Tom you led us astray :)
I had a glimmer of hope until the interrruption

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@...>
Subject: RE: [TI-99/4A] Re: Random Thoughts
>>
> I monitor those who abuse the system. You have seen me go after those who
> use obscene language for example. There are lots of messages that go
> through this list server I don't agree with, but I don't stop them.
> Inflammatory messages such as have happened here lately have drawn my
> attention and I dealt with them.
>
> There was one individual who has repeatedly over the years made slanderous
> statements and I have tried to rein him in. This time it was to a point I
> decided to moderate the messages. He was okay for a short while and
> started in again. No one should have to put up with those statements.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nadav Ben-Ami" <nadav343@...>
To: <ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: [TI-99/4A] Sorry for interrupting


>
> As you all know I still have my full blown TI system, but I also noticed
> and read that the SNUG cards provide better enchancement for the 99/4a. I
> was wondering if their video card would help improve the overall graphics
> of the 4a?
>

Absolutely, because the VDP is a V-9938 or V-9958 rather than a
TMS-9918A or TMS-9928A, etc.

Bill S

Nadav Ben-Ami wrote:
>
>
>
> As you all know I still have my full blown TI system, but I also noticed
> and read that the SNUG cards provide better enchancement for the 99/4a.
> I was wondering if their video card would help improve the overall
> graphics of the 4a?
>
>  >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message below.
Hmmmm, well here goes again:

Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch with
him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not certain is
godd anymore.


Tom Wills

The last e-mail I got from the mjmw address in late 2008 said to contact:

Send an email to CaDD at:

caddelectronics
at
ix
dot
netcom
dot
com

Jon

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@...> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message
below. Hmmmm, well here goes again:
>
> Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch
with him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not
certain is godd anymore.
>
>
> Tom Wills
>

Okay, that's what I used. We'll just have to wait and see if he responds. Thanks
for the reply.
  -------Original Message-------
  Date: 11/24/2009 21:10:56
  From: "hexbus" <jon@...>
  Subject: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright

>
The last e-mail I got from the mjmw address in late 2008 said to contact:

Send an email to CaDD at:

caddelectronics
at
ix
dot
netcom
dot
com

Jon

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups  .com, "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@.  ..> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message
below. Hmmmm, well here goes again:
>
> Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch
with him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not
certain is godd anymore.
>
>
> Tom Wills
>







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Tom
I forward this information to him . Don't know if my e-mail address is good.
Tim
________________________________
From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com [ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Wills
[tom.wills@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:36 PM
To: hexbus
Subject: RE: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright



Okay, that's what I used. We'll just have to wait and see if he responds. Thanks
for the reply.
-------Original Message-------
Date: 11/24/2009 21:10:56
From: "hexbus" <jon@...<mailto:jon%40gtech.net>>
Subject: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright

>
The last e-mail I got from the mjmw address in late 2008 said to contact:

Send an email to CaDD at:

caddelectronics
at
ix
dot
netcom
dot
com

Jon

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com, "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@. ..> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message
below. Hmmmm, well here goes again:
>
> Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch
with him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not
certain is godd anymore.
>
>
> Tom Wills
>

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Tim and Jon,
I too sent Mike the message.

BillG

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, "Kirsch, Timothy" <TIMOTHY.KIRSCH@...> wrote:
>
> Tom
> I forward this information to him . Don't know if my e-mail address is good.
> Tim
> ________________________________
> From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com [ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Wills
[tom.wills@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:36 PM
> To: hexbus
> Subject: RE: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright
>
>
>
> Okay, that's what I used. We'll just have to wait and see if he responds.
Thanks for the reply.
> -------Original Message-------
> Date: 11/24/2009 21:10:56
> From: "hexbus" <jon@...<mailto:jon%40gtech.net>>
> Subject: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright
>
> >
> The last e-mail I got from the mjmw address in late 2008 said to contact:
>
> Send an email to CaDD at:
>
> caddelectronics
> at
> ix
> dot
> netcom
> dot
> com
>
> Jon
>
> --- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com, "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message
below. Hmmmm, well here goes again:
> >
> > Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch
with him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not
certain is godd anymore.
> >
> >
> > Tom Wills
> >
>
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>

Gentlemen,

I appreciate your efforts. Thank you very much!

