+videofx Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Thanks to Fritz442 for supplying and helping me get the drive working. I have created a 3.5" external drive that works great! Here are some photos 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) Thanks to Fritz442 for supplying and helping me get the drive working. I have created a 3.5" external drive that works great! Here are some photos That is an awesome post, I like it! I was wondering though, since that looks so cool, can you tell us where you purchased the case? Some others may wish to copy you. ** EDIT ** Do you have any photos of the internals? Edited November 1, 2018 by --- Ω --- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Now all we need is a tiny external controller that hooks directly to the expansion port! A beige case and a beige drive too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broettger Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I have been toying with the idea of getting a 3.5 inch floppy working via usb on a raspberry pi. Then maybe try mapping a drive on the TIPI to the physical drive. I am also a fan of the beige(non qi) console. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I have been toying with the idea of getting a 3.5 inch floppy working via usb on a raspberry pi. Then maybe try mapping a drive on the TIPI to the physical drive. I am also a fan of the beige(non qi) console. Super easy but you will have pc disk format with tifiles Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) That is an awesome post, I like it! I was wondering though, since that looks so cool, can you tell us where you purchased the case? Some others may wish to copy you. ** EDIT ** Do you have any photos of the internals? Thanks for the kind words glad you like my post! Ask and you shall receive! Here are some photos of the internals I found the case on Ebay. I am always looking for stuff I can build. I can't wait for the TIPI!!! Edited November 1, 2018 by videofx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Super easy but you will have pc disk format with tifiles Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk You know, I tried a USB disk drive on a RPi once and IIRC it worked, but I've NEVER tried it with the TIPI/RPi configuration. For some reason I *ASSUMED* the TIPI would not support it. For a sidecar TIPI that might be kinda cool, but for the P-Box TIPI it really does not seem necessary, especially once M@ gets the DSR fixed/updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 You know, I tried a USB disk drive on a RPi once and IIRC it worked, but I've NEVER tried it with the TIPI/RPi configuration. For some reason I *ASSUMED* the TIPI would not support it. For a sidecar TIPI that might be kinda cool, but for the P-Box TIPI it really does not seem necessary, especially once M@ gets the DSR fixed/updated. It's the same you just softlink a folder in tipi_disk to /dev/fd0 Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 It's the same you just softlink a folder in tipi_disk to /dev/fd0 Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Could you please show us how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Could you please show us how. [emoji106] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-symbolic-soft-and-hard-links.html/amp Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-symbolic-soft-and-hard-links.html/amp Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Μοιάζει ελληνικά. I'll play when I have more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broettger Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Super easy but you will have pc disk format with tifiles Yeah. Not super useful. It would need to support native disks to be useful. I will need to ponder this a bit further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Yeah. Not super useful. It would need to support native disks to be useful. I will need to ponder this a bit further.You could only do 720k disks to support a TI format.. there's no 1.44 for the 4a that working.. just the geneve Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 You could only do 720k disks to support a TI format.. there's no 1.44 for the 4a that working.. just the geneve Not gonna happen, especially for the few people that would use it, but to be able to use and FORMAT all types up to and including DSDD in 80 tracks that could then be swapped with other TI's using 3.5's would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 If you can find one, the Backpack 3.5 can be adapted pretty easily to be used on a TI-99/4A. Just disconnect the connector on the drive and add a small pigtail with the connector of your choice. I have this one set up as drive #6 on my second system. It is connected to a Myarc HFDC and is set up DS/QD.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The FC5025 had drivers written for Windows, Linux, and Macs that allowed you to read through a USB port data from a TI formatted 5.25" disk. See details at http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html. It was read only, not write. Source code was also available. Beery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I like VideoFX's solution, it's really small and neat looking. I did an external drive a couple of years back using an EZ135 case, but it's not as compact as his. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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