+Schmitzi Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 . I would set/jumper&cable it as DSK1 first, alone in PEB, just to see if it runs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 How about this bad boy? Looks like it's full height? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-M4851-352U-5-25-Internal-Floppy-Disk-Drive-/221972793213?hash=item33ae9c077d:g:Ck4AAOSwlV9WTXqh I believe it is 360k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 the older 5.25 drives had resistor packs. the resistor pack needs to be installed on the last drive in the chain. Do you know if it has a resistor pack. closeup pics would be good of the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Somehow I destroyed my legends save game... Again... After like a year and half.... So pissed I'm ready to just smash the shit out of the whole ti and fucking throw it out the window right now. I just need to walk away from it and come back fresh and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 How about this bad boy? Looks like it's full height? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-M4851-352U-5-25-Internal-Floppy-Disk-Drive-/221972793213?hash=item33ae9c077d:g:Ck4AAOSwlV9WTXqh I believe it is 360k? .. .. Hmm, if it makes 16 sectors only (not 18), it is 320 KB only (not 360KB) ? But I am not sure Mitsubishi-M4851-DS-DD_Nov83.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) don't get frustrated.. walk away as you stated and come back later.. Edited January 9, 2016 by Cschneider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 oops sorry for that, didn´t see that Budz yes, have a break, with some distance, best idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 One useful note: when testing a new drive, use a blank disk with no files on it. That way you can use the disk manager to make all kinds of destructive tests on it without being in danger of losing data. . .on the TEAC drive, it may not be selected as the correct drive number, or it may have been jumpered somehow to require write protected disks. I'll have to look deeply into the manual to isolate that kind of thing (assuming it is the case). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Budz... I have lost and destroyed data on every 5.25 floppy I own. Don't know why exactly, but between that issue and my serial woes, I feel your pain entirely. I walk away and come back later. Have done this a dozen times in the last 6 months. As of right now, I haven't turned my TI on in weeks---except once to make a cassette interface transfer video for a newcomer. Recording the Christmas demo tapes was the last useful thing I did with my setup... Second week in December, I believe, was the final recording session. As the others have said, don't break stuff on purpose. I break enough stuff on accident. And the TI is so pretty!!! Edited January 10, 2016 by Opry99er 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Budz... I have lost and destroyed data on every 5.25 floppy I own. Don't know why exactly, but between that issue and my serial woes, I feel your pain entirely. Budz, The media is OLD and depending on the disk quality and storage conditions, many of those old disks flake off and can damage the disk drive, the disk, or the one that follows. Constant cleaning can be a hassle and the worry of losing media can really put a dampener on enjoyment, or picking up the pieces afterwards. I'm truly sorry to hear about your rotten luck. Now 3.5's seem to fair better, but honestly, if you are not a purist, my opinion is to just say, "Screw that old crap" and get << ONE OF THESE >>. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thank you all for the words of wisdom. My TI is in fine condition, no intentional damage was done to it. I cannot fit my old DSK2 perfectly back in the enclosure, but I am sure I can work around that if I decide to keep it... If nothing else it is nice for making backup disks. Of course not even a day after posting my *ahem* troubles my daughter forced me to play some TI TigerCub games with her, so my hiatus (read: me being a spaz...sorry) didn't last very long. Anyway... the reason for this post.... I just bought this thing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/181983442646?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT ) in the hopes that with it I won't need a bigger disk drive? I can just transfer the files to this thing and it will work like a big 384K (128k x 3 I assume?) disk drive? Thoughts? Did I just waste $200 bucks? ...I'll try not to be such a spaz, sorry again and thanks for all your advice again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thank you all for the words of wisdom. My TI is in fine condition, no intentional damage was done to it. I cannot fit my old DSK2 perfectly back in the enclosure, but I am sure I can work around that if I decide to keep it... If nothing else it is nice for making backup disks. Of course not even a day after posting my *ahem* troubles my daughter forced me to play some TI TigerCub games with her, so my hiatus (read: me being a spaz...sorry) didn't last very long. Anyway... the reason for this post.... I just bought this thing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/181983442646?