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HORIZONS
The Official Journal of the Computer Users of Erie
Volume 29 Number 3
March 2011
“News and Information to expand your computing Horizons”
Founded 1982
In This Issue
Next Meeting
March 17, 2011
How to Burn CDs and DVDs
Many people have their systems
equipped with either a CD or DVD
recorder (burner), but are not sure
how this benefits their use of the
machine...or how to really use them.
If you fall into this category, this is
the night to attend, and get your questions answered!
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Membership News
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CUE Calendar
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Meeting Minutes
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Elements Class
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SIG Reports
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New Homes for my TI Collection
13 Legacy Basics #2
14 CUE Marketplace
*** IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS ***
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7 pm, Holy Rosary Computer Lab
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Computer Users of Erie
Officers
President
814-734-1019
Lee Williams
[email protected]
Vice President
814-694-2008
Olen Seidler
[email protected]
Secretary
814-460-0216
Theresa Rodrigues
[email protected]
Treasurer
814-474-3055
John Fair
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Lou Cioccio
[email protected]
814-868-1320
[email protected]
814-825-4206
[email protected]
814-461-8289
[email protected]
814-746-9165
[email protected]
814-866-1580
Sam Fletcher
Don Grim
Tom Kuklinski
Gene Meeks
Horizons
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About CUE
Founded in March 1982, Computer Users of Erie has
undergone many changes over the years to keep pace
with the ever-changing world of computing.
The computer platforms vary; we have members using
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 95/98, Mac OS,
Linux, and others.
Our members are versed in many different hardware
backgrounds. In fact, our roots go back to the days of the
old Tandy CoCo (Color Computer), which was the basis
around which our group was formed.
CUE has always welcomed members from all walks of
life, and all levels of expertise, from the novice just buying
their first system, to the professionals that work in the
computer industry as a way of life.
Visitors are always welcome to attend one or two of our
monthly meetings before joining, just to see what is happening.
Benefits our members enjoy are the newsletter, our CUE
Website, and a selection of SIG (Special Interest Groups)
to give them a chance to concentrate in-depth on subjects
that are of interest to them. CUE also has a general
Monthly meeting held on the third Thursday of each
month, where all members are welcome to come and join
in on the activities there. A demonstration or other presentation follows our business meeting, and questions are
welcome...oftentimes in a ‘Stump the Experts’ session.
Special Interest Groups
There are several SIGs operating within CUE that our
members are welcome to participate in. Current SIGs include:
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Genealogy
Macintosh
Digital Photo
BUG (Beginners User Group)
There is no extra charge to join a SIG. You may join as
many as you wish, or even start one focused on a topic
not yet covered!
Why not stop at our next meeting and see what’s up?
Membership News
New Members
Renewals Due
Joe Chmielewski
Mike Daly
Jim Grucza
Ann Marie Schlindwein
John Kowle
Greg Ames
Jeanne Brickell
Tom Kuklinski
Fred Bernatowicz
Renewals Received
Walter Modlin
Mark Wieczorek
Jane McNally
Walter Zirneskie
Remember, a CUE Membership makes a great gift!!
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Upcoming CUE Events
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April 2011 Meeting Topic:
CUE Elections
The CUE Annual Meeting and election of Officers is coming up in April. There is a list of nominees
found on page 5 of this issue. Please refer to it for your election decisions. If you would like to
nominate any other member for any position, please contact any Board member or Officer.
Meeting Location Finder
DH
HR
TK
LC
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Dave Howell • 3904 Myrtle • 866-7308 • [email protected]
Holy Rosary • 1012 E. 28th (park behind school) • Contact Lou Cioccio • 868-1320 • [email protected]
Tom Kuklinski • 3699 Dogleg Trail • 814-746-9165 • [email protected]
Lou Cioccio • 5753 Glenview Dr. • 868-1320 • [email protected]
Bill Ellis • 1502 Winslow Dr. • 868-2680 • [email protected]
All meetings begin at 7 pm, except for Mac SIG, which is 9 AM (UNLESS otherwise noted by SIG leader).
PLEASE RSVP for all SIG meetings, to allow for planning changes or meeting postponements.
Computer Users of Erie • Horizons • March 2011
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February Meeting Minutes
General Meeting Minutes
February 17, 2011
Mark Mattson Editor
(@)
Tom Kuklinski Web Master (@)
Alternates Lou Cioccio- Sam Fletcher - Don Grim
Lee Williams called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.
with six members in attendance.
Motion by Sam Fletcher to approve last months minutes
seconded by John Fair and carried.
50/50 Drawing was won by John Fair and donated to the
club; total was $11.00. Thanks John!
Treasurers balance end of January $$1109.75 February Balance $1196.75. Six Members renewed membership.
Nominating committee has the following Proposed
Slate of officers and nominations are still open from
members.
The Nominating Committee has presented the following list of names for positions on the board.
Lee Williams
Olen Seidler
Theresa Rodriques
John Fair
President
V. President
Secretary
Treasurer
BOARD (Vote for FIVE)
Mary Best
NEW
Gene Meeks
Last Year
Hadley Jones
NEW
Harold Kelly
NEW
Tanya Mattson NEW
Elections will be in APRIL at the General Meeting.