Tom
  -------Original Message-------
  Date: 11/24/2009 22:44:02
  From: "computerclassics2000" <computerclassics@...>
  Subject: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright

>
Tim and Jon,
I too sent Mike the message.

BillG

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups  .com, "Kirsch, Timothy" <TIMOTHY.KIRSCH@  ...>
wrote:
>
> Tom
> I forward this information to him . Don't know if my e-mail address is good.
> Tim
> ____________  _________  _________  __
> From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups  .com [ti99-4a@yahoogroups  .com] On Behalf Of Tom
Wills [tom.wills@.  ..]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:36 PM
> To: hexbus
> Subject: RE: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright
>
>
>
> Okay, that's what I used. We'll just have to wait and see if he responds.
Thanks for the reply.
> -------Original Message-----  --
> Date: 11/24/2009 21:10:56
> From: "hexbus" <jon@...<mailto:  jon%40gtech.  net>>
> Subject: [TI-99/4A] Re: Mike Wright
>
> >
> The last e-mail I got from the mjmw address in late 2008 said to contact:
>
> Send an email to CaDD at:
>
> caddelectronics
> at
> ix
> dot
> netcom
> dot
> com
>
> Jon
>
> --- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com, "Tom Wills" <tom.wills@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure what happened when I just a few moments ago sent the message
below. Hmmmm, well here goes again:
> >
> > Does anyone have the email address for Mike Wright? I need to get in touch
with him and all I can find is the address on the CaDD site which I am not
certain is godd anymore.
> >
> >
> > Tom Wills
> >
>
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--- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@...> wrote:

> From: fdos <fdosbrs@...>
> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
> New plan.  I need to fix the
> BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
> gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
> could be time consuming to say the least.

The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the BIOS
setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.

Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label or
silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board is.

There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the board. It has
nothing to do with the model of the board and the same exact string has been
used on widely different Intel motherboards.

Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one string
starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a board has had a
lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for different AA code ranges
due to some big change in configuration that make it impossible to write a BIOS
that'll cover the entire revision history.

IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new model
designation.

When my previously well behaved desk-top started randomy crashing it turned out
to be the RAM chips. Eventually, after many rebuilds I changed the ram, and the
problem was fixed

Mark


>
>From: Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e@...>
>To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 10:14:53
>Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>  >
>>
>
>--- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net> wrote:
>
>>> From: fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net>
>>> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>>> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com
>>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
>>> New plan.  I need to fix the
>>> BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
>>> gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
>>> could be time consuming to say the least.
>
>>The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the BIOS
setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.
>
>>Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label or
silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board is.
>
>>There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the board. It has
nothing to do with the model of the board and the same exact string has been
used on widely different Intel motherboards.
>
>>Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one string
starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a board has had a
lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for different AA code ranges
due to some big change in configuration that make it impossible to write a BIOS
that'll cover the entire revision history.
>
>>IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new model
designation.
>
>
>

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On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
the TI99HOF.

Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read about the
many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made to
the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.

Jacques

Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
Check out www.ti99hof.org

Congrats Tom!!  Well Deserved!!

Ron

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@...> wrote:
>
> On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
> Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
> the TI99HOF.
>
> Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read about the
> many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made to
> the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.
>
> Jacques
>
> Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> Check out www.ti99hof.org
>

Nadav, it is one of the better peripheral cards for the TI out there.  It
also has other advantages, in that it works in building-block fashion with
the other SNUG cards.  The EVPC video cards are the first block (and they
work without any of the others), followed by the HSGPL card (probably the
best GRAM card ever designed) and the SGCPU card (which also has built-in
AMS memory).  Those three all work together, and you can add the HRD-16 card
to the set too, as it works best with them--and works great without them
too.  The ASCSI card is a very stable SCSI interface, and the SPVMC is an
outstanding replacement for the speech synthesizer.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
fdos
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:25 PM
To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Sorry for interrupting

Absolutely, because the VDP is a V-9938 or V-9958 rather than a
TMS-9918A or TMS-9928A, etc.

Bill S

Nadav Ben-Ami wrote:
>
>
>
> As you all know I still have my full blown TI system, but I also noticed
> and read that the SNUG cards provide better enchancement for the 99/4a.
> I was wondering if their video card would help improve the overall
> graphics of the 4a?
>
>  >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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Thanks Gregg,

I'll be sure to check this out as best as I can.

