ebray@pacsbb.UUCP (Eric Bray) (08/17/88)
For all of you out there that own a TI 99/4A in its own P.E.B., and are thinking about upgrading to the more powerful MYARC GENEVE 9640; here are so thoughts on the matter. The MYARC GENEVE 9640 is a very powerful computer that fits right into the P.E.B. It has 640K of onboard memory that can be increased to a total of 2 MEGS. The built in graphics chip (TMS9938) is capable of res- olution of 512H x 224V and can display 256 colors at one time (from a choice of 512). It also has composite and RGB analog output. This means that you can use all of your OLD monitors until you are ready to upgrade to a new monitor. I have had a MYARC GENEVE 9640 for over 1 year now and have been very happy with the machine. It was nice going from 40 to 80 columns! The speed of the TMS9995 CPU as I have tested it compares very favorable to both the 8086 and 68000 series chips. The nicest feature that I liked about the machine is that all of my old TI peripherals were able to be used with the machine. SAVING ME MONEY!!!! There is a three button mouse that comes with the graphic program that works very well. Even some of the old TI software which will also run on this machine has been modified to use this mouse. The machine works with the MYARC, TI, and Corcomp peripheral cards (disk controllers and rs232's). There is even an adapter card available that allows you to locate the SPEECH SYNTHESIZER inside the P.E.B. Another nice feature of the machine for all of the assembly language programers out there is this machine is a RISC machine!!!! Sure there have been a few development problems, but if you are seriously thinking of upgrading your 4/A system. This machine should be given a great deal of thought. It is CHEAPER and BETTER to buy a MYARC GENEVE 9640, than to add 800K HORIZON RAMDISKS, 80 COLUMN CARDS, and GRAM PACKERS to a TI99 4/A. The 9640 has all of these features in a SINGLE card that fits into your P.E.B. You also get some pretty powerful software with the machine when you purchase it. The word processor, MYWORD, is a pretty powerful package that is a major step up from TI WRITER. You can also run MULTIPLAN now with 80 columns and more memory. It appears that the most logical upgrade of the TI99 4/A is the new and well made MYARC GENEVE 9640.
young@pur-ee.UUCP (Mike Young) (08/19/88)
In article <402@pacsbb.UUCP> ebray@pacsbb.UUCP (Eric Bray) writes: > >For all of you out there that own a TI 99/4A in its own P.E.B., and are >thinking about upgrading to the more powerful MYARC GENEVE 9640; here are >so thoughts on the matter. > > [eric's thoughts on the matter...] OK, I'll bite. How much does Myarc want for this little gem? And what's their address/phone #? Enquiring minds want to know ! -Mike Young young@ecn.purdue.edu ...!pur-ee!young
luigi@altger.UUCP (luigi) (08/23/88)
Thanks for all the informations about the wonderful GENEVE, I'm Luigi Grilli an italian user of TI99 and now Geneve, I'm very happy about my machine, and I use them intensively, but, the only problem in this machine is the Myarc!! My qiestion is why they don't release a FINISHED version of the MDOS? I think that if this machine have problem they are only because the Myarc is sloooooowww. But anyway, i love my machine, and I'm really happy to know that there are some users here too. (sorry for my bad english) I look foreward for your comment Luigi Grilli luigi@altger.UUCP luigi@althh.UUCP umicneur@imiclvm.BITNET
ebray@pacsbb.UUCP (Eric Bray) (08/29/88)
MYARC IS UP TO VERSION 1.08 OF MDOS AND 1.03 OF GPL!!!!