JAN
1989: The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- MICROpendium begins accepting subscription
orders
by credit card.
- Harry Brashear, outspoken member of the Western New York
99ers User
Group, MICROpendium columnist and frequent visitor to the 'Boards'
supporting
the TI Community, publishes the following in the January 1989 issue of
his User Group newsletter the N.Y. 99er Interface:
-
"This month I will be doing The View From The Point
first because it is the really big news I suppose. As you all know, my
Home Publishing manual will be a substantial benefit to the group
treasury as well as Bob Coffey and I. We have managed to sell quite
afew of them and we were looking forward to polishing them off by the
end of January. That goal is now in jeopardy because of one of the
‘great kahoonas in our community, J. Peter Hoddie.
I hereby submit his review of my manual from the
Boston Computer Society TI-99/4A Newsletter, and my rebuttal. Please
forgive the small print. ‘Since I didn’t want to be further accused of
incomplete reporting. I have copied directly for the first time in my
three years of editing this newsletter. (J. Peter Hoddie article not
included here).
THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN! (or - My Excuses -)
- Before I commit the remaininq twenty-five or thirty
percent of the
manuals to the bottom of my bird cage, and cut my losses, I would like
to at least defend myself against this review. Apparently, the thing
that stiffed Peter the most was that his program FontWriter II got a
bum rap or at least not enough coverage in my manual. For this I
apologize. In my ignorance of the TI and the community, I apparently do
not know which side of my bread my butter is on. FontWriter
II is a very nice program, and for its time was quite innovative. As a
matter of fact, in October of 1987 I did a review of it in MICROpendium
and gave it a much deserved ‘A’ rating.
There are some things that it does better than
others, but I would hate to have to turn out a twenty page newsletter
with it. Nuff said!
Concerning my apparent bribery to get a free
program by the name of Graphics Expander (also written by J. Pete) , to
review for MICROpendium. I had seen this program demonstrated at my
group meeting, played with it a little, and, yes, had determined that
it was an ‘A” program. And yes, I did mention this in my note to
Genial, which I thought of as more of a compliment than a bribe. As
MicroPendium
can attest to, if requested, I always return programs, UNCOPIED, after
a review. I don’t feel too bad about trying to get them to mail me a
copy gratis, because frankly, I can’t afford to buy all the programs I
review. My object in reviewing for Micro is to make money to update my
system.
When I decided that Expander was too important to
be left out of my manual however, I spent the money for it. (Please be
kind enough to check your records Pete) Unfortunately, as with most
Genial software it takes six weeks to arrive and it didn’t make the
main publication. A review of its features will be found in the
first manual supplement along with some of Genial’s fonts (which I
purchased in Harrisburg), all of which are very good.
Now in defense of the manual itself. Idid NOT
write this manual to be a set of docs on how to run programs. I have
made this quite clear in a couple of places in the book. If the pirates
want to get docs, they will have to find them someplace else. My
intention for the main manual was to tell the people what was
available, where
to get what they needed, and what the features of the products were. It
was also intended to inspire people with all of the illustrations.
I devoted a lot of space to fonts because our
fonts are unique to the computer WORLD. Nobody has as many as we do,
and besides, what is publishing, if it isn’t fonts.
I had originally set out to tell everything there
was to tell about TI graphics in one book... NO WAY! I could have
easily extended the manual to 150 pages plus, which would have intde it
too expensive for the average TIer, and, broken the bank account of our
group Therefore we budgeted it to no more than eighty pages plus the
mailing of two supplements of twenty pages each. We also considered the
possibility of extending that with a by-monthly newsletter devoted to
graphics. (That, of course, may now be impossible!) I felt that I had
to wait for people’s questions before I could fill in the gaps. The
first supplement, already completed, and to be mailed out in February,
will prove that out.
There ARE four pages of ads placed in the middle
of the book, (so that they could be removed if the buyer wished. They
are also unumbered pages, added to the seventy-four numbered ones, plus
the title page and index - that makes our advertised eighty pages in my
copy. These ads were promised to the companies that helped me
Texaments, Great Lakes and Asgard. They helped by either giving, or
selling to me at wholesale, all of their graphics packages.
To these companies, I will be forever grateful,
because without them, the manual would have been impossible. They have
received free copies of the manual (obvioulsy a bribe) and have given
their full approval of its contents.