BUG meeting at Toms home, Hadley Jones had 6 problems mostly hardware, most were solved, Mary Best had
problems with the Nuance Dragon speaking program and
that was addressed at the meeting, also Judy Lyons had
an unnamed problem that was solved.
There was no Digital Photo meeting. It was snowed out
or in depending on how you look at it.
MAC SIG postponed as the instructor was taking care of
a previous commitment.
Lee Williams passed out MEMBERSHIP LISTS to those
present with the CAUTION that they were PRIVATE. He
asked that he be notified if there were any errors so that
they could be corrected.
Motion to adjourn Olen Seidler second Hadley Jones
Carried
John Fair then demonstrated some of the fine features
on the NEW PROJECTOR and SCREEN. A vast improvement over the one we replaced. It should serve us
well in the near future. A job well done John!
Photoshop Elements Class
Computer Users of Erie is once again offering its FREE class focusing on the use of
Adobe Photoshop Elements for enhancing your photographs.
Dates and Times:
Each Wednesday starting March 30, 2011. Subsequent dates are April 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Classes will run from 6 pm until 9 pm each listed date. All classes will be held at the Computer Lab in the old
Holy Rosary School building.
Please RSVP Lou Cioccio if you plan to attend, or to get further information.
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February SIG Notes
By Dave Howell, Bill Ellis and Tom Kuklinski, Computer Users of Erie
Genealogy SIG
Our first item for the evening dealt with certain
changes to Ancestry's method of navigating family
trees uploaded by its members. Hadley said he had
difficulty working with its sibling structure after the
changes were made by Ancestry. Suggestions were
made that may help him make the necessary repairs
to his tree information on Ancestry.
While online to Ancestry, the group reviewed some
other features used by Ancestry related to handling
uploaded family trees.
Questions also arose comparing certain features of
both Legacy and Family Tree Maker. For example,
with Legacy, a researcher can access Ancestry directly from within the Legacy program. We were also
told that Family Tree Maker can also access Ancestry from within the program. But certain steps are
necessary to transfer trees into or from Ancestry.com with either program. Both programs can
"connect" and "merge" family trees.
Bill explained the difference between "connecting"
two family files and "merging" those files. He is in
the process of evaluating individuals in a "new" family group for possible placement in his established
family tree. He wants to "connect" the smaller,
newer group through an individual common to both
groups. The "new" group will eventually be attached
to the larger family as long as there are no other
common ancestors. It a merge was done, then there
is a possibility that "duplicates" will appear and will
have to be resolved.
Bill also told us that he uses the LDS Family
Search through Legacy to research each individual
in any new group he receives for more information
that may shed some interesting facts and history on
the family in general. This is a process that we all
should employ when building our family histories!
Dave told the group that he may have to do a little
"connecting" or "merging" after he finishes compiling
a family tree for the cousins in his wife's family that
will be attending a "cousins" reunion this summer in
Erie. He asked how he should anticipate questions
about how one cousin is related to another. Both
Family Tree Maker and legacy have the ability to
display "relationships" but this requires that Dave
carry his laptop where ever his goes. Greg suggested printing out a "group sheet" for each cousin
planning to attend. The group viewed how this is
done in Legacy.
While Dave was doing some research for an Erie
friend, he came across three sites that may be of
interest to those doing research for Erie ancestors or
even in Pennsylvania. There are links in these sites
that can reveal a wealth of facts and information you
may need.
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/
PA_Erie.htm
http://www.familyhistory101.com/county/pa-countyerie.html
http://publicrecords.searchsystems.net/
United_States_Free_Public_Records_by_State/
Pennsylvania_Public_Records/
Pennsylvania_Counties_Free_Public_Records/
Lycoming_County/
Bill mentioned more sites that might help the researcher:
http://www.spokeo.com/ While this site is not entirely free, it does give out some useful free information. It is similar to another "people search" website
called:
http://www.zabasearch.com/
Another website is http://zillow.com/ In this site you
can look up properties such as a relative's home or
your neighbor's property. As long as you have an
address, you can check any property in the surrounding area. Some real estate agencies use this
site.
The next meeting is scheduled to occur 7 PM,
Tuesday, March 1st at Dave's house.
BUG Meeting
Hadley set up his 3-year old Acer mini-desktop and
explained that the START bar was along the right
side of his screen. He asked how to get it back to
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the bottom. Tom told us that all we need to do is
grab the START bar with your cursor and drag it
down to where you want it at the bottom of the
screen. Then Hadley asked how he can get rid of
desktop icons and unwanted software from his computer. Tom described two ways of removing unwanted icons and programs.
Hadley connected his Epson 1660 Perfection scanner to his Acer and explained that he can't seem to
"scan" the slides in the photo adapter mounted on
the glass plate. The light above the adapter will not
come on. After checking out the system, it was concluded that the correct "driver" for the photo scanning function is not installed. Fortunately, Hadley
brought the driver CD with him but his computer's
CD/DVD drive would not read it. In fact, we could not
get the drive to read any other disk. Conclusion:
Hadley's CD/DVD drive needs to be evaluated.
