Finally a proper wheelchair has arrived. It took a whole week, dealing at first with my broken chair, then a crappy replacement which was too low to the ground for me, and too hard to move around in, and then yesterday UPS claiming I was home when I clearly was, but the

Wheelchair Saga Continues. Finding a new proper wheelchair is tough to replace the one that suddenly broke a few days ago after using it daily for 2 years. This new one I got delivered to me finally on Friday is too low to the ground, I have to sit on 3 thick seat cushions

Well, it finally happened, after a solid 2 years of daily usage, I am now laying on the floor looking up at my ceiling, after the wheel just suddenly totally cracked off my mobility chair. At least I wasn't hurt. I have already applied for a better wheelchair via the Ontario

Happy Birthday To My Beloved Father "Garfield". Today, would had been my dad's 95th birthday, but sadly he passed away, while I was living in Dominican Republic, so I never got to say goodbye at his funeral. I found out about his death which was during Christmas time, so I ended

Sunday Is Relaxing Book Reading Day. A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my love of books related to my passion for retro computing, and that I was open to receiving donations of more Texas Instruments related books for my library. Well, one fellow TI99'er answered that call,

Physical media rules, because more and more shows are getting zapped from various streaming services. 📺. I am a lifetime #DoctorWho fan and never got to complete the 13th Doctor (Jodie) years as it only aired while I was in Federal Custody and since my return to Canada it's no

Today, I've been busy testing physical read and write floppy operations on 5.25" diskettes and drives for the new 838-FDC card designed for the TI99. Making some great progress in figuring out the remaining bugs in the new DSR coding and the interfacing to the WD1772 replacement.

I was bored last night so I designed my own custom #FunkoPop thingy, what do you think?.I wish there was a retro console as an accessory instead of just a laptop. I wonder if I could get them mass-produced and sell autographed ones to my fans and supporters.

Support GaryOPA and Retro Hobbyist TI99 Projects!. Recently my supporters have been suggesting I should setup a Ko-Fi to be able to accept donations and to also help promote my on-going hobbyist work that I am doing with my retro Texas Instruments projects.

Trying to Stay Cool During Our Weekend Heatwave!. This weekend, it is over 33c again in Scarberia, good thing the building AC units are working OK (for now!). As its too hot to go outside, I been busy this weekend, getting my #Greaseweazle device working, along with some physical

Two Internets Is Better Than No Internet!. Earlier this week, my main Bell Fibe Internet died, and took forever to get a proper new GigaHub replacement in due to holidays for Canada Day and 4th of July. In the meantime, I finally got approved for the Rogers Connected For Success

My latest addition to my collection is finally a Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 aka #CC40.🥰.I can now start working on projects which use the #HEXBUS system and learn #TMS7000 Assembly and at some point I want to recreate the 4A sidecar that allows for HexBus on the #TI99

When I was in Federal Custody, I have a few supporters that would send me books from time to time, which helped me pass the time, and later on I even got a job running the prison library at #SeaTac. Now that I am back in the land of freedom in Canada, I have been slowly

My latest donation is an Texas Instruments Professional Portable Computer. These machines run MS-DOS v2.13 and use an 8086 CPU, and the cards are almost XT bus, but not really, and for a while, was the nicest luggable PC out there. It fully works, but it is open to add a GoTek.

Very sad news. My half-sister lost her beloved mother recently. Please send your love, thoughts and prayers for her and her family. Our shared father passed away just over a decade ago. But the loss of her mom will be much harder. ❤️🙏

Happy June 15th - TePhOS 9t9 is Released!. In 1991, OPA released an upgraded Operating System for the Texas Instruments Home Computers. And now 34 years later, we present the next wave in GPL evolution for our beloved TI-99/4a consoles. Download Now Via:

And many thanks to everyone who has recently donated to my #GoFundMe campaign. All your support is greatly appreciated. Thanks again for supporting me in improving my health and overall well-being in restarting my life here in Canada.

Many thanks for the shout-out in your video and your great news reporting. You did a wonderful overview of everything happening.