Since the TI SIG of the Boston Computer Society is
the last word in Tldom, and J. Peter is the most respected software
author and iudge in our community, I humbly bow to his opinion, and beg
his forgiveness for having tread unknowingly upon his toes. I promise
to seriously question the wisdom of those people that are sending
second and third orders for their friends. I will also wonder whether
the groups that are ‘ requesting second multiple orders have any idea
what the hell they are doing. Most humbly and insignificant to He who
dealuth the lightning...HTB"
- Jerry Stern takes over for Lee Wilkerson as MICROpendium's
Extended
BASIC columnist.
- George Steffen Memorial is setup up in a Simi Valley,
California hospital.
Two computers are donated by TexComp as part of the memorial.
- Milo Tsukroff releases MX-DOS 3.0 for the TI-99/4A disk
system. The application consists of a disk manager and auto-loader. (Nutmeg
99ers Newsletter Mar90,p.3)
- Funnelweb v4.13 is released in the United States.
- Asgard Software sends out postcards to members of the TI
Community
announcing a February 1989 release date for the Press word
processor.
- The first working 80-Column version of Funnelweb is
released
for the AVPC card by DIJIT. It is version 4.13.
- Bud Mills releases the HRD 3000, a new board for the
HORIZON RAMDISK
that can support up to 800k on the Geneve or 512k on the TI-99/4A.
- Bill Gaskill reports on Marc LeVine's article reviewing the
DKM
Basic Compiler in Gaskill's 4A/Talk monthly newsletter column.
Nothing
further is heard about the compiler afterwards?
- APPLE -- Apple launches the MACintosh SE, it's most
powerful
version to date.
FEB 1989: The
Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Both
Asgard Software and Myarc Inc. announce that they will no longer give
release
dates on new products.
- From Pekin, IL User Group Newsletter...kind of
summarizes the issues
that all user groups face.
- "I am getting really tired of doing damn near
everything to
keep this user's group going. Especially concerning this newsletter.
Some of us are on the national info networks and/or call bulletin
boards on a regular basis. I don't see why you can't download a
textfile or two for the newsletter. And I also don't see why ANYONE
can't write a few words about a new program or peripheral they just got
(or even had for a while).
Nobody expects you to write like John Steinbeck
(just look at any newsletter for proof of that). I am getting very
burnt out being President, newsletter editor, host for our meetings,
resident hardware and software answer man and everything else. I don't
mind doing my part, but this is getting old. I do not mean to discount
the contributions of those who have and do help (like Malcolm and
Brian), but this is a user GROUP. Note the word GROUP. It means more
than one. So let's start acting like a group and all contribute
something besides excuses.
By the way, George, I appreciate the great job you
are doing as treasurer!" -- Mike Christianson
- Mike Dodd quits as Geneve columnist at MICROpendium.
- TexComp begins selling TI-99/4A t-shirts and sweatshirts.
- Asgard Software announces the release of Typewriter 99 by
Jim Reiss and Cassette Labeler.
- Fest-West '89 takes place on February 18-19 at the Clarion
Hotel, 2223
El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, California.
- The Game of Wit, formerly marketed by TEXware
Associates of
Wellington, Illinois, is placed into the public domain.
- Milton Bradley releases Honey Hunt, an MBX game,
into the public
domain.
- Ray Kazmer releases Maze of Grog, a sequel of sorts
to his 1987 Woodstock Christmas card that was a smash hit in
the
4A community.
- Art Green, author of Macro Assembler, releases TI-Writer
v4.2.
- The Bunyard Group, publishers of the Bunyard Hardware
Manual for the
99/4A, moves from Lubbock, Texas to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Word leaks out to the TI Community that a TI-Artist v2.0
is
in the works. (Western New York
Interface
Feb89, p.6)
- Jim Peterson begins offering diskettes filled with public
domain software.
Over 200 SS/SD disks are initially available, organized by type of
program.
MAR 1989: The
Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Paul
Charlton releases a developers kit for the Geneve 9640.
- Advanced BASIC for the Geneve debuts.
- Dr. Ron Albright, author of the ORPHAN CHRONICLES and
ORPHAN SURVIVAL
books, as well as being a partner in Heritage Software, and
co-columnist
with Jonathan Zittrain of the Computer Shopper's TI Forum, leaves the
TI
Community to pursue other interests.
- Al Beard, spokesman for LGMA products, announces 99Fortran
for
the Geneve.