Bill S

Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>
>
> --- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@...
> <mailto:fdosbrs%40frontiernet.net>> wrote:
>
>  > From: fdos <fdosbrs@... <mailto:fdosbrs%40frontiernet.net>>
>  > Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  > To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
>  > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
>  > New plan.  I need to fix the
>  > BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
>  > gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
>  > could be time consuming to say the least.
>
> The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the
> BIOS setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.
>
> Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label or
> silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board is.
>
> There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the board.
> It has nothing to do with the model of the board and the same exact
> string has been used on widely different Intel motherboards.
>
> Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one
> string starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a
> board has had a lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for
> different AA code ranges due to some big change in configuration that
> make it impossible to write a BIOS that'll cover the entire revision
> history.
>
> IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new model
> designation.
>
>

Mark,

I've tested the RAM dozens of times.  No problem ever found.

All the crashes I've talked about occur when the PC is idle.  You know
left on over night.  Next morning dead.  Never happens while I'm using it.

Of course, the problem now is that it only boots up in Safe Mode.

Bill S

mark wills wrote:
>
>
> When my previously well behaved desk-top started randomy crashing it
> turned out to be the RAM chips. Eventually, after many rebuilds I
> changed the ram, and the problem was fixed
>
> Mark
>
>  >
>  >From: Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e@... <mailto:g_alan_e%40YAHOO.COM>>
>  >To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
>  >Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 10:14:53
>  >Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > >
>  >>
>  >
>  >--- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net> wrote:
>  >
>  >>> From: fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net>
>  >>> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  >>> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com
>  >>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
>  >>> New plan. I need to fix the
>  >>> BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
>  >>> gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
>  >>> could be time consuming to say the least.
>  >
>  >>The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the
> BIOS setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.
>  >
>  >>Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label
> or silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board is.
>  >
>  >>There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the
> board. It has nothing to do with the model of the board and the same
> exact string has been used on widely different Intel motherboards.
>  >
>  >>Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one
> string starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a
> board has had a lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for
> different AA code ranges due to some big change in configuration that
> make it impossible to write a BIOS that'll cover the entire revision
> history.
>  >
>  >>IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new
> model designation.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

I second this as I totally agree.

Bill S

mainbyte wrote:
>
>
> Congrats Tom!! Well Deserved!!
>
> Ron
>
> --- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
>  > Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
>  > the TI99HOF.
>  >
>  > Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read
> about the
>  > many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made to
>  > the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.
>  >
>  > Jacques
>  >
>  > Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
>  > Check out www.ti99hof.org
>  >
>
>

Congrats, Tom!

Jon

--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, "mainbyte" <ti99@...> wrote:
>
> Congrats Tom!!  Well Deserved!!
>
> Ron
>
> --- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@> wrote:
> >
> > On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
> > Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
> > the TI99HOF.
> >
> > Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read about the
> > many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made to
> > the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> > Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> > Check out www.ti99hof.org
> >
>

Congratulations, Tom. :)

Congratulations Tom! Thanks for a job well done.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@...>
To: "TI99/4A" <ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com>; "TI994A" <TI994A@yahoogroups.com>;
"swpb" <swpb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:41 AM
Subject: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF


> On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
> Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
> the TI99HOF.
>
> Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read about
> the
> many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made to
> the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.
>
> Jacques
>
> Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> Check out www.ti99hof.org

Add my name on the list of congratulators...

--- On Wed, 11/25/09, Dan O'Quinn <dano@...> wrote:

> From: Dan O'Quinn <dano@...>
> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF
> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 2:45 PM
> Congratulations Tom! Thanks for a job
> well done.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@...>
> To: "TI99/4A" <ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com>;
> "TI994A" <TI994A@yahoogroups.com>;
>
> "swpb" <swpb@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:41 AM
> Subject: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF
>
>
> > On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of
> Governors of the TI99'ers
> > Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the
> induction of Tom Wills to
> > the TI99HOF.
> >
> > Please take a moment to visit our site at
> www.ti99hof.org and read about
> > the
> > many contributions that Tom and the other previous
> inductees have made to
> > the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home
> Computer.
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> > Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> > Check out www.ti99hof.org
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> For users/owners of TI-99/4A Geneve 9640 computers
> everywhere!
>  Visit the TI99'ers Hall of Fame at http://www.ti99hof.org/.
>  Check out the TI99ers On-Line User Group at http://www.ti99ers.org/.
>  Send abuse reports to abuse@...!
> Groups Links
>
>
>     ti99-4a-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>

congrats tom
you are truly deserving of this honor with all you do with the olug

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:27 PM, ti99_forever <ti99_forever@...>wrote:

>
>
> Add my name on the list of congratulators...
>
> --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Dan O'Quinn <dano@...<dano%40lowcountry.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Dan O'Quinn <dano@... <dano%40lowcountry.com>>
> > Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF
> > To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 2:45 PM
>
> > Congratulations Tom! Thanks for a job
> > well done.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@... <jgroslou%40nbnet.nb.ca>
> >
> > To: "TI99/4A" <ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>>;
> > "TI994A" <TI994A@yahoogroups.com <TI994A%40yahoogroups.com>>;
> >
> > "swpb" <swpb@yahoogroups.com <swpb%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:41 AM
> > Subject: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF
> >
> >
> > > On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of
> > Governors of the TI99'ers
> > > Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the
> > induction of Tom Wills to
> > > the TI99HOF.
> > >
> > > Please take a moment to visit our site at
> > www.ti99hof.org and read about
> > > the
> > > many contributions that Tom and the other previous
> > inductees have made to
> > > the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home
> > Computer.
> > >
> > > Jacques
> > >
> > > Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> > > Check out www.ti99hof.org
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
>
> >
> > For users/owners of TI-99/4A Geneve 9640 computers
> > everywhere!
> > Visit the TI99'ers Hall of Fame at
http://www.ti99hof.org/.<http://www.ti99hof.org/>
> > Check out the TI99ers On-Line User Group at
http://www.ti99ers.org/.<http://www.ti99ers.org/>
> > Send abuse reports to abuse@... <abuse%40ti99ers.orgYahoo>!
> > Groups Links
>
> >
> >
> >    
ti99-4a-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com<ti99-4a-fullfeatured%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>


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Congratulations, Tom!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Groslouis" <jgroslou@...>
To: "TI99/4A" <ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com>; "TI994A"
<TI994A@yahoogroups.com>; "swpb" <swpb@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:41 AM
Subject: [TI-99/4A] Induction of Tom Wills to TI99HOF


> On behalf of my fellow members on the Board of Governors of the TI99'ers
> Hall of Fame it is my pleasure to announce the induction of Tom Wills to
> the TI99HOF.
>
> Please take a moment to visit our site at www.ti99hof.org and read about
> the
> many contributions that Tom and the other previous inductees have made
> to
> the continuous enjoyment of our favourite little Home Computer.
>
> Jacques
>
> Nominate someone to the TI99HOF
> Check out www.ti99hof.org
>
>

Sounds like the power supply, actually.  The symptoms you describe say that
the 12V rail is probably going bad. . .12V goes, HD stops turning, and at
the next page swap it crashes. . .

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
fdos
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:53 AM
To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question

Mark,

I've tested the RAM dozens of times.  No problem ever found.

All the crashes I've talked about occur when the PC is idle.  You know
left on over night.  Next morning dead.  Never happens while I'm using it.

Of course, the problem now is that it only boots up in Safe Mode.

Bill S

mark wills wrote:
>
>
> When my previously well behaved desk-top started randomy crashing it
> turned out to be the RAM chips. Eventually, after many rebuilds I
> changed the ram, and the problem was fixed
>
> Mark
>
>  >
>  >From: Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e@... <mailto:g_alan_e%40YAHOO.COM>>
>  >To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
>  >Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 10:14:53
>  >Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > >
>  >>
>  >
>  >--- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net> wrote:
>  >
>  >>> From: fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net>
>  >>> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  >>> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com
>  >>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
>  >>> New plan. I need to fix the
>  >>> BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
>  >>> gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
>  >>> could be time consuming to say the least.
>  >
>  >>The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the
> BIOS setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.
>  >
>  >>Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label
> or silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board
is.
>  >
>  >>There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the
> board. It has nothing to do with the model of the board and the same
> exact string has been used on widely different Intel motherboards.
>  >
>  >>Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one
> string starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a
> board has had a lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for
> different AA code ranges due to some big change in configuration that
> make it impossible to write a BIOS that'll cover the entire revision
> history.
>  >
>  >>IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new
> model designation.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


