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Question @RickR, have you been able to do anything like run a simple two line program with the 30 seconds? Have you been able to access the disk drive? Can you post a small video of what happens? How long is the recovery time after lockup until you can get another 30 seconds out of it. Is the time exact on the lockup every time?

Boss, I don't think I'll be able to get to work today, the road is blocked.

Yup, I will not play my 5200 without it!

Sadly no, the TIPI cannot emulate memory. When it came to the cards, I removed both the RS-232's, one with the HDX mod, as they were no longer necessary with the WiFi capabilities of the TIPI/RPi. Yes, I do have a few specialty cards that keep me tied to the P-Box, but honestly for what little use I get from them, 95% of the time, when I actually use my TI, I could get along just fine with the TIPI/32K sidecar setup. If I were to make suggestions to people just entering the TI world, my suggestions would be, in order of purchase... 1) FinalGROM cartridge 2) TIPI/32K Sidecar 3) F18A VGA video upgrade ... then later ... 4) Speech Synthesizer

USB Video Projectors are getting inexpensive, like << THIS ONE >> at Amazon. 1/2 off at $50.00, deserves at least a peek. Can you imagine playing Berzerk or Missile Command with this?

I whole ❤️edly love my RetroGameBoyz joystick for my Big Sexy 5200, so I know how much you probably like that one as well. BTW, it's highly gratifying to me to see that someone else prefers the joystick on the right (proper) side! ☺️

All part of the nostalgia! I remember having the B&W monitor built into the TRS-80 that I upgraded to a green screen... a couple of months before I sold it. For some reason the green really appealed to me and seemed easier on the eyes during those late night sessions. Oh yeah @TrekMD, times sure have changed! On the PC lines in the early days I traveled the path of CGA, EGA,VGA, SVGA... Funny thing, I've stopped myself from going any further than running 1920 X 1080. For video both my Sony Handycam and Canon T7i have native resolutions of 1920 X 1080, so I run both my computer monitors at the same resolution as well as my TV's. When I think of how many thousands I'd have to spend to upgrade everything to 4K, it's simply not worth it to me. Besides, 4K (IMHO), takes up too much file space and drastically increases upload times. So in the end, I've become like my grandfather who still had a Victrola in his house. When I was around 9 or 10 years old I asked him why he didn't have a more modern turntable for his records, he replied, "I can use this when there is no electricity".

Actually you can get a TIPI board to go inside the PEB, which will still let you use all the peripherals you already own, assuming you have any peripheral cards you cannot live without. If you want a small format TIPI (limited to 32K RAM) for the storage, PDF and Internet/Network aspects, the TIPI/32K sidecar version that fits in a speech synthesizer case is the least expensive way to go, although it limits future growth unlike the PEB.

Did you have a piece of hardware for your TI that you once considered the best thing ever, but now it's been YEARS since you've used it and now collects dust on the shelf? Decades ago, and as little as seven years ago, I used to use my "Super Cartridge", but then the FlashROM 99 was released, and I never had a reason to use the Super Cartridge even again, a year or so after that, the FinalGROM 99 was released and now my FlashROM 99 is only a dust collector as well. It's been so long since I've use the old Super Cart that I've actually forgotten how to use it!

I really don't want a whole year to go by without an update. Does anyone have or know of anything new to add?

I'd like to hear your input on it when you get it. I seriously need something to re-ignite my TI fire. With so little related activity here, my TI remains setup, but not hooked up since I move in six months ago. My TIPI has has the old chip, and I'm even forgetting how to do some things. My memory has been declining over the past five years and if I don't do things often, I forget how.

@Justin your listing suddenly makes me feel really old.

Oh, @RickR, are you going to replace the 5.25's with a modern SD card based storage device?

AWESOME FIND! You know if it freezes after warming up, it could be something as simple as a thermal problem with old dried out heat sink compound. When you open it up, look for white dried out paste between a chip and a heat sink as your first target. With a machine that old, it's a common problem, especially if it works fine before warming up.

Yeah, at one point in time TA was my favorite as my son hacked the Fark in the game and I was able to cheat big time. 😛

I'm not a big modern gamer. I prefer the small easy to pick up and put down games. Listed below is my ENTIRE collection of modern and semi-modern games. I'd probably download more, but as you can see, Steam throttles their downloads.

I don't go with individual physical media anymore, unless you count the hard drives. I watched The Equalizer 3 last night as I had to use up my Amazon credit before it expired.

Apparently dinner here is at 5pm as well. I had planned on pizza and a video, but my neighbors invited themselves over. They're bringing all the food so I guess I cannot complain. Thing is when I do favors for people, I do not expect reciprocity, but they must believe otherwise.

... but I thought he liked his food live, like his gaach?

Maybe you can dedicate your old cellphone to a new task now? Today I was going through a box and found an old obsolete Chromecast device, instead of throwing it out, I paired my old cell phone with the Google Home APP and started casting my light bulb camera to it. I was a little bummed out that the light bulb camera only works with cell phones, but you know the old saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way!"

Actually that is why I was asking. I would never ask someone to try it out for me, but if they had already tried it, I'd like their input. I've learned in life to be wary of the word "free" as it's usually a lie.

Has anyone played << THIS GAME >> yet?

@RickR, @Smell Dawg, @sramirez2008, @TrekMD Wow guys, thanks for all the nice comments! The posters comment had me confused for a second though, but I know what he meant.