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I go by "Omega-TI", "-Ω-", and sometimes just "Omega", My retro interests mostly revolve around the TI-99/4A home computer.  I like nice friendly places, people and good conversation.  That's about it!

No. It’s pretty much all I need for floppy and tipi disk management. Been archiving my diskettes from Tigercub. 

Cool! Great work! 
 
Will you offer digital downloads for AtariMax cart?

Notice:  I was informed via email of a discussion concerning the removal of this list from another site.  Due to my personal ethics and principles, I opted to no longer frequent the other site.  I'm still maintaining and updating the list for the benefit of the TI community, but since an abandoned list would become severely out-of-date over time, I elected to transfer it here.  I apologize for any mild inconvenience this may cause some people, but if you simply save this page in your favorites, it'll only take a click of the mouse button to come here any time to view and use it.  - Ω -
 
3D PRINTER FILES
32K & TIPI Case
Backbit 32K Expansion Case  
CF7+ 3D Case   
CartShells
Joystick Adapter Case 
Replacement Keyboard Plunger for the TI "Hi-Tek" Keyboard
Speech Synthesizer Enclosure
Texas Instruments LOGO Coaster
TIPI+32K Sidecar Unit  -- NOTE: Revision for bottom of unit is: HERE 
1/2 height disk drive faceplate for 3.5" drive and a GOTEK floppy emulator 
CR-2032 Battery Holder for Mini Memory
FinalGROM Shell
Flash ROM 99 Cartridge Shell 
Keyboard Cover By: Omega-TI  (NEW)
Mini TI-99/4A Console
Nano-PEB Case
Another Nano-PEB Case
Power Switch for Black & Silver Consoles
Stackpole Switch Stem
Storage Rack for TI cartridges
TI-99/4A Rpi Box
TIPI Case for the TI
TI Logo Coin
TI Logo Ring
Wumpus
 
TI related, but non-4A  related objects
Raspberry Pi 3 Case that resembles a TI-99/4A 
CC-40 EEPROM Case
CC-40 SD Drive Enclosure 
 
KEYBOARD STRIPS
4/A Talk, P-Term, TI LOGO
Disk Manager 1000, Graphx, Disk Assembler, GRAM Kracker, TI-Calc, P-Code
Editor/Assembler & Terminal Emulator II
Miller's Graphics Explorer
New Version of Miller's Graphics Explorer 
Submarine Commander
Telco
TI-Writer, Multiplan & Video Chess
BEIGE Disk Assembler, BEIGE TI-Writer, BEIGE Graphx, BEIGE P-Code
BEIGE Terminal Emulator II, Editor Assembler, TI Forth and TI-Writer (German)
BEIGE 99/8 BASIC, BEIGE 99/8 TI-Writer, BEIGE 99/8 BASIC, BEIGE 99/8 P-System
PS/2 Console (single row)
PS/2 Console & BA-Writer (three row)
 
MBX 
Bigfoot Manual 
Championship Baseball Overlay 
Championship Baseball Manual
Honey Hunt Overlay
I'm Hiding Overlay
MBX Manual
Meteor Belt Manual
Soundtrack Trolley Overlay
Space Bandits Manual
Superfly Manual
Terry Turtle's Adventure Manual
Terry Turtle's Adventure Overlay
MBX Advertisements in JPG format
History of the MBX document
Development Tools (Notes/Diagnostics & XB Call Links)
 
QUICK REFERENCE CARDS
TI-Base Quick Reference Card107.24 kB · 58 downloads   (See full manual in manual section below)
TI-Editor/Assembler Reference Card
TI-Extended BASIC
TI-Writer, Multiplan & TI BASIC
Willey Quick Reference Guide for TI-BASIC
 
BINDERS & COVERS
Editor/Assembler - Spine (Scan in JPG format)
Editor/Assembler - Spine (Reproduction in .PSD format)
Old Style Manual Cover Templates
SHIFT838 Newsletter Binder
TI - Binder Covers for Multiplan and TI-Writer
XB256D Manual Cover
3 Ring Binder Spine for Yesterday's News
Technical Data Cover 
 
