slinkeey Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Dumb question for you. Why do you need an HDX for the extra functionality? Why can’t the Server and Client applications just use RS232 to send the data and then do whatever logic the HDX board is doing within the server and client programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Dumb question for you. Why do you need an HDX for the extra functionality? Why can’t the Server and Client applications just use RS232 to send the data and then do whatever logic the HDX board is doing within the server and client programs. in a nutshell, the HDX DSR lets you access HDX1 from any program that uses DSR calls and HDX1.PRINTER too. Also the TI DSR only goes 1200 baud.. HDX transfers at 38400, does on the fly error checking and handshaking, and works. You can do what you want without HDX, using term programs at 1200 baud Or MagicFM that's at 19200 baud max.. Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 in a nutshell, the HDX DSR lets you access HDX1 from any program that uses DSR calls and HDX1.PRINTER too. Also the TI DSR only goes 1200 baud.. HDX transfers at 38400, does on the fly error checking and handshaking, and works. You can do what you want without HDX, using term programs at 1200 baud Or MagicFM that's at 19200 baud max.. Greg Oh jeez, what a NIGHTMARE that would be to have to go back to transferring programs with a terminal program, then having to save them to disk before you run them. SCREW THAT! THE HDX MODIFICATION WILL SAVE YOU MONEY! If you are no longer buying boxes of diskettes to save all your TI programs on, the HDX modification more than PAYS FOR ITSELF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkeey Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) It's nothing about trying to save money.. I was just wondering why this was not handled with just software seeing it utilizes a serial port.. Edited April 21, 2014 by slinkeey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMole Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 But it is handled using just software... All the HDX board is, is a battery-backed DSR replacement that presents the serial port as a disk drive. It's a shame that DSR's reside in ROM on most (all?) cards, otherwise stuff like this would've been as simple as loading a program on the TI to "update the driver". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 But it is handled using just software... All the HDX board is, is a battery-backed DSR replacement that presents the serial port as a disk drive. It's a shame that DSR's reside in ROM on most (all?) cards, otherwise stuff like this would've been as simple as loading a program on the TI to "update the driver". I think there's a little more to it than that, though you'd have to get the specifics from Fred. I believe there is some simple memory mapping going on; the DSR uses pages of RAM (in the battery backed RAM chip) that obviously would not be available if the DSR were in a ROM chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 An upload of the program/utility could always be viewed to see what it what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkeey Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 But it is handled using just software... All the HDX board is, is a battery-backed DSR replacement that presents the serial port as a disk drive. It's a shame that DSR's reside in ROM on most (all?) cards, otherwise stuff like this would've been as simple as loading a program on the TI to "update the driver". When I say software, I am talking about the Server/Client software. arcadeshopper already answered my question as to why this is not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 When I say software, I am talking about the Server/Client software. arcadeshopper already answered my question as to why this is not the case. BTW there is just a software solution.. cfhdxs1 program on fred's site runs on TI and corcomp stock (and nanopeb too) and works with the hdx server as a file manager to copy files.. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 BTW there is just a software solution.. cfhdxs1 program on fred's site runs on TI and corcomp stock (and nanopeb too) and works with the hdx server as a file manager to copy files.. Greg If you just want to copy the software, yes, that is a viable solution. Being able to LOAD & RUN is where HDX modification really shines. I also think it's kind of neat that Classic99 and the TI can share the same files. I can work on a program in XB in Classic99 and test on the TI... freaking AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) I take it 'yall seen this, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FJxyp6ORWM Edited April 23, 2014 by Willsy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 on the video above he comments that you could use the HDX with a CF7+? how would you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 on the video above he comments that you could use the HDX with a CF7+? how would you do that? The cfhdxP1 program works with older cf7's and a custom cable.. it's just a file manager that talks HDX.. I bought a cf7 and it was too "new" to be modified to work (you add a wire) and ended up just getting a nanopeb as a rs232 port is much more useful irl then a pio port. http://home.vodafonethuis.nl//fgkaal/Hardware/hw_ti99hdx.html and http://home.vodafonethuis.nl//fgkaal/Software/sw_ti99hdx.html goes into all the options Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 All paid orders shipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Boards arrived on Wednesday - look fantastic - thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Mine arrived this week too--many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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