Getting a BASIC prog into a TI via FlashROM99

[blakespot]

I have a '99 w/ PEB and the usual slotted in and a FlashROM99. Is there some mechanism where I can type in a BASIC prog on a modern machine and get it onto the SD card and somehow have it accessible as an Extended BASIC program? All this without using floppy disk or a serial link?

 

Thanks folks.

 

 

bp

[Omega-TI]

Sounds like a job for the << Lotharek HxC >>

[blakespot]

Sounds like a job for the << Lotharek HxC >>

Forsooth, I have several HxCs, but not one on the ‘99, and because I lack one for the ‘99 I’m asking after a process that might exist involving the hardware I do have.

 

 

bp

[Sinphaltimus]

I'm not positive but I think the process is the same for basic as for xb.

 

However, this is for creating an fr99 cart, not a program that can be accessed as an xb program. I don't see how you could do that anyway. You can't have 2 carts attached and active at the same time so how would you load an xb program from the fr99 cart when you'll need the xb cart inserted?

 

Or am I misunderstanding something in your request?

 

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258226-from-extended-basic-program-to-flashrom99-in-12-minutes-and-20-seconds/?fromsearch=1

Edited July 18, 2017 by Sinphaltimus

[+Schmitzi]

You could give ´OmniFlop´ a try, to write onto a floppy disk on your PC, in TI-99-format.

But it is a bit fiddly if you use it the first time. You have to replace your floppy controller driver, and maybe the drive´s driver.

But no problem at all. Runs good on my XP system, and I think there is a 64-bit version too.

And there are short and good manuals

[+arcadeshopper]

I have a '99 w/ PEB and the usual slotted in and a FlashROM99. Is there some mechanism where I can type in a BASIC prog on a modern machine and get it onto the SD card and somehow have it accessible as an Extended BASIC program? All this without using floppy disk or a serial link?

 

Thanks folks.

 

 

bp

Nope it's not a flash drive. Its super simple to use cfhdx and a straight thru serial cable.

 

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[blakespot]

Right - makes sense.

 

Ok, say I use TIMXT to receive a file transfer via serial (does it support file transfers?) -- how can I get the ASCII into a BASIC listing that will run? I will be saving to a floppy disk with a physical PEB. Thanks.

 

 

bp

[ralphb]

I have a '99 w/ PEB and the usual slotted in and a FlashROM99. Is there some mechanism where I can type in a BASIC prog on a modern machine and get it onto the SD card and somehow have it accessible as an Extended BASIC program?

 

If it were the FinalGROM 99, you could take the standard XB image and add your XB program converted to internal format and some glue that moves your program to VDP RAM.

 

For plain BASIC, or for using a FlashROM, I have no answer right now.

[+arcadeshopper]

Right - makes sense.

 

Ok, say I use TIMXT to receive a file transfer via serial (does it support file transfers?) -- how can I get the ASCII into a BASIC listing that will run? I will be saving to a floppy disk with a physical PEB. Thanks.

 

 

bp

 

You need some way to load the basic program into basic, extended basic you could use the text to merge tool I have somewhere to get text into a merge format that you can then load in xb .. better yet, paste the text into classic99 on your pc and save the file to the DSK1 directory as a basic program.. with SAVE DSK1.PROGRAM then use timxt to xmodem transfer that file to the TI and it will be saved as a PROGRAM image which you can then OLD in ti basic

 

Greg

[JamesD]

I have a '99 w/ PEB and the usual slotted in and a FlashROM99. Is there some mechanism where I can type in a BASIC prog on a modern machine and get it onto the SD card and somehow have it accessible as an Extended BASIC program? All this without using floppy disk or a serial link?

 

Thanks folks.

 

 

bp

If I follow what you are asking for, it's certainly possible, but there is nothing that does that right now.

Someone would need to create a tokenizer that runs on the modern computer, and a loader that duplicates what happens during a tape load, but from the FlashROM.

The loader would have to copy the tokenized BASIC program to RAM to be executed and set up all BASIC's variables.

It's not difficult, but you have to set every BASIC system variable or it won't work.

It would require someone pretty familiar with the TI ROM.

On Microsoft BASIC you could return to BASIC waiting for input or jump directly to RUN, but I'm not familiar with TI BASIC's innards.

Once it has been done, the tokenizer could be combined with code to generate the entire ROM image.