- Asgard Software announces a challenge to design a new 99/4A
compatible
computer to pick up where the Myarc Geneve left off. Owner Chris
Bobbitt
is critical of Myarc's mismanagement of the Geneve and their lack of
customer
support for the product.
- MICROdex for TI-Base is released by Texaments. The
Bill
Gaskill authored program is the first third-party commercial
application
to be developed for the TI-Base data manager.
- Geometer's Apprentice debuts from McCann Software.
- The Northcoast 99er User Group begins accepting
non-attending members,
following the lead of the Chicago TI-UG.
- T.I.C.O.F.F. is held March 18 at the Roselle Park, New
Jersey High
School.
- MICROpendium publishes the sources of several computerized
indexes
to their magazine.
- Calendar Maker Utilities is released by Asgard
Software.
- Cryptogram Solver is released by Jeff Bunting.
- Rodger Merritt releases Jiffy Card through
Comprodine.
- Noted programmer and GEnie Sysop John Johnson is
selected as
the first recipient of the "Hall of Fame" award given out by
the TI Users Group of Orange County, CA. Johnson is best known for his
Remind Me! personal productivity program and for the 'Menu' application
designed to be run from the Horizon RAM Disk.
- Bill Gaskill writes about Fest-West '89 in San Diego, CA in
his March Four-A/Talk column published in a variety of User Group
newsletters. "I spent a weekend in
San Diego February 18-19 at the beautiful Clarion Hotel, meeting scads
of neat people at the 1989 version of Fest-West. What a great time! If
you have never been to any of the major TI faires like the TICOFF
in New Jersey, the Chicago Faire in Illinois or the Fest-West
which is always somewhere in the western states each year, you really
should go to one. Aside from the fabulous products and seminars
available, you will usually rub shoulders with most of the movers
and shakers in the TI community. Many of them were in attendance at
Fest-West '89. Regena, Barry Traver, Steve Mehr and Roger Merritt
from Comprodine, Terrie Masters and Fred Moore from the LA Users Group,
Jerry Price from Tex Comp, Tom Freeman and Jim Lohmeyer from T and J
Software, Rich Carroll from DIJIT, Mike Wright representing Peter
Hoddie's Genial Computerware, John McDermott from Rave99, Ray Kazmer of
WoodStock fame, T.A.P.E. with their innovative mouse system and other
goodies for the 99 was there as were B.J. and Jack Mathis from the
SouthWest 99ers in Tucson. The Mathis family members were featured in
the December 1988 edition of PC Computing magazine in a marvelous
article about orphaned computers entitled "Gone But Not Forgotten".As
an information item for you PR BASE V2.1 users, Jack Mathis has
re-written the PR BASE utilities programs by John Johnson to work with
the Mike Dodd V2.1 version. If you are interested in procuring a copy
write to Jack care of the Southwest 99ers, Box 17831 Tucson, Az. 85730.
Jack is an up and coming assembly language programmer who I hope to
hear more from in the future. I never asked about the actual attendance
figures, but I can reasonably say that attendance was well into the
hundreds. It was so neat to be apart of it all. Fest coordinator Woody
Wilson even let me give a seminar on TI-Base on Saturday afternoon.
Other seminars were given by Regena, Barry Traver and Woody himself.
The Fest was sponsored this year by the Southern California Computer
Group, Box 21181 El Cajon, CA 92021. Thanks to the ladies and gentlemen
of the SCCG for their hard work and excellent organization. It was a
GREAT event! There is talk already of Fest-West '90 taking place
in Tucson. I hope so. I've never been to Tucson and I can't think
of a better excuse to go than aTI Faire."
APR 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Andi
Wise of the Eugene, Oregon TI User Group releases a 500 record database
on names and addresses of past and current 99/4A User Groups. The file
is written for Mark Beck's Creative Filing System. A TI-Base adaptation
of the Andi Wise UG database is released by Bill Gaskill.
- MICROpendium announces that it will begin offering programs
on disk
that appear within the pages of its magazine.
- The 4th Annual TI Fayuh takes place on April 1st in Woburn,
MA.
- The Ottawa TI Fair takes place on April 28th. Ottawa User
Group member
Gary Bowser, dba as Oasis Pensive Abucators (OPA) releases DISKODEX
during
the fair.