AFTERMARKET / SCANNED and UPDATED MANUALS
3D Bowling
4A Flyer
Adventure Module Manual 
All Star Baseball
Alpiner Manual 
Aztec Game Manual
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
Backgammon
Barrage scan
Beyond Parsec scan
Beyond Video Chess scan 
BHXP1 Experimental Aircraft Simulator
Boot, Remind Me!, Road Hunter
Boxer, Qmaze,Spot Shot, Star Runner
Cavern Quest 
Centipede scan
Computer War
Copy C Instruction Manual
CorComp 9900 Disk Controller Manual 
Cortex BASIC 80 (manual in 'starter kit) F18A, FR99 compliant
Data Base Management Manual By: Navarone
Death Drones scan
Defender scan
Desk Top Publisher Manual By: Databiotics
Dig Dug scan
Disk Manager 1000-6
Disk Utilities 4.20 (Formatting slightly off)
Donkey Kong scan
Editor/Assembler Manual 
Electrical Engineering Manual scan 
Fast Term II
fbForth Manual
Frogger scan
Inventory Management Manual scan 
Junkman Jr. scan
Killer Caterpillar
Math Routine Library scan 
Midnight Mason
Micro Pinball
Mine Sweeper original document
Micro-Tennis scan
Moon Patrol scan
Moonvasion scan
Ms. Pacman scan
Munchman scan
Mini Memory Line-by-Line Assembler
Miller's Graphics Explorer Manual (Hotlinked from Ciro's Webpage)
Mini Memory Module
Night Stalker Manual
Page Pro 99 scan
Peripheral Expansion System - Theory of Operation
Personal Record Keeping
Picasso Publisher 2.0 Documentation Manual
Picnic Paranoia scan
Pole Position scan
PreEditor scan
PRE-SCAN IT! cleaned scan 
Protector II scan
Rich Extended BASIC Manual
Sabre Wulf (the official TI Manual) By: Rasmus Moustgaard
Scrabble 
Shamus
Slinky Game Manual
Sorgan II
Star Runner Manual 
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator 
Statistics Cartridge Manual 
Strike Three! scan
Sparkdrummer's Challenge: Rescue At Atari Age (Original Manual)
Spot Shot
Stratego (Original Manual)
Submarine Commander 
Telco, TI-Lander, TI-Runner, TI-Scramble remakes
Terminal Emulator II Manual
Tennis 
TI-Artist scan
TI-Artist Plus!
TI-Base Manual2.77 MB · 59 downloads   (See TI-Base Quick Reference Card above in Reference Card section)
TI BASIC Support Module Documentation restored
TI Extended BASIC Manual Features Linked Index
TI - Microsoft Multiplan
TI-Runner Manual (From original scans) 
TI - Runner Level Editor 
TI Speech Synthesis
Tombstone City
TRIS Game Manual scan
MAD-HUG - Teach Yourself TI BASIC
Q-Bert scan
Tunnels of Doom scan
Video Chess
Volcano Fortress
Yahtzee
 
CARTRIDGE LABELS
4A Disk Operating System
2018 Contest 4K Short N' Sweet Games-A 2018 4K Contest Label-B
Alex Kidd
Aperture
Atarisoft Labels
Cartridge Label for Atarisoft Compilation
Borzork1.8 kB · 1 download (Not the official label)
Bounce 'N' Pounce
8K Super Cart
Cortex BASIC 80
Crossfire
Disk Manager 2000
Escape North Korea140.02 kB · 14 downloads 
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
E.T. In His Adventure on Land
E.T. In His Adventure at Sea
fbForth Labels (Not the ones the author / creator uses on his cartridges for sale)
FinalGROM 99 Cartridge Label
FlashROM 99
Flying Shark
Funware Cartridge Labels
Hide & Seek
Rock Runner
Miller's Graphics Explorer Cartridge Labels 
Mouskattack
Mr. Chin
Myarc Extended BASIC II
Night Stalker - A Night Stalker - B
Pengo Cartridge Label 
JetPac (Powered By TURBOFORTH)
Perfect Push
Postscript/PDF Labels (assortment)
Rasmus' 8-N-1 Arcade
Rasmus 8-N-1 Arcade (Old School Version)
Scrabble
Skyway
Snake Plissken
Space Station Pheta
Stuart's Internet Browser
Super TI-99 Mario Bros.
Submarine Commander & River Rescue
TI-Lander 
TurboForth and Development Cartridge Labels
Turmoil Version 1 -- Turmoil Version 2 
Tutankham cartridge label
 
DISKETTE LABELS AND SLEEVES
DBT Labels
Logo Labels
Panzer Strike
Panzer Strike Diskette Sleeve
Stratego 5.25 Diskette Label1.43 MB · 30 downloads  
Texas Instruments Original Diskette Sleeve
Retro TI Sleeve for 3.5" Diskettes 
Yesterday's News 5.25 Diskette Label
TurboForth v1.2 for 5.25 Diskettes
 
P-BOX CARD LABELS
Myarc RS-232 Interface Card Label327.35 kB · 3 downloads
Myarc DDCC-1 Floppy Controller Label293.52 kB · 4 downloads
TI 128 K Super RAM Expansion Label
TI 32 K Memory Expansion Label
TI Disk Controller Label
TI IEEE-488 Interface Label
TI Flex Cable Interface Label
TI P-Code Ver 4.0 Label
TI RS-232 Interface Label
TI Video Controller Label
 
