ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIMA NEWSLETTER MAY 1993 "COLLECTING CARTRIDGES FOR THE TI-99/4A HOME COMPUTER" a monograph and database by William Gaskill review here by Charles Good Lima Ohio User Group Bill Gaskill is one of the best known collectors of TI cartridges. His goal is to collect every module ever produced for the TI-99. Several months ago the Lima group published a newsletter article by Bill entitled "Collecting Cartridges". Recently he sent me an expanded version of this article complete with a VERY detailed data base and a classy looking cover page, a total of over 50 pages printed on a laser printer. To whet your appetite, here are a few quotes from the monograph: "The last major mistake I made is not buying more modules than I did back in the years 1984-1988, when the selection was at its best, and the prices were generally at their lowest. ...TI Invaders and the like are cheaper now than they have ever been, but I found the others to be quite expensive, if you can find them." "Although I have never seen cartridges with country codes on them other then the GB {Great Britian} mentioned earlier, I have seen instruction sheets written for Portugese, Norwegian, Danish, and Suomeksi (I don't know what language this is) use." Here is a sample from Bill's data base. Similar information is listed for all TI cartridges actually sold. Physical descriptions of the actual cartridge, packaging, and documentation are included if Bill actually owns the material. Partial information based on Bill's research is included for cartridge software announced but never actually sold as cartridges. "NAME^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^NUMBER^^MANUFACTURER^RETAIL^^^^RELEA PRINCESS AND FROG^^ROM01025^^Romox^^^^^^^$39.95^^^^4Q/83 Cart: Black Romox slanted top style with multi-colored artist design label. c1982 Romox inc. Docs: Paper instructions inside packaging. No programmer credit." A lot of research (studying old magazines and catalogs), money (purchasing old cartridges long after they went out of production) and time went into this monograph and data base. This is must reading for anyone interested in the history of our computer. You can have a hard copy by sending $15 (which includes postage) to William Gaskill at 2310 Cypress Court, Grand Junction CO 81506 .PL 1