- Charles Earl, author of the popular TELCO terminal emulator
tells attendees
at the Ottawa TI Fair that he will be releasing HOT BUG, a program
he developed for debugging the PRESS word processor. The program runs
out
of a GRAM Kracker or SuperCart, leaving a full 32K RAM for your program.
- Archiver III v3.03 is released by Barry Boone.
- My-Art Picture Viewer is released by Barry Boone.
- Jesse Slicer, Olathe, Kansas, releases first utility to
park the read/write
head on a Myarc HFDC managed hard disk.
- Randy Moore, Edwards AFB, California, releases Sector
One, the
first sector editor that's designed to work on hard drive sectors.
- Page Pro 99 by Ed Johnson is announced by Asgard
Software.
- Music Pro, by David Caron and Lucie Dorais of the
Ottawa TI-99/4A
Users, is released by Asgard Software.
- MICROpendium announces that it will be selling disks with
the programs
from each issue.
- TexComp Users Supply announces that it will be sponsoring a
conference
in July in Hawaii, on business applications for the TI-99/4A computer.
- Using the Navarone Data Base Manager book is
released
by Bill Gaskill.
- Glenn Bernasek, dba GEE BEE BASICS, releases TI Short
Sheet III
v2.1.
MAY 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- McCann
Software announces the creation of a FORTH programming language
adaptation
for the Myarc Geneve computer.
- The Fourth European Tref computer fair is announced. It is
to take
place in in the Netherlands on October 7th.
- Paolo Bagnaresi announces that he has created a procedure
to allow
the Myarc 512K Memory Card to work with the Geneve 9640, but cautions
that
the procedure is irreversible, so it will not work with the 99/4A after
the modifications.
- Gary Bowser of Oasis Pensive Abacutors (OPA) announces that
he is doing
work on a Z80 card to run inside the 99/4A's Peripheral Expansion Box.
The card supposedly will allow the running of Z80 assembly code plus
ColecoVision
games?
- Joe Ross releases cSHELL99, an Icon based user interface
for the TI-99/4A.
- Al Beard, author of 99 FORTRAN and the more powerful 9640
Fortran,
promises an upgrade of 99 FORTRAN to V4.0.
- AV-Indexer by Don and Aaron West is released by
Genial Computerware.
- J. Peter Hoddie announces the creation of MY-Word Externals,
a way to add new commands and keypresses to MY-WORD. Hoddie also
intimates
that a new Print Shop-like utility is in the works that will contain a
powerful printer driver that will support third-party add-ins.
- Word reaches the TI Community that Gene Krawczyk of the
Adelaide TI
Computer Club in South Australia has written a new language called "G".
It is said to be similar to TI BASIC but without any line numbers. (TI-CHIPS,
May 1989, p.10)
JUN 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Barry
Boone of Sand Springs, Oklahoma announces the release of a new bug-free
EPROM for Mechatronics 80-column display cards that supports any CRU
base,
and that includes an 80-column version of the John Johnson Menu 7.3 for
a Horizon Ram Disk and more.
- Gene Hitz, dba Arcade Action Software, releases Touchdown,
a
professional football (game outcome) prediction program.
- The Users Group of Orange County, CA (UGOC) elects Barry A.
Traver
to their Hall of Fame.
- The TI Community receives word that Impact 99 / New Age 99
author Jack
Sughrue has been involved in a serious auto accident, which will keep
him
from contributing his popular articles to User Group newsletters until
his recovery.
- TEXAMENTS, Patchogue, NY, announces a software
compatibility certification
program for TI-Artist and TI-Base. It goes no where.
- John Guion releases Console Debugging Help, a
16-page document
designed to help with troubleshooting hardware problems that occur
within
the TI-99/4A console.
- Coleco (Connecticut Leather Company), maker of the
Colecovision video
game console (1982), and the ADAM Home Computer (Jun 1983 - Jan 1985)
goes
out of business after failing to win acceptance of its bankruptcy
reorganization
plan. It's assets are gobbled up by creditors such as Hasbro.
- Great Lakes Software announces a 50% off sale on its
software line.
- Chris Bobbitt reports on the FIDO network that 'very good'
progress
has been made on redoing the Press word processor.
- Wesley R. Richardson, of the Northcoast 99ers in Cleveland,
OH, releases Instance-X, an assembly language utility to
convert
TI-Artist Instances
to a file suitable for use with TI-BASE 2.01 or higher. (TI-CHIPS
June 1989, p.7)
- The Source, the first commercial online information service
to support
the TI-99/4 computer by incorporating TEXNET, is purchased by
CompuServe.
