I managed to pick up a beige, all plastic TI 99/A this weekend and if I remember prior posts this is an uncommon version of this machine. I also saw what looked like the standard black and chrome machine except that it had no chrome at all. Did TI ever make such a machine or is it a standard machine that was mutilated by some brute? I also picked up a Commodore SX64 and a Franklin Ace 1000 (a sentimental favorite of mine) as well as a CoCo floppy drive and interface cartridge. It was a great weekend. Lou