mozartpc27 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Recently picked up a TI-99/4A PEB, and after a little massaging, got it working pretty nicely. Figure i did pretty well for $75 + shipping. Had a question, though: I was surprised to discover that the disk commands in BASIC (LOAD, SAVE, etc.) only work when you type them in all caps. This was all the more surprising because the manual didn't mention this anywhere, it was only my own guess that this was why the drive in the PEB wouldn't work when I typed in commands in BASIC but did clearly work when I loaded the Disk Manager software. My question is: is this really how it is designed to work? I guess it must be, but yet I have a hard time believing it for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) ***edit*** I misread your post... yes, BASIC expects capitalization. Welcome!!! $75 is a good deal, for sure. Edited April 2, 2017 by Opry99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 nice! It's been too long but isnt it just the upper case requried in device names? Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Youre right... That's what my first post was about... but I deleted it because I didn't think he was asking about the devices. Yes... the devices must be capitalized due to how the computer looks them up. The DSRs in the devices have the device name, and dsk1 is not the same as DSK1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 yes, the devicename. "old DSK1..." should work, and "old dsk1...." not IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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