------------------------------------

For users/owners of TI-99/4A Geneve 9640 computers everywhere!
  Visit the TI99'ers Hall of Fame at http://www.ti99hof.org/.
  Check out the TI99ers On-Line User Group at http://www.ti99ers.org/.
  Send abuse reports to abuse@...! Groups Links

I would like to express my gratitude to all for your kind words and thoughts
on my induction into the TI99ers Hall of Fame. It is indeed an honor the be
in the HOF with the likes of Paolo Bagnaresi, Bill Gaskill, Beery Miller,
Charles Good, Barry Boone, Cheryl "Regena" Whitelaw, and so forth. I'd list
them all, but you can always go to the HOF website at http://www.ti99hof.org
and read up on all of them yourself.

Thank you one and all for your congratulatory messages. And a special thanks
to those who helped write my Bio, especially Terrie Masters who was the main
person who worked up the Bio.

Tom

I hope not as this particular PC is on its 5th power supply now.  It was
purchased new in October of 2003, and it has had 3 motherboards, but
only two CPUs (first was a 2.4 GHz P4 and then a 2.0GHz AMD motherboard
and now an Intel motherboard with the 2.4GHz P4).  Also 3 or 4 hard
drives and a couple of dual layer cd-rom drives.

Very unlike my dual 850Mhz PIII Intel Server with dual "hot" 350 Watt
power supplies (both original), embedded SCSI (replaced 2 18GB drives,
and added 2 x 9GB drives and a 35GB drive) and one cd-rom drive
(original) purchased in January 1999 from the same vendor.  I added a
DDS3 tape drive, a 640MB Optical drive, a 1.44MB/1.2MB combo floppy
drive in addition to an LS-120 floppy drive.

Maybe I should just turn the PIII Server into a Win98SE TI/Geneve
peripheral?  Although I do have VMware 3.02 Workstation, so I could keep
it as a Linux LAN Server, and just host Win98SE via VMware, but I don't
think I would get all the TI/Geneve peripheral benefits this way.

Bill S

Ksarul wrote:
>
>
> Sounds like the power supply, actually. The symptoms you describe say that
> the 12V rail is probably going bad. . .12V goes, HD stops turning, and at
> the next page swap it crashes. . .
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> Behalf Of
> fdos
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>
> Mark,
>
> I've tested the RAM dozens of times. No problem ever found.
>
> All the crashes I've talked about occur when the PC is idle. You know
> left on over night. Next morning dead. Never happens while I'm using it.
>
> Of course, the problem now is that it only boots up in Safe Mode.
>
> Bill S
>
> mark wills wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > When my previously well behaved desk-top started randomy crashing it
>  > turned out to be the RAM chips. Eventually, after many rebuilds I
>  > changed the ram, and the problem was fixed
>  >
>  > Mark
>  >
>  > >
>  > >From: Gregg Eshelman <g_alan_e@...
> <mailto:g_alan_e%40YAHOO.COM> <mailto:g_alan_e%40YAHOO.COM>>
>  > >To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:ti99-4a%40yahoogroups.com>
>  > >Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 10:14:53
>  > >Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > >>
>  > >
>  > >--- On Tue, 11/24/09, fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net> wrote:
>  > >
>  > >>> From: fdos <fdosbrs@frontiernet .net>
>  > >>> Subject: Re: [TI-99/4A] Off topic question
>  > >>> To: ti99-4a@yahoogroups .com
>  > >>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:04 AM
>  > >>> New plan. I need to fix the
>  > >>> BIOS to be sure that I'm not fighting
>  > >>> gremlins, but choosing from the 16 Intel released versions
>  > >>> could be time consuming to say the least.
>  > >
>  > >>The BIOS revision for Intel made boards is shown when you go into the
>  > BIOS setup. It'll be a P with two numbers after it.
>  > >
>  > >>Retail and many OEM Intel made boards will have either a white label
>  > or silkscreen with INTEL TYPE: What follows that is what model the board
> is.
>  > >
>  > >>There is usually a string that starts with E silkscreened on the
>  > board. It has nothing to do with the model of the board and the same
>  > exact string has been used on widely different Intel motherboards.
>  > >
>  > >>Also look for a white label with some letters and numbers where one
>  > string starts with AA. That's the revision code. In some cases where a
>  > board has had a lot of revisions, Intel will have a different BIOS for
>  > different AA code ranges due to some big change in configuration that
>  > make it impossible to write a BIOS that'll cover the entire revision
>  > history.
>  > >
>  > >>IMHO when it gets to that point, Intel should give the board a new
>  > model designation.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>  >
>  >
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> For users/owners of TI-99/4A Geneve 9640 computers everywhere!
> Visit the TI99'ers Hall of Fame at http://www.ti99hof.org/.
> <http://www.ti99hof.org/.>
> Check out the TI99ers On-Line User Group at http://www.ti99ers.org/.
> <http://www.ti99ers.org/.>
> Send abuse reports to abuse@...
> <mailto:abuse%40ti99ers.orgYahoo>! Groups Links
>
>

