMHO)... and then it happened, I got bit by the TI bug... a second time. In 2013 I got a TI, speech synthesizer, Nano-PEB and a Supercart and thought I'd be happy... it didn't quite work out like that. By 2014 I was on my third Nano-PEB and came to the conclusion they were low priced junk, but I'm thankful, it forced me into getting a P-Box. By the end of 2014 I had a P-Box and a spare and then I started "going to town"..

Sadly there have not been too many good photos from NASA yet. So far, these seem to be the best... BUT there are some interactive panorama images at the << NASA SITE >>

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Good question. It lists the dimensions as: 19.66 x 7.87 x 3.94 inches. Assuming those are the outside measurements, not the inside the, speech might not fit. Of course the firehose does not have to be an issue if you use the << Hello Cables Extension >>.

Actually there was a guy that did a series of them on the TI and they were quite informative at the time. In all honesty though, I simply do not have a enough free time to devote to such a project, and I seriously doubt anyone would want to hear me drone on for for 15 minutes to an hour anyway. I do have a YouTube site, and it gets very little activity, so no, a podcast is out of the question for me. I'll continue here for now, but I'm limiting my postings based on activity.

Now when I eventually downsize, I'm gonna copy that guy's setup! I really like the back board idea, but I think I'll make it corkboard with a shelf over the top and maybe a string of LED's hidden behind a lip under the shelf.

A friend of mine sent me a photo of a guy's "TI Shrine". I have to admit the guy did a great job on it's presentation. But... I wonder, did he come up with that on it's own... or did he get inspiration for somewhere? Either way, it looks AWESOME!

Does anyone else know of any other cool non-English rock bands? I've discovered that since I usually cannot understand the lyrics of domestic (English language) music anyway, listening to foreign stuff is no different... EXCEPT the fact that it's "NEW TO ME". I've gotten tired of listening to the same boring playlist I've been listening to over the past 40 years. The foreign stuff breaks the monotony. Here's an interesting group called the Wagakki Band, they mix traditional Japanese instruments and sound with Rock. What do you think?

Okay, here's the status so far. The poll has now been closed. After nearly a month, there were only 10 participants. Sadly most of the messages so far are from me, which you have to admit is quite boring! I'm looking forward to the participation mentioned by the respondents to the poll. To get this section up and operating, we need input of it's users/participants so they can decide what it is THEY want to see by adding messages and directing the flow of conversation. I'm asking a couple of favors from everyone reading this message. 1) Go out online to at least two places you hang out and contact two friends and let them know about this place. If you have a podcast or YouTube page, even better. 2) Start a message thread on something TI related YOU want to see or YOU are interested in. It's my dearest hope that this forum "take off", but I feel really weird logging in here to see my icon everywhere, I don't feel comfortable posting messages feeling like I'm hogging this place which belongs to everyone.

Speaking of Mars, one scene in this movie really drives me nuts. If the habitat is pressurized at Earth standard, there is no way that in the thin Martian atmosphere that this could ever happen. It would be like blowing against an inflated balloon.

Currently the distance is: << CLICK HERE FOR RESULT >>

This is my favorite video so far...

@RickR you might like << THIS LINK >>!

I agree, it's too bad the audio cut out during descent and landing. It would have been so cool to hear what it sounded like in the thin atmosphere.

Anyone interested in the new rover and the data/photos/sounds coming back? If so, << HERE >> is a direct link to NASA's sounds page.

If you are just getting into the TI and have limited space, there is an inexpensive MONITOR STAND on that might suit your needs... << CLICK HERE >> It's color matching too!

Cool! It's always neat to get new things for the hobby. Congrats! 👍

<< HERE >> in an interesting buy it now. You get 8 Guidry 64K cartridge boards for $77.00 or $9.63 each. If you already have the PROMS and a burner, it might be a good deal.