“CompuServe, Inc. (Columbus, OH) acquired Source
Telecomputing, Inc.
(McLean, VA) in late June for approximately $7 million. The acquisition
makes CompuServe the top consumer-oriented online service. Both
companies
have been in competition since the late seventies - with The Source
trailing
behind for nearly the past decade. CompuServe is a subsidiary of the
H&R
Block Company (Kansas City, MO) and reported a 1988 pretax earnings of
$30.6 million on Revenues of $173.1 million. While CompuServe boasts of
having about 500,000 online users, a majority of that number includes
at-home
PC users who typically logon only several times per year. CompuServe
was
evaluating some Source services during the summer which might be
transferred
to CompuServe. All Source subscribers and services were transferred to
CompuServe during August. (COMPUSERVE ACQUIRES THE SOURCE. , Online
Newsletter,
09-01-1989)
JUL 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Jim
Uzzell of DDI Software announces the release of APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER
for
the Myarc Geneve computer and ARTIST UTILITY, a companion product for
use
with TI-ARTIST.
- Harrison Software releases a new Word Processor for
the TI-99/4A.
- Tymnet announces Starlink, a service that allows
long distance
calling of a BBS without the long distance charges.
- TI-SORT from Inscebot Inc. is released by distributor
Texaments.
- Texaments releases Artist Companion disks #10-13.
AUG 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- MICROpendium
announces a subscription rate increase to take effect Oct. 15th.
- Memex memory expansion unit for the Myarc Geneve is
released
by Bud Mills Services.
- Asgard Software releases Legends II and MDOS
Conversion Notes.
- McCann Software releases The Printer's Apprentice
for the Myarc
Geneve 9640.
- Giant Art Posters by Paul Coleman is released by
Comprodine.
- Disk of Pyrates by Ken Gilliland is released by
Asgard Software.
- Designer Labels v2.4 is released by Texaments.
- GenProg program development software for the Geneve
is released
by Paul Charlton, through Jeff Guide's Disk Only Software company.
- Ron Prewitt of Tacoma, Washington releases Columntext
v4.2.
- Production begins on the Zenoboard protyping board
created by
Eric Zeno.
- Hardmaster, a hard disk editor for the Myarc HFDC
controller
hard disk, debuts from Asgard Software. Program author is Australian
Colin
Christensen.
- Dr. Guy Steffen-Romano, the original custodian of the IUG's
user-written
software library, dies on August 15th. He was 57 years old.
- Barry Boone releases EXEC utility for the Myarc
Geneve.
- J. Peter Hoddie (James Peter Hoddie), formerly of
the Boston
Computer Society, owner of Genial Computerware, and assembly language
programming
wizard on a TI-99/4A, hires on at Apple Computer.
SEP 1989: The
Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- P-Gram
and Multi-Mod creator John Guion of Lubbock, Texas is killed in an auto
accident on September 8th, while going from Lubbock to Dallas. He was
22.
- J. Peter Hoddie announces that Genial Computerware has
changed its
name to JP Software.
- Texaments formally announces the release of TI-Artist
Plus!,
an upgrade for Inscebot's TI-Artist graphics program.
- Mickey Schmitt's Adventure Reference Guide book is
released
by Asgard Software.
- Asgard Software releases Sports Pics and Page
Pro Utilities
for Page Pro 99, both written by Paul E. Scheidemantle of Troy,
Michigan.
- The TI Roundtable on GEnie opens a Page Pro file section.
- Pix Pro artist picture conversion utility by Jim
Reiss is released
by Asgard Software.
- Andy Frueh releases Picasso Companion I disk.
- The Mid-Atlantic 99ers sponsor the TI International Expo 89
fair in
Alexandria, VA on September 16th.
- On September 15th, Quantum Computer Services of
Vienna,
VA renames it’s service to America On-Line.
OCT 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Tony
Lewis of Raleigh, North Carolina announces the release of a new
hardware
book The Interface Standard and Design Guide for TI-99/4A
Peripherals.
- Turmoil strikes the Front Range 99ers Computer Club in
Colorado Springs,
as evidenced by this newsbyte from Dave Ratcliffe, writing in the
Central
Pennsylvania User Group Newsletter.
