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Oh, I really like the Lunar Lander one!

I have this one on the wall of my walk-in closet...

A few more...

Okay...here are the rest of my flyers.

I played one EXACTLY like this in 1977.  My Dad bought it as Sears.  I was a lucky kid, my Dad was "into" all the new tech of the times!  To me, this *IS* artwork.

Oh the 1970's wood paneling, small TV screens that seemed large and of course the Atari 2600!

Before TV video games, home computers and even the Internet, entertainment was one way and audio only...

Wow, so prophetic!

I played one EXACTLY like this in 1977.  My Dad bought it as Sears.  I was a lucky kid, my Dad was "into" all the new tech of the times!  To me, this *IS* artwork.

Before TV video games, home computers and even the Internet, entertainment was one way and audio only...

This is so accurate.  In my old car, which did not have Bluetooth, my phone would ring EVERY TIME we started driving somewhere.  Who is it?  No idea, my phone is in my pocket. 

The new car has bluetooth, and the phenomena has stopped.  I never get those calls anymore.
 

😲W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was first published in The Mirror, 1919

Safe to say I am guilty of this sin! 🤣
 
 
 

Yes, it's a real thing...

Yes, it's a real thing...

That had me laughing so hard I had to go to the bathroom.  I can relate, I once set my cell phone down on top of my laptop (both are black).  I spent two hours looking for it.

I have a collection of arcade sales flyers or salesman brochures. The collection is based on my favorite coin-op games. Don't know if any of you have some of these, but below a few. I'll post more as time permits. Asteroids was signed by Ed Logg, Battlezone was signed by Ed Rotberg and Defender was signed by Eugene Jarvis.
 

Got these two yesterday at Hallmark...

I have completed my testing on both the TI-99/4A and Geneve with the new IDE card.  I have been able to exercise all functions for IO operations on both TI and Geneve.  With the Geneve, I had to use the development version of MDOS to address the IDE issue (v7.42).
Please note, the RTC chip that will be offered will be the 5v version as it supplies the voltage required for the SRAM control and the 5v version seems to be more stable, this does increase the price of the board by around $15.
Preorders will open soon.  I still want to put it through some more paces before on both the TI and Geneve.  
I will also be replacing the standard 1.5 amp 7805 voltage regulators with a 2amp DC/DC converter.  It runs much more stable and the heat it generates is on average between 40 - 50 degrees cooler than the LM7805.
 

Originally an overpriced computer, TI blew it on so many levels with what could have been a major contender, it was not until decades later people were able to find out what this machine was actually capable of doing.  From the CPU situation, to the coffee cup warmer joke, to the electrical plug issue, the mistake of trying to keep owners locked in-house with their lousy software and charging astronomical prices for peripherals kind of blew it.  Heck, their spokesman didn't even hold up over time.  The TI didn't really start taking off until the rebates could get people the console for $50.00, with the hopes of nailing them on the accessories.  In the end, when they dropped out of the market, and prices fell on the addon's, did the TI did get a little more popular as those with the "In for a penny, in for a Pound" mentality and those who were already locked in financially started expanding.  In the end though, it's still a "Home Computer", namely a hobby box for old school gamers, those into hardware and software enthusiasts development and course those with nostalgia.