A third issue Hadley brought to the group was his
problem downloading Yahoo! e-mail messages
through his dial-up connection. He says that he often
gets error messages - that something is wrong with
the data being downloaded. With no dial-up connection available to check this out at the meeting, we
can only surmise that certain data associated with
graphics, etc., is being lost in the transmission from
the ISP Hadley is using.
Judy set up her HP laptop and explained that she
has to "restart" her VISTA system in order to access
the Internet even though she is connected to the
broadband 24/7. Tom made some adjustments but
couldn't check the results here at the meeting.
Hopefully, it will work properly after she gets her laptop home.
A discussion about VISTA revealed that Microsoft
in its attempt to correct problems with VISTA's 32-bit
and 64-bit format may have caused problems in
handling certain extensions found in attachments
such as PowerPoint (.pps). This may answer why
Dave has been complaining about not being able to
directly run PowerPoint attachments from his
downloads. He has to drag his attachments to his
desktop in order to open the attachments. Dave was
also advised that perhaps he'd be better off upgrading his VISTA to Windows 7 which may be available
online for as little as $60!
Next in line was Mary who booted up her desktop.
She had downloaded a speech recognition program
from Nuance but couldn't find "Nuance" on her computer in order to open and run it. Turns out,
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"Nuance" was only the publisher of the software.
She should have been looking for the name of the
program "Dragonslayer." When Dragonslayer was
typed in the "Find" bar, the software still didn't show
up. Then Tom asked which browser she was using
when she downloaded the software. She was using
Chrome. Tom went into Chrome and looked for
Dragonslayer again. Sure enough, there it was. Tom
dragged the software to the desktop and opened it
from there.
After the meeting as people were leaving, Dave
told of a problem he experienced recently on his
VISTA system.
Seems that upon booting up his system, the size of
the text and icons on his desktop reverted to the default scale of 96 DPI instead of the larger 120 DPI he
had it set for originally. When he went to enlarge the
text size back up to 120 DPI, he went too far and
enlarged the text to 150%. Obviously, that print size
was too big. So, when he set the DPI to a lower
number, he couldn't find the "Apply" button at the
bottom of the enlarged screen. It was too far down
out of sight. Not even grabbing the title bar to move
the frame up as far as possible would reveal the
"Apply" or "Okay" buttons. What to do?
Meanwhile, people receiving e-mails from Dave
began to complain that they couldn't read his print it was too small! Is there a connection? Dave
thought about the situation and thought that if he
could turn the image on his screen on its side 90
degrees, he might be able to reach the "Apply" and
"Okay" keys. Sure enough, it worked! He was able
to reach the buttons to execute the smaller text size.
Now, he can't read many attachments he receives the print is too small! Oh, well, what is life without a
challenge!
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New Homes for my TI Collection
Part 3 of a Three part series
By Dave Howell, Computer Users of Erie
My advanced age has conspired to "downsize" my worldly
possessions before my wife confronts me with "either it goes
or you go!" I considered placing an advertisement in e-Bay or
Craigslist but somehow, I didn't want the hassle involved with
meeting the protocol of these services. A friend gave me the
URL of a TI website that might provide a way to list my inventory for sale. Again, I didn't care for the format offered
through them. So, I hit upon the idea of placing an advertisement in the Newsletter of our local User Group, The Computer Users of Erie (CUE).
The advertisement referred visitors to the User Group's
website which listed the entire inventory. I had no idea this
would reach the intended audience but it was worth a try. It
soon became apparent that this was a good way to go! The
people who responded were top-notch TI diehards who appreciate the TI Legacy. I never dreamed that there was still a
"dedicated" core of individuals 27 years after Texas Instruments ceased production of these "personal" computer systems!
Not only was I able to reduce the inventory in my basement
to a fraction of the original collection (I kept a system for myself), I could rest assured that the equipment and software
found new homes with those who would continue to use it. I
really thought I would end up tossing it in the trash! With that
in mind, I kept the prices ridiculously low in hopes of improving the chances the equipment would move. Obviously, I
was interested only in meeting my expenses!
In the dialogue to follow, I will be discussing certain items
associated with the TI-99/4A Home Computer. In Figure 1,
you will see starting at the left, a beige model of the TI99/4A. On top of it are a pair of joysticks. Attached to the
right side of the beige console is a "Voice Synthesizer" and
attached to it is the interconnect cord to the large 32K Peripheral Expansion System (PEB) under the TV monitor containing disk drives, RS232 printer cards, and other solid state
cards. A tape cassette deck is in front of the PEB. Behind the
console are various software programs and solid state modules.
In the process of selling my collection, I made contact with
several interesting guys. The stories of "how they got started
with the TI-99/4A" and "what they are doing with their equipment now" is fascinating! So much so that I felt compelled to
relate some of their stories here. Suffice it to say that they
represent a unique cross-section of TI users from across the
country and even in Europe!
