RobertLM78 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Does anyone have a copy of disk "972-2" from the Tigercub collection that isn't corrupted? See: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/emulators/pc99/tigercub/972-2.DSK also found here: http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Texas-Instruments/TI-99-4A/Various/ Neither site has an uncorrupted disk "972-2 / 972". Thanks for reading . Edited November 27, 2013 by RobertLM78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 well, i must check in my collection if i have this one disk... but i can check in ten days at now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Here ya go. I don't know if it's the whole thing though or not corrupted. It's a PC99 format image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19597743/ti-99-4a/972.DSK.zip Edited November 27, 2013 by acadiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Here ya go. I don't know if it's the whole thing though or not corrupted. It's a PC99 format image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19597743/ti-99-4a/972.DSK.zip Thanks acadiel! Sadly that disk is corrupted as well . You can tell by opening the disk in TIImageTool, then opening a file, if it's corrupted, it'll be packed with e5 throughout, as in this example: 000000: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000010: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000020: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000030: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000040: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000050: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000060: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000070: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000080: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000090: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000a0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000b0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000c0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000d0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000e0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 0000f0: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000100: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000110: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000120: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000130: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000140: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000150: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000160: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000170: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ 000180: e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 e5 ................ and so on.... well, i must check in my collection if i have this one disk... but i can check in ten days at now... There is no rush - just don't forget . Thanks buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 If you use "Check filesystem" in the "Utility" menu you can make TIImageTool check each file for signs of corruption. Of course, in this case, it won't bring back the original contents. :-) (Have to add a time machine in some later release.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 If you use "Check filesystem" in the "Utility" menu you can make TIImageTool check each file for signs of corruption. Of course, in this case, it won't bring back the original contents. :-) (Have to add a time machine in some later release.)Well, I just tried that out - it definitely found errors . Sure is a great tool - thank you Michael . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Is this what you are looking for? Tigercub 0972 - Electrical, Electronics (19xx)(Tigercub Software)(PD).zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Is this what you are looking for? It is - thank you buddy - but unfortunately that disk image is also corrupted . To find out how to tell, see my post above: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/219071-wanted-tigercub-disk-972/?do=findComment&comment=2875302 I pretty well scoured the internet looking - if we're going to find a good copy, it's most likely going to be in someone's personal collection, not posted up on the web (as far as I can tell, at any rate). I think it's worth while persuing this disk, because disk 972 isn't the only disk image in the Tigercub set that is corrupted, and if we can get a community-wide search going, we can keep the 'literature' up to date with working copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Someone could try emailing Bill Gaskill, Ksarul, or Mike Wright and see if they have one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Bill is probably the best bet on this one. I have very few of the Tigercub disks, as I spent most of the time when they were readily available over in Europe, and very few of them showed up there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 You might post a message to both TI Yahoo mailing lists. There are bound to be some folks with the Tigercub disks, including a few UG librarians out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Bill is probably the best bet on this one. I have very few of the Tigercub disks, as I spent most of the time when they were readily available over in Europe, and very few of them showed up there. Yep, and I just checked the Cyc... it's the same corrupted copy. Does someone have contact info for Mike Wright to tell him about it to see if he might have a different original? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Is Bill on AtariAge by any chance? I haven't signed up with the Yahoo! group yet... I suppose I should look into that. Yep, and I just checked the Cyc... it's the same corrupted copy. Does someone have contact info for Mike Wright to tell him about it to see if he might have a different original? Wouldn't the way to contact him be through the address on the CaDD website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airernie Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) Yep, and I just checked the Cyc... it's the same corrupted copy. Does someone have contact info for Mike Wright to tell him about it to see if he might have a different original? I've talked with Mike in the past and hasn't had any luck finding a "pure" copy either. On another note, I got a pretty good chunk of the Tigercub library from Tony Zloterzinski and Dave Connery, but 972-2 wasn't one of those in either set. Ernie Edited December 9, 2013 by airernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Just joined the TI-99/4A Yahoo! group and am waiting confirmation. I will be asking about this disk ASAP . I've really gotten a kick out of some of the other Tigercub disks - especially the astronomy ones. Did you all know that the moon phase and the planetary position programs are "Y2K compliant"? I was pretty impressed by how accurately they worked as well - pretty frickin' awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I just found some of these on archive.org if you any to try, Robert... http://ia601603.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/16/items/Texas_Instruments_TI-99_4a_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Texas_Instruments_TI-99_4a_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) I just found some of these on archive.org if you any to try, Robert... http://ia601603.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/16/items/Texas_Instruments_TI-99_4a_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Texas_Instruments_TI-99_4a_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip Wow, what a find! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Thank you for looking out for me . But sadly the files are are filled with e5's still Edit: BTW, I pretty sure I haven't gotten the confirmation for the Yahoo! group yet, but I still haven't gone through all my email from the last two and half months. Edited April 1, 2014 by RobertLM78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'm amazed archive.org has that large of a collection, including the TOSEC (which is about every commercial program made for every computer in existence). It's almost like a huge 80's warez site. LOL https://archive.org/details/software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I sent an email to the author of the Cyc asking if he had an uncorrupted disk #972 he could re-image. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) I sent an email to the author of the Cyc asking if he had an uncorrupted disk #972 he could re-image. Excellent - getting in touch with Bill is still up in the air with my Yahoo! registration. Perhaps I ought to re-sign up for that..... Thanks for the help. I think it'll be worth the effort . Edited April 1, 2014 by RobertLM78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Excellent - getting in touch with Bill is still up in the air with my Yahoo! registration. Perhaps I ought to re-sign up for that..... Thanks for the help. I think it'll be worth the effort . I also emailed Bill Gaskill as well... so I'm hoping between him or Mike Wright, we can find a good 972. If not, then well, we're at the mercy of someone who might have one in their collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Here's what I got back from CaDD: Thank you for discovering this error. The original Tigercub disks were copied by Charles Good and those are the ones CaDD supplies. I've gone back to the earliest known copy and it is the same. So it was either a bad transfer, or a bad original, most likely the latter since there is still catalog information on the copy. I just checked and do not have a 5.25" version of that disk. I will have to try other sources. If a copy is found, CaDD will email you the .dsk file. And Bill Gaskill: No luck in getting 972-2 to work, and I looked at 3 locations, from separate sources. They all show the same, which is to provide a disk catalog, but not much more. I never bought any of the public domain disks from Jim Peterson, so I never had any, other than what was given to me. I think Mike Wright still has the originals, but we didn't discuss that topic when I visited him in Aug 2010. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Thank you so much for the help acadiel - don't hesitate to thank Bill and Mark(?) for me as well. Your commitment to helping find this disk was impressive - thanks again! :thumbsup: Too bad about that though, I thought it looked like a neat disk. Games (including a real Elite) are great, but I like making these old beasts do some 'real' computing even more . I did have a feeling that this was going to happen. My biggest hopes were with Cyc disk, but since that's no good, I think we can safely say that it is lost . Edit: Almost forgot my manners: thank you to all that chimed in on this as well . Edited April 3, 2014 by RobertLM78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 TI/HFDC issue perhaps ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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