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From: kyriazis@rpics (George Kyriazis)
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Subject: Re: Hacking with a TI99/4A
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Date: 5 Feb 89 01:43:51 GMT
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In article <55@umvlsi.ECS.UMASS.EDU> killoran@umvlsi.ECS.UMASS.EDU (Mik I Killoran) writes:
>I have a TI99/4A that I would like to get some use out of.  Has anyone
>out there ever used one for a non-standard purpose?  Such as burgular
>alarm, house control, etc?  Is there a way to software control one of
>the output pins on the side of the computer?  Any ideas are welcome!
>
>                            Thanks, Mik Killoran


You can mess around with the cassette and the joystick port.
You'll have to write some assembly though.  If I'm not mistaken, the joystick
can be controlled from basic (if you have mini memory), but I can't
remember too much.  I haven't used my TI for a while...



  George Kyriazis
  kyriazis@turing.cs.rpi.edu
  kyriazis@rdrc.rpi.edu
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