The first to respond to the advertisement was Nereo from
California. Because of his promptness, he is the lucky new
owner of the Genève 9640 system along with some other
choice items. Nereo purchased his first computer, a TI99/4A, from JCPenny for $299.99 in 1982. He had taken a
class in B.A.S.I.C. in college a few years before which
sparked his interest in computing. Money was not plentiful
for him at the time (as with many of us!) so his purchase
seemed to be the best he could get for the money.
He remembers bringing it home that day and hooking it up
to his 19-inch television set. With the console sitting on a TV
tray, he stayed up all night typing lines of BASIC which produced printing on the screen and made colors and sounds.
That morning, his wife got up to go to work and saw that he
was still working at the computer. He called out to her,
"Honey, come see what I did!" She said, "That's nice." Then
went off to work without further comment. Of course to him, it
was fantastic!
Nereo turned off the computer, lost the program, and went
to bed. That was the beginning for him. Throughout the next
few years, he purchased a tape recorder, a Peripheral Expansion System (PEB), a printer, a voice synthesizer, and
some cartridges and books. He spent many hours typing in
programs from books and wrote a few for himself. His masterpiece was a blackjack game program. After a while, he put
Figure 1
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his TI equipment in storage. When he moved to new living
quarters in the late 1980's, he gave the equipment to a local
"goodwill" agency.
Not long ago, something rekindled his interest in the Texas
Instrument legacy and he began to acquire some of the good
old familiar equipment again. He was amazed at how much
was made for the TI-99/4A and PEB in the aftermarket industry. All he can say is, "I'm having a great time researching
and finding out things I didn't know about this little computer!"
The second person to respond to the advertisement was
Klaus from Vienna, Austria. Whereas Nereo requested
mostly equipment, Klaus ordered software. The unique situation with Klaus is that he likes to experiment with his TI
equipment - and write about it using his blog
http://ti99blog.webs.com. He and his brother, now in their
30's, were only 3 and 6 years old, when their father bought a
TI-99/4A. Friends who upgraded to other systems gave them
their TI collections as presents. As time went by, they collected three consoles and two PEBs. They didn't collect
many different cartridges but did accumulate lots of manuals
including German and English books about the TI. They
never did get a printer or a modem for their systems.
By 1995, they gave up their entire collection including some
self-written programs and games on disk. Klaus admits that
they should have kept one system with the software they
wrote. Today, however, Klaus, like Nereo, got back into using the TI-99/4A. But Klaus doesn't use a typical PEB! Instead, he uses what is known as a nanoPEB which saves
programs using solid-state memory cards quite like those
used in digital cameras. This nanoPEB doesn't use floppy
disk drives. Instead, he has been reading his programs from
cassette tape into the 32 GB memory card on his nanoPEB
and running them from there. Some of these programs he
said are in German and he thinks that some of them might
be real "gems" not seen in today's TI online community!
There is a photo of this setup in his blog
http://ti99blog.webs.com. This nanoPEB is produced in the
USA by a fellow TI community member.
Klaus was very interested in my experiences of using the TI
-99/4A in the classroom. He tells of his participation as a 14year old student in a "Informatik class" in Austria where he
actually learned how to program in LOGO (on PCs). While
he was waiting for the class to catch up, Klaus was writing
games! In high school, they used the TI-92 graphic calculator
for doing math. He said he was the only one in class who
could program in BASIC. He even learned to use the Assembly language!
All in all, the material he purchased from my inventory
thrilled everyone including Klaus' 4-year old nephew! I also
sent Klaus my last beige TI-99/4A. He said he's never seen a
beige TI console. According to him, beige units were only
sold in the USA. I find that rather curious because I thought
there were more beige consoles manufactured than the older
silver and black models. Now Klaus has been facing a new
problem - finding a 240-volt to 120-volt convertor
(transformer). In Europe, the standard consumer electric
supply is 240 volts.
My experiences with Nereo and Klaus led me to believe
that the supply of TI equipment has pretty much dried up in
the last few years. That's why they were eager to get items
from my inventory. Even the dozens of spare keyboards I
had have been gobbled up.
The next TI enthusiast who inquired about my inventory
was Kyle, an airline pilot from Arizona. He, too, was interested in the Genève 9640 and was disappointed to learn that
the unit I had was sold. He told me that he used to operate a
BBS from his Dad's Genève back in the early 90's. He currently has a PEB with a Genève-compatible WHT SCSI card
and a 60 MB drive. He needs a 9640 to make it complete.
Kyle received a printer, several utility and game modules,
some keyboards, video modulators, PEB cards, and manuals from my collection.
Another TI hobbyist, Mike from Idaho, was also interested
in buying my Genève 9640. Actually he, and a buddy at
work, are just getting back into using the TI-99/4A, having
had a console when they were kids. They want to learn how
to program and figures that the older machines would be
easier to learn on. Kyle also has a fascination with computer
history and how the TI played a part in the early days of
home computing.
I sent Kyle and his buddy TI consoles, keyboards, all the
magazines including the Micropendium and disks, and some
books. If I can find it, I'll send Kyle some of the "history of
computing" I used in my "Computer Literacy" classes back in
the early 1980's. Now that would really be ancient stuff!
The next fellow on my list is none other than the intrepid Bill
Gaskill, an unofficial historian on the life of the TI-99/4A
Home Computer and the people who supported and used it.
