Although the Extended BASIC cartridge, when it calls the built-in phrases, doesn’t say butt with two t’s, I wrote my blog entry title to suggest that it says like the rear end of someone. If you want to hear this recording, just press tab and maybe get a laugh like I did when my friend… Continue reading Put the Joystick up Your Butt
Month: July 2022
An Amusing Story Related to the Texas Instruments Computer
I remember all too well, once I got all the built-in words and phrases read out to me, and having stored them in program form, having sent that list, at least the words, to a friend of mine. The sentence he came up with was, and I quote, "Put the joystick up your but". I… Continue reading An Amusing Story Related to the Texas Instruments Computer
A Sample of the Built-in Phrases
I did correctly remember how to access the built-in phrases in the Extended BASIC cart, however, I don’t believe I remember them all, so here’s a sample of three of them. The last word you’ll hear isn’t a built-in phrase, it’s the word uh-oh, U, H, O, H for clarity. You enter it uhoh, without… Continue reading A Sample of the Built-in Phrases
An Additional Sample
And here’s the Extended BASIC sample.
Requested Sample
In my previous post I talked about an emulator for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. Here is a sample of the speech from the Terminal Emulator 2 cartridge. In my next post I will put a sample of what the Extended BASIC speech sounds like. It was harder to do because that uses the built-in… Continue reading Requested Sample
A Trip to the Past
First, there has been no change on my residency status. Recently, a friend of mine sent me a link to an emulator for the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. I don’t think he realized I used to program on that machine. I was quite enthused. The emulator has rudimentary screen reader support. It has problems but… Continue reading A Trip to the Past