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT ) in the hopes that with it I won't need a bigger disk drive? I can just transfer the files to this thing and it will work like a big 384K (128k x 3 I assume?) disk drive? Thoughts? Did I just waste $200 bucks? ...I'll try not to be such a spaz, sorry again and thanks for all your advice again. No you didn't waste your money, those are nice and useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Lab-Tech is usually a good seller too. I've bought from him several times. Just make sure you charge the batteries and that you have a disk with ROS on it so that you can do the initial load of the software. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Why is everyone buying 5 1/4 drives? I never used mine after they came out with 3.5 drives? And then got SCSI hard drives. Then got SCSI to IDE converters for using EIDE on my SCSI card. I guess I could use a SCSI to SATA converter when IDE and EIDE drives are hard to find. Of course 99.9% of the drives are wasted space the TI SCSI card can not access. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 You will like the ram disk. Now if I could find some SCSI to IDE converters that were fairly priced for my SCSI card! I knew I should have snagged them years ago when they were cheap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 You will like the ram disk. Now if I could find some SCSI to IDE converters that were fairly priced for my SCSI card! I knew I should have snagged them years ago when they were cheap! Go to VCF and search for SCSI2SD. I don't know much about it but it looks promising. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 You will like the ram disk. Now if I could find some SCSI to IDE converters that were fairly priced for my SCSI card! I knew I should have snagged them years ago when they were cheap! whats fairly priced? I have a few on my site 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 whats fairly priced? I have a few on my site I remember seeing them some years back probably 5 years ago for under $60. I saw them last year for $90 and they just keep going up. $115 is probably fair. I have seen them go for a bit more at other places on the web. I just have a hard time shelling out $115 x 2 since my drives are still working..or rmaybe I am just too cheap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Thank you all for the words of wisdom. My TI is in fine condition, no intentional damage was done to it. I cannot fit my old DSK2 perfectly back in the enclosure, but I am sure I can work around that if I decide to keep it... If nothing else it is nice for making backup disks. Of course not even a day after posting my *ahem* troubles my daughter forced me to play some TI TigerCub games with her, so my hiatus (read: me being a spaz...sorry) didn't last very long. Anyway... the reason for this post.... I just bought this thing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/181983442646?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT ) in the hopes that with it I won't need a bigger disk drive? I can just transfer the files to this thing and it will work like a big 384K (128k x 3 I assume?) disk drive? Thoughts? Did I just waste $200 bucks? ...I'll try not to be such a spaz, sorry again and thanks for all your advice again. they are great, but they aren't impervious you still need to back up the data to more solid media in case your batteries die or you get a wild program or power issue scrambling your ROS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I can attest recently to a program that scrambled my ROS on my HRD. Always make backups! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 SWEET! Way to go Budz! It looks to be in pretty good shape. Congratulations on thewin! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wow I bought mine for $8.99 each, today same ones are $279.00 !!!! The more expensive ones I bought SCSI to EIDE were $13.99 each are now $345.00 today? https://www.google.com/search?q=scsi+to+ide+converter+adaptors&espv=2&biw=1504&bih=870&tbm=isch&imgil=E7m4dHPD_3cmeM%253A%253BV9mPieygmUusuM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fduxbridge.wordpress.com%25252F2012%25252F01%25252F15%25252Fcreating-ssd-for-my-macintosh-se30%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=E7m4dHPD_3cmeM%253A%252CV9mPieygmUusuM%252C_&usg=__D8TFZQkcoShHIw4ze1TeaKwxljU%3D#imgrc=kYvp_bhu6ocrnM%3A&usg=__D8TFZQkcoShHIw4ze1TeaKwxljU%3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Go to VCF and search for SCSI2SD. I don't know much about it but it looks promising. Yes, I have seen those before. There are a couple of different ones on ebay. I think they may work with the TI and our SCSI system as both support 64k to 8196k sector size. Can anyone verify these would work? HERE and HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) I hooked up a USB drive thru a SCSI to IDE Converter then used a USB portable Thinkpad Floppy drive to the IDE Converter and was able to format and used the disk drive on the TI99/4A using the SCSI card and DM2000 You can only format any drive to a fixed size limit but it should work. Edited January 15, 2016 by RXB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 It's alive! ...huge shout out to the amazing Chris Schneider for helping me set up the card without any frustration or blowing things up at all! You are man! ...now what should I fill up my 384k with..? Maybe everything from Omega's 80col thread..? Any other suggestions/must haves for the ram disk? ...also the gent I bought this from sent me a whole bag full of ram chips and said it was upgradable to 1 meg. That sound like a good idea sometime in the future? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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