You can find his "Timeline 99" material at
http://www.ti99ers.org/. His non-profit purpose of maintaining the archive is, and I quote: "to preserve the history of the
TI-99 Home Computer and to share it so that it does not get
lost in the shuffle of time".
I remember the articles he's written in various publications
way back in the early days of the TI-99 legacy. In fact, I
casually mentioned some of the big names in the TI world to
Klaus a few weeks ago after which, in the next day's e-mail, I
received a surprise message from Bill! I never expected to
hear from any of the "old" greats from the days of yesteryear!
In his e-mail, he expressed interest in collecting ads, booklets, flyers, letters, newsletters and other documents having
to do with the history of the TI-99 legacy. These were items I
did not bother to list in my original advertisement because I
didn't think there was any material or monetary value in that
sort of stuff. From the prices I listed for equipment and software in my advertisement, I certainly can't be accused of
"making a profit." I just want to pass the material on to those
who can make use of it and preserve the legacy. Needless to
say, Bill received my entire stock of newsletters from nearly
70 TI User Groups. In those days, TI user groups typically
exchanged newsletters.
I also sent him dozens of floppy disks containing BASIC
and Extended BASIC programs. Bill tells me that he has al(Continued on page 10)
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ready updated the Altman Fairware List program on
TI99ers.org by adding Sidewriter 2.1 and Paul Scheidemantle's Innovative Utilities Fairware disks.
In return, Bill has been a source of information most unique
to the TI legacy. I asked him if he knew of any active TI User
Groups. The only one he knew of was the Chicago TI User
Group. They still meet monthly and broadcast their meetings
live over the internet. He guesses that there may be 4 to 6
active groups in Europe.
Then, in response to my question about "known" enthusiasts, he guesses probably 1000 or so today. The On-Line
User Group (OLUG) http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ti99
-4a/messages/75155?l=1, started by Tom Wills in December
of 1999, is the communication hub of the TI Community
worldwide and sports 632 members as of December 9, 2010.
As I did with most other recipients of my inventory, I asked
Bill how he got into using the TI-99/4A. His answer:
"It is late 1981, or early 1982, as a Sergeant on a municipal
police department, I spent the first 45-60 minutes of each
shift doing a manual tally of tickets, contacts, bar checks,
burglaries and the like, so they could be shipped over to our
I.T. Department for hand entry into a mainframe. Because I'd
heard and read about the new micro computers that were
out there, I approached my Captain and lamented the
amount of time wasted each shift doing the manual tallies.
Turns out he was just waiting for someone to show some
interest in the microcomputer world, and I unknowingly
stepped up to the plate. I became the department's microcomputer 'guru'. In an effort to enhance my knowledge about
computers, I added a couple of computer courses to my already burgeoning college course load. One of them required
that I spend time in the computer lab writing BASIC programs on a DEC PDP 111 (I think). Since I was working and
going to school for my Bachelor's Degree at the same time,
the lab work was particularly unappealing. I actually did have
a wife and two kids at home that I enjoyed seeing once in a
while. :-)
"The answer in my mind was to buy one of the new
"personal computers" that were beginning to show up at the
retail stores, so I could program at home and not have to sit
in the computer lab. I went looking and saw this thing called
a VIC-20 from Commodore with 5K of RAM and another
computer from Texas Instruments that had 16K of RAM.
Well, I wasn't sure which was the better computer, but I did
know that 16K was more RAM than 5K, so I took home a TI99/4A.
"I sold the computer for $150 after the college class was
over and didn't really own a personal computer until the October 1983 'Bailout' by Texas Instruments, when the 99/4A
was available for $49.95 locally. I bought one. Then I found a
Peripheral Expansion Box (PEB) with your choice of TI Logo,
TI-Writer, or MS Multiplan thrown in at LaBelles Department
store in Denver. I bought it and the rest is history."
anyone use the 99/4A anymore?" With some changes, because I now have a Brother HL5051D Laser Printer hooked
directly to my 99/4A instead of an Epson EX-800, I have 625
DS/DD floppy disks on a single 512MB Compact Flash card
thanks to Jaime Malilog, and that sort of thing, the contents
are much the same.
'I am one of those folks fortunate enough to work out of a
home office, where I sit at an IBM ThinkPad linked to the
corporate network from 8-5.
'To my right, 1/4 of a turn of my swivel chair away, is a TI99/4A with a single disk drive and Epson EX-800 printer that
I've used for almost 15 years. I still use it on a daily basis.
Today it tracks my eBay sales and purchases with a program
I typed in from a computer magazine back in 1986, and I
also still use it to write letters to friends using the Companion
Word Processor. Perhaps my most favorite use is the creation of new Multiplan spreadsheets for personal use, to look
at and track my investments in different ways.
'In my hobby computer room, I have the TI-99/4A that I've
owned for over 20 years, that supports 60MB of hard drive
space, over 4000 sectors of RAM disk space and that has
two 1/2 height floppy drives driven by a DS/DD disk controller. I use it to maintain a tight inventory on the thousands of
software programs I keep in my library, as well as hundreds
of plug-in cartridges I've purchased over the years, and the
myriads of TI-99/4A memorabilia that I've collected. It also
serves as the reproduction machine for the not-too-frequentanymore TI-99/4A software sales orders that I STILL get,
from the days when a person could actually supplement their
living income by selling useful programs to TI-99/4A owners.
