1 Oct
2007
1 Oct
'07
12:19 p.m.
On 9/27/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
How well has TI-99/4A software on floppies been preserved? We just
received a very large donation. As part of the donation is what
appears to be a complete TI-99/4A system complete with the expansion
box, and a couple other expansions. There is documentation for at
least some of the hardware and software.
Preservation for TI-99/4A software on floppies seems to be pretty poor right
now, because of (as Jim mentioned) the rarity of the expansion box and
third-party software that used it. There are a few large-ish archives, but
they're almost entirely unorganized -- nothing remotely approaching the
TOSEC sets available for other systems. If you're able to image a
significant number of those floppies, that would be a real service to
enthusiasts.
You might know this already, but you might look to see whether that
expansion box houses a MyArc Geneve 9640, or any of the software is for the
Geneve rather than the stock TI-99/4A.