I really miss my 200LX and I deeply regret selling it. I had bought a Palm 3c and was blown away by the colour display, the ease of use and the great games so my 200LX stayed in the drawer for a few months until I gave in and sold it. Huge mistake. It was so versatile and other than the lack of backlighting, it had every feature I needed. I've often considered buying another, perhaps a 4MB model (mine had 2MB) but I'm worried that it might not live up to my memories and I'll end up with something else I don't use.
I use to go through that routine all the time. I would have something and start to feel like I'm not using it enough so I get rid of it and then later I regret it and buy another one and repeat the whole ordeal. I promised myself that I wouldn't do that anymore. As ridiculous as it sounds, that paradox defines me.
What Handheld systems do you own/enjoy?
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vic user wrote:the first time i read this topic, it had 'double entendre' all over it
One of my engineering teachers had us do an engineering analysis of certain portions of the human anatomy as an object lesson in just how sophisticated design can be. There was a comment he'd make:
"Just remember, it's a sophisticated tool, but it's not a hand tool!"
-Mark
In some cases that may depend on religion. For instance, we Jews don't believe that we 'own' our bodies. We are taught that they belong to G*d and we're inhabiting them at his discretion. This is why observant Jews will not get tattoos or pierce their ears or things of that nature. Of course, there's also a cultural reason why most Jews frown upon tattoos.carlsson wrote:From a philosophic point of view: can you own your own body? You certainly can insure it and sell it, but does it imply that it is your property to begin with?
In the end it will be as if nothing ever happened.
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Boy, does that open a can of worms!
You should be able to, IMO, but there are a lot of government goons who differ with me. I know I can't sell you one of my kidneys, at least not legally, here. Money obtained for blood "donations" is carefully not referred to as any sort of compensation.
If I die, my family can't get money by selling off my parts to people who need them. Never mind the presence of fund-raisers, charities, etc. to help defray costs to the "less advantaged", the powers-that-be tell us it wouldn't be fair to the poor if people's parts could be sold. Instead, I have to donate them and my family gets to have a warm feeling about it, possibly while freezing their collective tookus off as a result of the loss of income caused by my death.
On top of that, in situations where I'm alive but may not make it, the current organ donation system causes a conflict of interest to arise. Maybe they should give up on me and start parting me out early? I've personally experienced this several times with friends and family members.
So I'm trying to go all at once, like the One-Hoss Shay. Nothing usable left over.
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You should be able to, IMO, but there are a lot of government goons who differ with me. I know I can't sell you one of my kidneys, at least not legally, here. Money obtained for blood "donations" is carefully not referred to as any sort of compensation.
If I die, my family can't get money by selling off my parts to people who need them. Never mind the presence of fund-raisers, charities, etc. to help defray costs to the "less advantaged", the powers-that-be tell us it wouldn't be fair to the poor if people's parts could be sold. Instead, I have to donate them and my family gets to have a warm feeling about it, possibly while freezing their collective tookus off as a result of the loss of income caused by my death.
On top of that, in situations where I'm alive but may not make it, the current organ donation system causes a conflict of interest to arise. Maybe they should give up on me and start parting me out early? I've personally experienced this several times with friends and family members.
So I'm trying to go all at once, like the One-Hoss Shay. Nothing usable left over.
-Mark
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www.ticalc.orgJeff-20 wrote:Also, is there a good TI-92 page where I could see the userware, etc.?
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Oops... MacbthPSW gave you that link long ago...Sorry.
G'day,
The first handheld system I ever owned was the Sega Gamegear. At the time (around 1992) what sold me over was the backlit, colour display. Gameboys were everywhere but I HATED the monochrome screen. For an 8-bit handheld, the graphics were awesome and for me the choice of handheld was either the Gamegear or Atari Lynx which was really just as good. I suppose I thought that Sega was a cooler company and I wanted to show off my colour system to all the N-Heads. Fave game was Shinobi! Nowadays I don't really like handhelds but the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance have some great titles. For this reason , I recently invested in a Gamecube Game Boy Player. It's fantastic! Playing on a big, LCD TV makes all those thousands of games SO much better! I think that it's great that in 2007, you can still buy quality, new 16-bit games in the form of the GBA. In fact, I regard the Game Boy Player as a console in its own right. I am , however a collector so I have aquired the following handhelds: 1) Game Boy
2) Game Boy Pocket
3) Game Boy Colour
4) Game Boy Advance
5) Sega Gamegear
6) Atari Lynx (both versions)
7) Gamate
Super Vision
The first handheld system I ever owned was the Sega Gamegear. At the time (around 1992) what sold me over was the backlit, colour display. Gameboys were everywhere but I HATED the monochrome screen. For an 8-bit handheld, the graphics were awesome and for me the choice of handheld was either the Gamegear or Atari Lynx which was really just as good. I suppose I thought that Sega was a cooler company and I wanted to show off my colour system to all the N-Heads. Fave game was Shinobi! Nowadays I don't really like handhelds but the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance have some great titles. For this reason , I recently invested in a Gamecube Game Boy Player. It's fantastic! Playing on a big, LCD TV makes all those thousands of games SO much better! I think that it's great that in 2007, you can still buy quality, new 16-bit games in the form of the GBA. In fact, I regard the Game Boy Player as a console in its own right. I am , however a collector so I have aquired the following handhelds: 1) Game Boy
2) Game Boy Pocket
3) Game Boy Colour
4) Game Boy Advance
5) Sega Gamegear
6) Atari Lynx (both versions)
7) Gamate
Super Vision