'My first grand child will be the recipient of another TI-99/4A
in another few months, complete with Speech Synthesizer,
so he can learn numbers, arithmetic, basic grammar and
many more educational basics, using nothing more than a
console, TV set and some of the best plug-in educational
cartridge programs ever developed for any computer.
'The TI-99/4A is still very much alive, in a productive environment, and there are still hundreds of us active, worldwide,
who will continue to promote it, and its use, to generations
still unborn.'"
Thanks, Bill, for your peek into the "days of yesteryear!"
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that by your use of the
venerable TI-99/4A system everyday in keeping tabs on the
archives of the TI-99/4A that you "practice what you preach!"
The next fellow receiving material from what's left of my
inventory was Alan from Florida. Alan got some keyboards,
books, a MS Multiplan system, and some manuals.
In spite of his busy schedule, he seems to have time to devote to the TI-99/4A. He, too, is familiar with some of the
names mentioned in the above interviews. I found his story
no less impressive, and I quote:
I also asked Bill "how are you using the system now?"
"I actually wrote the paragraphs below in August 2002 and
posted it on comp.sys.ti in response to the question, "Does
"Gather around (folks) and I'll tell you a story. When I was
six (1981) I started second grade in a gifted program. We
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had an Apple II+ with which I was enamored. I spent a lot of
time on the computer, playing games like "Rockey's Boots"
and "Haunted House," as well as learning to program my
own. As years went by, I became familiar with the Atari lab
the school had just down the hall, incidentally run by the local TI user group president, and started toying with some
model of Atari XL (I believe a 1200). My father was military
and we really could not afford much, but for Christmas 1983,
I found a TI-99/4A under the tree; this was around the time
TI dropped from the home computer market and was offering
$50 rebates on top of retailer instant rebates. K-Mart had
the TI on prominent display on the opposite side of display
from the Commodore 64, both of which I hung around during
our shopping ventures, and though I wound up eventually
moving to the Commodore, my history was written by TI's
rebates.
"From 1984 until around 1990, I worked primarily with the
TI. I got cartridge games for Christmas and birthdays, my
dad tried some programming as well, but we never expanded the system. Oh, how I lusted for the CorComp
micro-expansion advertised in the Triton catalogue and the
Everything Book, but $600 was far out of my reach. Over
the course of those 10 years I wrote many programs, mostly
games, and saved it all to cassette. I believe it was 1988 or
1989 that I acquired a Commodore 64 by way of lawn mowing jobs, and eventually a disk drive for it as well. That began the slow decline in my TI usage, but I was still writing
games. (Around 1986 or 1987, I wrote to COMPUTE! Magazine to ask permission to make and distribute TI conversions
of programs in the magazine since it had dropped the TI; I
received permission to do just that, and part of my task now
is to dig through my storage and find that letter.)
"As an aside, during days when I was home alone, I would
often have some of my neighborhood friends come over and
try out my games, looking for bugs and what-not. Was really
cool to see other people playing my games!
"In 1989, we moved to a new base and I maintained both
my C64 and TI setups. I came across several TI users in the
area, and one guy loaned me one of his four PEBs. I started
converting programs from cassette to disk, learning TI's simple DOS and so on. While it was not as functional as my
C64 cum C128 rig, it had a certain peculiar draw to me. In
1992, we moved again and I had to return the loaned PEB
as I just could not afford to keep it -- truth be told, I probably
could have if I hadn't spent a good chunk of change on a
Commodore SX-64 and other Commodore goodies being
that the TI just wasn't supported commercially anymore making it less viable to me.
"After 1992, the TI saw a little usage here and there. I kept
it as I was continually drawn to return to it, and after my first
move on my own, I got involved in the TI online users group
(back when it was on e-groups). That was also the year that
I transitioned from my C128 to the Amiga, which became my
primary platform. In 1998, I moved away from my home
town to strike it out on my own, and everything was put in
storage with the exception of certain items which I carried
with me, including my TI. (Well, it started as the family TI,
but became mine).
"David Ormond, out in Arizona (I believe) was clearing out
some of his redundant equipment and had a couple of PEBs
loaded with dual disk drives he was offering for free to people who would use them. I was happily able to snarf one up
(2001-ish) and I have kept it in good condition since. Looking
back, I obviously had this other PEB, but having forgotten
about it, I have no clue when I obtained it or how.
"Since then, I have moved several times, had life disturbances, started a business, started, left, then returned to
school, all of which prevented me from really getting involved
in my classic systems other than my Amiga which I used
primarily until I purchased my first PC in 2000. I have attempted to stay current with TI developments, but time and
life are always factors. Recently, I came across the
Classic99 emulator and got jump-started back into the TI
world. I have kept all my TI stuff in my house packed away
for the day I would put together my technological R&R room,
including my old cassettes and disks with my programs.