Tomorrow, a surprise gift for the community will be released on Hexbus.com.

I'll send out a note when the site is updated.

Jon

Ooooh... A secret....  I love surprises.  :)

Owen Brand
**Oprysoft**
Opry99er.com

On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Jon Guidry <jon@...> wrote:

> Tomorrow, a surprise gift for the community will be released on Hexbus.com
> .
>
> I'll send out a note when the site is updated.
>
> Jon
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  I am thankful for all of you, your
conversation, friendship, and support!

By permission of Edward Dohmann, I am releasing the EPROM version of TI Workshop
and its related documentation.  Edward has graciously agreed that I can put this
download on www.hexbus.com.  The only restrictions related to it are that you
can't sell his program, and must freely distribute it.  You can burn it to an
EPROM, use it in an emulator, whatever.  Please just give him credit if you do
redistribute it.

The version available for download is the 74LS379 version, which works with the
64K cartridge board out of the box.  You will need a 27512 or 27C512 EPROM to
burn it.

TI Workshop was released in 1986, and is the largest cartridge program ever
released for the TI-99/4A.  It includes the following:

1) Full debugger based on SuperBug by Edgar Dohmann
2) A full memory manager (view, edit, and save memory)
3) A full program loader (load, load/run EA/3 and EA/5)
4) A full disk manager
5) A sector editor
6) A full editor/assembler package

There are some limitations to the module, but Edgar seems OK with us modifying
it if needed.  Some that I know of include:

1) Your RAMDisk might get wiped unless it's write protected when using the disk
manager
2) You need to use this cart by itself (i.e. not in a Gram Kracker or Cartridge
Expander)
3) The Disk Manager and other file operations can only do DSK1 to DSK9

Enjoy the program, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Jon

Thank You Jon.  Thank you Mr. Edward Dohmann.  Thank you "ALL".  It appears the
TI-99/4A Community has traveled a long way in the past year.

Happy Thanksgiving -  As any teacher can explain.  Our rewards are of giving
from our hearts.

Enjoy the Day,

Postle

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--- In ti99-4a@yahoogroups.com, Jon Guidry <jon@...> wrote:
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  I am thankful for all of you, your
conversation, friendship, and support!
>
> By permission of Edward Dohmann, I am releasing the EPROM version of TI
Workshop and its related documentation.  Edward has graciously agreed that I can
put this download on www.hexbus.com.  The only restrictions related to it are
that you can't sell his program, and must freely distribute it.  You can burn it
to an EPROM, use it in an emulator, whatever.  Please just give him credit if
you do redistribute it.
>
> The version available for download is the 74LS379 version, which works with
the 64K cartridge board out of the box.  You will need a 27512 or 27C512 EPROM
to burn it.
>
> TI Workshop was released in 1986, and is the largest cartridge program ever
released for the TI-99/4A.  It includes the following:
>
> 1) Full debugger based on SuperBug by Edgar Dohmann
> 2) A full memory manager (view, edit, and save memory)
> 3) A full program loader (load, load/run EA/3 and EA/5)
> 4) A full disk manager
> 5) A sector editor
> 6) A full editor/assembler package
>
> There are some limitations to the module, but Edgar seems OK with us modifying
it if needed.  Some that I know of include:
>
> 1) Your RAMDisk might get wiped unless it's write protected when using the
disk manager
> 2) You need to use this cart by itself (i.e. not in a Gram Kracker or
Cartridge Expander)
> 3) The Disk Manager and other file operations can only do DSK1 to DSK9
>
> Enjoy the program, and Happy Thanksgiving!
>
> Jon
>