TI-74 TI-95 8x32K banked RAM/FLASH cart soon, ROM images needed

[rprosperi]

(10-14-2024 11:35 PM)Jeff_Birt Wrote:  

(10-14-2024 10:52 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Looking great Jeff, I too will be needing 2, 1/ea for 95 and 74. Is it clear that the only modules ever produced are the 5-6 you listed above (not counting 3rd-party units)? If so, that was a lot for effort by TI, to only release 2 or 3 modules for each machine. I suppose a lot less effort than building the TI-88 and then cancelling it, but still, non-trivial amount of time and effort...

I read elsewhere that TI did not release an SDK and were the ones who developed the 3rd party carts. Kind of an odd business plan.

I have three FLASH and three RAM available at this time. These are 8x32K banks each. Toward the end of the year the 16x32K bank versions should be ready. I don't want to ship the FLASH until I'm able to program in all the available ROMs.

I just grabbed a near mint TI-95 lot which included all three TI-95 carts

I sure find it strange that TI would release an expandable product, the follow-on for the hugely successful Ti-58/58C/59, but then only release 2 application ROMs. It's really no wonder it didn't do well, but I guess TI was shifting it's focus to other markets, like education, where they did a bit better, so maybe the right decisions after all....


I don't need one any time soon, so please let others grab the current carts available, as I'll not have any time to explore them for several months, too tied-up with other projects, but I do want to get some eventually.