"I have since transferred some of my cassette programs to
the PC where I can work with them in Classic99, and I put a
TI system with PEB in my living room for "testing" purposes
until I could outfit the PEB the way I want and find a path to
the desk in the bedroom in which I will reside next to several
other classic systems.
"So, that's where I am. I recently decked out my PEB with
a DS/DD floppy controller card, a SCSI card, and a dying
75MB Quantum hard drive. My intention right now is to pick
up learning TMS-9900 and the TI Assembly Language using
the Editor/Assembler where I left off with the Mini Memory. I
have a couple of games in mind which I have always wanted
to program on the TI, and I am fascinated at the current resurgence in its popularity."
"There's a hugely active group on Atari Age right now, with
more people coming in every so often. From my understanding, the TI is seeing a renewed interest in the "retro"
community, so we may see things happen like with the
Amiga, where "collectors" drive the prices of items up to unreasonable heights for people who just want to use them.
Me, we'll see."
In my e-mails to Alan about shipping his order to him, he
mentioned that he was involved with "final exams." I asked
him if he was taking them or giving them to classes.
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His answer: "I am actually a student at Florida State University. I dropped out to run my business and started back
when things got slow. As well, FSU now has a program
which is based on NSA curriculum, Computer Criminology,
and it is unique to FSU. This is the very program for which I
have been waiting since high school, if not longer. So, yeah,
this is more than just casual interest, this is a calling. I have
always had an intuition with technology and I absorb information. Combined with an analytical perspective and a completely out-of-whack sleep schedule, I have an interesting
future ahead of me, I think."
Your story, Alan, is fascinating, at least to fellow TI'ers and
to those interested in the history of computers. I'm sure readers of this article can identify with their own involvement in
computing. And his specializing in "Computer Criminology" is
quite awesome but expected in this "age of computing." But
Alan needn't worry about the people I've quoted in this article! Everyone of them have proved to be tops in dependability, honesty, and dedication.
Having said that, we move on to Karl-Heinz from Germany.
Based on the limited email conversations with him, I got the
impression that he considers himself a "beginner." Although
he wrote several programs in BASIC back in the 1980's for a
neighbor, he apparently did not become fully immersed with
the TI-99/4A until recently. Now he wants to get back into it
but finds that TI equipment is scarce in Germany. Unfortunately my stock of systems was already sold out so he had
to settle for some manuals, reference cards, a MS Multiplan
module system, and a spare keyboard. I sent him the material he requested from what I had in stock but as yet, 6
weeks later, no payment for the items or the shipping has
been received.
Through some cyberspace hyjinks with Bill and Klaus, I was
made aware of Matthew from Michigan. This e-mail from
Matt explains his mission:
"Dear Dave, I received a message from Klaus urging me to
contact you about hardware for a 'console exchange program' I'm starting. Basically I'm trying to get functional 99/4A
computers into the hands of people with a defective unit,
who got ripped on eBay, or who would just like to have a
99/4A and who are participating in the community. I have a
thread on the Atari Age forum about it if you care to check it
out:
http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/173099-994a-consoleexchange-program/
"Anyway, Klaus suggested that you might have some hardware and such left over that you are still trying to get rid of,
and that you may want to donate to the program. I'm repairing any consoles that I receive, so only the physical condition
really matters, and even then I can probably use the guts if
the case is ruined.
"So far I have donations of about fifteen consoles and one
32K card. No carts though, yet, and no manuals, books, or
other stuff. I'm not sure how much I want to stock though,
and I plan to move the computers into good homes as
quickly as possible.
"I don't charge people anything except shipping, and I'm
really not sure why I'm even doing it. All I need is another
project. ;-)"
That explains what he is doing now with TI equipment. How
did he get started? Matt continues with this dialogue:
"As for me, my interest in the 99/4A is purely nostalgic.
When I was 12 (sometime in 1982) my dad bought me a
99/4A. It was awesome. I used the blue "Beginner's BASIC"
book that came with the computer to learn how to code. The
following year, before TI announced they were discontinuing
the home computer line, my dad got me the PEB which
came with the E/A (Editor/Assembly Language). By that
time, I was totally frustrated with XB's slow speed. I used the
few examples in the E/A manual, as well as the included
Tombstone City code, to teach myself 9900 assembly. It
was very frustrating and confusing though, and my breakthrough came when I got the COMPUTE! book by Lottrup.
The rest is history and I have been coding ever since. I also
mess with electronics and now FPGA's, and I really enjoy the
hardware side of things too!"
I told Matt that he could have whatever is left in my inventory. So far, Matt hasn't specified what he wants to receive
primarily due to the cost of shipping. We discussed the possibility of meeting somewhere between Pennsylvania and
Michigan to convey the desired goods. In this regard, I just
heard from Bill that the long-standing Chicago TI Faire will
again be held later this year. It is scheduled for Saturday,
November 5th. My wife and I are planning to attend. Perhaps
this will be an opportunity to get the TI equipment into Matt's
hands if he can drive down from his home in Michigan.
My thanks to all of you for your contributions to this article.
You are an absolutely fantastic group of guys!