TRUETYPE FONTS
TI99Basic.ttf  
ti994a.ttf
Texas Instruments Fonts.ZIP 
 
MISCELLANEOUS LABELS (Requires Label Maker for best results)
"Solid State Cartridge" label  
 
 
ARTWORK 
Console In "Blueprint" Format"
Elvira TI-Advertisement (Humor) 
Geneve 9640 Motherboard
"Steampunked TI System"
TI-99/4A Motherboard & Internal Power Supply
"TI User Lives Here" Sign (PDF format)
UberGROM Cartridge Schematic "Blueprint"
"Unauthorized Service" Sign
 
MISCELLANEOUS WORKSHEETS
NanoSheet
Make a computer desk for your TI out of a single sheet of plywood
 
MISCELLANEOUS 3RD PARTY MANUALS
Hamsoft 99 (Kantronics) - Amateur Radio Use Only
Rave 99 Expansion Box (PE/2)
Manual to making your own TOD adventure 
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL MATERIALS AND SCHEMATICS
Video Controller Card Materials
BWG Floppy Drive Controller Schematic
FLUG DSDD Floppy Drive Controller Schematic
Horizon RAM Disk Construction Guide
TI RS-232 Schematic
Disk Drive Operating and Service Manuals
Mechatronic 80 Column Card Schematic
Mechatronic 80 Column SCART cable for 6 pin DIN
Myarc FDCC-1 Floppy Drive Controller Schematic
NTSC to PAL Video Conversion Instructions
Percom Floppy Drive Controller
Quest 200 Ram Disk Schematic
Terminal Emulator II Protocol Manual
TI Product 360 DSSD Floppy Drive Controller Schematic
Zeno Board Schematics & Technical Information
 
SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMING
C-99 Floating Point Library
GPL Debugger Operations Guide
Software Development System Programmer's Guide (Useful for guys writing for the FinalGROM99)
 
PROGRAMMING AIDS
Character Coding Sheets
CPU RAM Chart
DCHAR2 Layout Screen
Color Layout Screen (Variant of DCHAR2 above)
Sprite Table Sheet
 
GENEVE 9640 MATERIALS
Geneve 9640 Pinouts (pwr & video)
GENMOD In
 
UNAUTHORIZED UPDATES TO OUTDATED MANUALS
nanoPEB Documentation V1 & V2
 
SELF HELP & INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Console Debugging By: John Guion
 
HISTORICAL SECTION                                        
The Nostalgic feeling of opening a NEW P-Box 
Texas Instruments - The Personal Computer Division White Papers 
Triton Advertising Flyer (Good Quality)  From: OLD CS1
99/4A "National Assistance Group" Invitation/Advertisement
 
If you find any links broken, please let me @- Ω - know and I'll try to fix them or delete them.
 

Back in the day I had a TRS-80.  While it would be "kinda nice" to have one one again, I simply do not have the room, let alone the will to spend Ebait prices on an old beat up piece equipment that would in all probability need to be restored.  In this case EMULATION IS WHERE IT'S AT...  for me.
A while back I dedicated an unused RPi 3B+ as a TRS-80 emulator.  I then created some badging, added some stickers to the keyboard to remind me of which keys do what on a PC keyboard and now use it for a few quick games... "now and then".  From power on to completely booted, ten seconds!  If only my PC could do that.
This is what the whole things looks like...
 
 
Here's the closeup of the entire "computer" (RPi) with the Radio Shack badging..

 
Below is a closeup of the keyboard...

 
Below are a few examples of TRS-80 games..
 

Not a pc desktop but anyways...
My iPad Mini lock screen and main screens. 😜😎 
Xenomorph glory!

Creating this topic for users to post the URL for Telnet accessible BBS's.
Two BBS's are currently running the AfterHours BBS program with the TIPI allowing Telnet access.  Both of these boards have approximately 3000 files that can be downloaded via Xmodem such as using the TI-99/4A MXT TIPI client at http://ftp.whtech.com/TIPI/MXT if using the URLx. capability of the TIPI. 
The two BBS's are:
TheKeep.net at Port 9918
MyTbox99.ddns.net at Port 61643      (this BBS is predominantly German)
There are also three other BBS's supporting the TI-99/4A and Geneve.  Heatwave runs on a Geneve and has a fair amount of message traffic at:
Heatwave.ddns.net at Port 9640
There is also two other BBS's running on non-TI equipment at:
TheKeep.net at port 23
FusionBBS.ddns.net at port 9640
FusionBBS above has archives of Yahoogroups for the TI-99/4A and archives of comp.sys.ti if anyone goes looking for those messages.
 