- "Interesting goings on at the Front Range 99ers UG
(Colorado
Springs). They voted to STAY a TI ONLY user group after a challenge to
become essentially an IBM group with a TI SIG, with, if he had his way,
Joe Nuvolini as President. Joe said if the club voted to stay TI only,
he'd run for President of the local IBM group. If they voted to allow
IBM in, Joe would graciously stay on and run for President of the Front
Range group! What a magnanimous gesture from a man who doesn't even OWN
a TI or Geneve! Was he looking for his own little fiefdom or what?
Maybe Joe supported TI in the past, but it is clear
that his support stops short of owning one or running for office in a
group that doesn't support what he wants. Harry Brashear, in his letter
to the editor in the September Front Range Newsletter, stated that if
FR went clone that the TI'er will be 'delegated to the back of the
bus'.
Just look at the Brevard UG. I can't remember the last
time I saw a TI
article in their newsletter. I agree with Harry. If FR had gone clone
the TI owners might as well have left quietly and started meeting in
someone's living room. They'd be getting more info there than at a
monthly UG meeting.
Congratulations to Front Range for beating back this
threat.
By the way, word from my semi-inside sources is that
Mr. Nuvolini and one of his cohorts left the meeting in something less
than good humor after the voting was completed. Guess he'll just have
to settle for being King...uh, er Chairman of the local IBM group."
- Computer Shopper magazine drops the TI FORUM column by
Barry Traver
and Jonathan Zittrain, as well as all other "Classic Computer" columns.
- Texaments releases Starfleet Technical Drawings II
for TI-Artist
and TI-Artist Plus!.
- TI-WRITER SUPPLEMENT MANUAL published by the Chicago
TI Users
Group is said to be nearing completion and will be available by
November
1.
- Picasso v2.0, Picasso Borders, Picasso
Enlarger, Picasso Utilities and the book Using Picasso
are all released
by Asgard Software.
- MICROpendium publisher John Koloen starts a series of
monthly articles
on "EXPANDING YOUR SYSTEM".
- Advanced BASIC for the Myarc Geneve is reported to
be near completion.
- McCann Software presents its 1989 Pagemanship award to Ken
Gilliland
for his execellent tutorials on use of The Printer's Apprentice.
- The Central Pennsylvania Users Group puts on the Third
Annual CPUG
Computer Expo on October 15th at the Carlisle, PA Fairgrounds.
NOV 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- TRIS,
a Jim Reiss take-off of the TETRIS game written by a Russian, is
released
by Asgard Software.
- Gene Hitz, of Arcade Action Software, releases Touchdown
89, Snowmobile Derby, Moon Run and Cut Throat
Cribbage.
- Comprodine releases Color Card and Color Flyer
graphics
programs for the XR-1000 printer, Artist Print Shop by Paul
Coleman
and Living Tomb and War Zone games by Quinton Tormannen.
- Texaments releases Mailing List Manager for
TI-Base, written
by Bill Gaskill.
- Asgard Software releases Karate Challenge and Mission
Destruct!
games by Glenn Schworak.
- Sports Pics, a companion disk for PAGE PRO 99 or
TI-ARTIST written
by Paul Coleman, is released by Asgard Software.
- Texaments assumes exclusive distribution of Barry Boone's Exec
program for the Geneve.
- Myarc's Lou Phillips reports that John Birdwell has begun
work on the
tape streamer backup software for use with the HFDC card.
- Asgard Software releases Doom Games III by
Ken
Gilliland, the company's 100th product.
- Asgard Software begins offering NEW module-based software
for the 99/4A
when it announces the release of Typewriter 99 and Tris
in
module versions.
- The Chicago TI-Faire takes place on November 4th in Rolling
Meadows,
IL. It is followed on November 5th by the Milwaukee TI-Faire.
DEC 1989:
The Southwest
99ers newsletter.
- Texaments
releases PUBLICATIONS INDEX for use with TI-Base.-JP Software announces
the release of Firstbase v1.1.
- Texaments releases The Organizer! for TI-Base,
written
by Bill Gaskill.
- The Boston Computer Society announces the impending release
of a manual
on using the 99/4A P-Code System.
- Travis Watford releases T-Shell99, an assembly
language coded
utility that provides DOS-like commands to the 99/4A operating system.
- ATARI -- On December 8th, Sig Hartmann,
Sam Tramiel's
right-hand man at Commodore and Atari and one of his oldest friends,
has
left Atari for a new job as executive vice president of Televideo.
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