Dave
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Legacy Basics #2
By Bill Ellis, Computer Users of Erie
This is a continuing article about the Legacy program’s
Home Page. I mentioned in the previous article, which was
published in the December 2010 issue of Horizons, that our
hectic life styles keeps us from investigating all the amazing
features that are included in the software programs that we
use every day. We stick to the same old tried and true procedures, because it’s quick, it’s easy and it gets the job done. I
hope this article will encourage you the take a little time to
look further and see what your software program(s) have to
offer.
As mentioned in the previous article, to startup in the Home
page window you need to click on the Options menu item at
the top of the screen. In the drop down menu, click on Customize. In the customize window are several tabs. You
should be at the General tab view. If not, click on the General
tab to bring that view forward. The very first item, on the left,
is called Startup View. In this section, you can select one of
several views that will tell Legacy which view you would like to
have Legacy start up in. The first view item is called Legacy
Home. This is the one that I would like you to select if it hasn’t
been already selected. Now go to the bottom of the screen
and select save. From now on, whenever you start the Legacy program, you will see the Home view screen with several
panels. These panels are as follows, Legacy News, To-Do
items, Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries, Statistics,
Updates and Support. You will also notice a long white bar
across the top of these panels with the word Address in front
of it. This is the same address bar that is in your browser
when you’re surfing the Internet and is used in the same way.
We’ll talk about that address bar a little bit later.
When you open Legacy in this Home view screen you can
connect to the Internet via cable, DSL or dial up. You will
have to tell Legacy how it needs to get connected. To do that,
click on the Options button near the upper right of the screen.
In the drop down menu, click on Options. In this window are
two tabs. One is called Internet Options and the other is
called Reminder Options. Click on the Internet Options tab to
bring it forward if it isn’t already forward. The Internet Options
tab gives you two selections to choose from. Choose the one
that is right for your type of Internet connection and click on
save.
Now that you are connected to the Internet and you have
started Legacy in the Home View screen you can use the Legacy News panel. This panel lets you read some of the latest
news from Millennia. The articles in the panel are short excerpts of the full story. If you would like to read the full story,
just click on the highlighted/underlined text and you will be
transported to the Millennia web site. At the Millennia site you
can read all or some of the articles and even add your comments at the end of each article. You are also given the
choice to submit your own article(s). When you have finished
with the Millennia site, simply click on the little house icon that
is just above the address line and to the left. There is also a
little house icon at the very top of the page. DO NOT click on
that one. When you click on the little house icon you will be
transported back to the Legacy home view from whence you
came.
Below the Legacy News panel are two very interesting panels. One is the To-Do items panel and the other is the Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries panel. Both of these
are reminder panels. They remind you of items that need your
attention. For example, when you create a To-Do item for an
individual or an event you can fill in a reminder date of your
choosing. As that date approaches, the To-Do item will be
posted in the To-Do panel as a reminder. You can also create
a reminder for birthdays, anniversaries and dates of death. In
order to create this type of reminder, go to each person’s information screen, where births, deaths, occupation, etc., are
stored. In the lower right side of the window are two selections. They are birthday reminder and death date reminder. If
you check one or both of these options, the dates of the
checked events will be posted in the corresponding reminder
panel. The same holds true for anniversaries. Click on the
couple’s marriage date to bring up their wedding information.
At the very bottom of that window you need to put a check
mark in the Anniversary reminder. Now that you have the
reminders ready to go, you need to do one more thing. Go
back to the Legacy Home view screen and click on the Option
button in the upper right of the window as you did before.
Click on Options in the drop down menu. This time click on the
Reminder Options tab to bring that window forward if it isn’t
already forward. There are three reminders listed. Put a
check mark in the ones you will be using. Just above these
three reminders you will need to tell Legacy how many days in
advance you would like to be reminded of these events. Once
you’ve done that, click save and you’re all set.
The remaining three panels on the right, Statistics, Updates
and Support are pretty self-explanatory. The statistics tells
you the number of individuals, families and sources in the
family file that you are working with. The update panel tells
you if you are up to date with the latest version of Legacy. If
this panel tells you that you need to install the latest update,
you can click on that panel to download and update the Legacy program. Whether you update your Legacy program, or
not, is your choice. I like to wait at least a week after an update is out before I install it. This gives the programmers a
little more time to get some of the bugs ironed out, if there are
any. The support panel has several items in its list. There are
two items here that I feel are of great importance. They are
watch training videos and tips from the experts. When you
choose watch training videos you will be able to view a video
of the basics of legacy for free. This is a really good training
video for all levels of genealogists. You can also preview all
the other videos to see if they meet your needs. Some you
can view for free, while others you can preview before you
decide whether or not to buy it. Clicking on the Tips from the
experts will take you to a very long list of “How To” instructions. Here is where you can get tips on a ton of Legacy’s
functions such merging, split screen view, importing and exporting and so on. The Tips from the experts go hand in hand
with the help screen that is within the Legacy program and in
most cases will also give you step-by-step instructions.
So, my friends. Don’t be shy. Dig into that software you’ve
been using all this time and see what it has to offer. To my
genealogist friends, I wish you happy hunting.
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