I mentioned this in another topic, but wanted to post here as well.  I modified the TI-99/4A 40 column version of Mass Transfer (MXT) so that it would use the TIPI.  With it, one could connect to telnet servers.  In another topic here for Telnet BBS's, I list those BBS's that I am currently aware that support the TI-99/4A.
With Mass Transfer, you can download files from these BBS's and save those files to any device, including a TIPI.  For users that may have minimal equipment, a TI-99/4A with a sidecar TIPI with either 32K or SAMS memory setup, this opens many doors to using software from the 80's and 90's.
Users that may not have a TIPI, but that may have a setup with a RS232, then another cheaper option may be to acquire a WiModem232 from https://www.cbmstuff.com .  This allows you to use a RS232 interface, but the WiModem232 serves as the telnet interface.  Basically, if you are familiar with terminal emulators, your dialing string changes from ATDT(phonenumber) to ATDT (website URL) like ATDTFusionbbs.ddns.net,9640 which would connect you to the Fusion BBS on port 9640.
If I had my preference, the TIPI route is the way to go.  On my PI that is interfaced to the TIPI, I have around 128 GB's (that's gigabytes) of storage for TI files.  That would be equivalent to over 1.4 million 90K floppy diskettes.
Beery
 
 
 

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 >>


 

Isn't it incredible how much it looks like the American SW desert?  Like you could pull out a lawn chair and have a picnic. 
 

This one in a little large...
https://mars.nasa.gov/bin/panos/download/PIA23727_ultrawide.png

I have one of these cables. It supports the speech module but not the firehouse/PEB. System locks up and screams when I try it. 

I think we should start a "cool pictures" thread! This is an amazing sight to see. Thanks for sharing!

This is way too funny. Check out Techmoan's latest vid?!
 

And when you're done with that try these guys.  I like 'em.
 

Check out Babymetal (correctly pronounced "bey b metal" a play on hea vy metal).  Here...I'll get you started:
When you are done listening to that...try listening to "The One", "Road to Resistance", "Distortion", and then try this...
The band in the first video was fake playing but it's still an awesome song.  The band in the other songs I suggested and with them performing with Rob Halford of Iron Maiden is their real band and they are sick!  That drummer is awesome as was the rest of the members.  I especially loved their lead guitarist.

To be fair, the title of the thread is cheap and awesome. Only my first microphone I mentioned is on the cheap side at about $20. The second one was my Awesome part of the thread LOL!
 

Well at the time I bought it, it was on sale through Best Buy for like $125 I think? And...I had a visa gift card left over from Christmas or my birthday or something that I used to pay towards it. The smaller mic I had first and it was good but having to keep it connected to the side of the camcorder all the time was a pain in the rear. So when I purchased my halo ring light to use in my vids, I also look for mic accessories that attached to my camcorder, like one of the small booms that attaches. Then I found this setup on sale and when I saw how it worked I took a chance. I actually connect my smaller mic to the red port on top of the wireless one like you see in the pic and then that allows me full hands free operation. I get about 5 hours or so on a single AAA battery on the transmitter depending on how long a stretch I use it for. So I also have a pack of the best buy cheap insignia brand batteries because I get a ton of them for cheap and they work well enough for what I need.
 

I have been looking over these repair videos. I figured a good place to post them is here.
 
Atari 5200 Controller Refurbishing
 
Atari 5200 Joystick Gold Plated Contact Upgrade!
 
Atari 5200 Controller Repair Part 1 - Fixing Two Common Problems
 
Atari 5200 Controller Repair Part 2 - Replacing the Flex Circuit
 
 

I actually use a combo of two mics in my videos. One of them is very cheap at only $20 and is critical for me as I need my hands free.

Wonderful lavaliere mic but as it still requires to be plugged into the side of my camcorder I use for filming, and has a short cord, I pair it up with:
 

 
The small receiver portion attaches directly to the top of my camcorder accessory connection. The larger part is both a wireless mic and transmitter, but you will see that is has mic inputs on it. So I actually plug my smaller lavaliere mic into that, shove it into my pocket and and as long as I'm within about 30ft of the camcorder, I basically have a full hands free mic to record my videos with. It isn't the greatest option but it works for my needs quite well so that I'm not tethered down.
 
 

<< THIS MICROPHONE >> I recently got from Amazon surprised the heck out of me.  It sounds great (as good as microphones costing much more), but it also came with every accessory I'll ever need.  I figured I share my good fortune on getting a good one... CHEAP in case any of you feel like it's time to upgrade as well.
Honestly though, I've since take off that big round screen as I've found that if you use the foam cover on the mic itself it's not necessary.