+9640News Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Is there any public domain source code for the TI or Geneve out there displaying ANSI graphics? I saw notes Mass Transfer code was out there, but have not found the source code that included ANSI support. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Is there any public domain source code for the TI or Geneve out there displaying ANSI graphics? I saw notes Mass Transfer code was out there, but have not found the source code that included ANSI support. Beery TIMXT and PORT both interpret (I believe) standard ANSI escape sequences. If you are wanting to create ANSI menus then you can use anything like PabloDraw or other ANSI editors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Do we have a app that can take DV80 Text files for TI Writer and print them our for a PC Text or PDF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 TIMXT and PORT both interpret (I believe) standard ANSI escape sequences. If you are wanting to create ANSI menus then you can use anything like PabloDraw or other ANSI editors. I'm looking for E/A source code that takes those ANSI escape sequences and then displays them on a screen for terminal emulator use. I saw notes suggesting the author of Mass Transfer released his source code that would do that but have not been able to find it on Whtech if it is there. I've also disassembled the T>ANSI file in Telco, but that will be next to impossible to decode. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 This is a pretty straightforward list: http://ascii-table.com/ansi-escape-sequences.php There's a whole bunch on Wikipedia (although much harder to read/parse): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I'm looking for E/A source code that takes those ANSI escape sequences and then displays them on a screen for terminal emulator use. I saw notes suggesting the author of Mass Transfer released his source code that would do that but have not been able to find it on Whtech if it is there. I've also disassembled the T>ANSI file in Telco, but that will be next to impossible to decode. Beery Since I am the one who added a few ANSI items to Mass Transfer, I can tell you there is no interpreter code that was released. In fact, those routines mostly displayed the IBM graphics characters (128-255) and discarded the ANSI sequencing, with exception of the clear screen code and one or two others needed to get the foot in the door. Telco was a better option at that time and I had moved on to 80 columns and a lot of Geneve programming by then. As for PORT and some of my other endeavors, sorry, I have not released any of the code into the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Beery, I remembered that in 2013 I released this disk image containing a version of VCLR, my MDOS command line ansi file displayer/interpreter. It is based on older code from PORT and since that was originally conceived as part 'c' and part assembly, it isn't necessarily the cleanest code. Perhaps it will give you some ideas or insight. VCLR22 ANSI Viewer with Source Released02Feb2013.DSK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Beery, I remembered that in 2013 I released this disk image containing a version of VCLR, my MDOS command line ansi file displayer/interpreter. It is based on older code from PORT and since that was originally conceived as part 'c' and part assembly, it isn't necessarily the cleanest code. Perhaps it will give you some ideas or insight. Thanks Tim for that file. I will look at the code after I get off Atariage and figure out where I am heading <grin>. I did do some google searching looking for some c-source for screen display. You get all kinds of stuff with ANSI as one of your keyword................ As far as Port, no issues. That's your baby, and it is a great piece of software. I am not trying to get you to release the code. Myself, I think I know where I need to do some digging to speed things up with MyTerm. Something I am wanting to do with MyTerm is build a Dialer where I can have predefined modem configurations (baud rate and AT commands) along with the website/url and port numbers. ANSI isn't a must, but since just about everything I am accessing has ANSI, it would be nice <grin>. I just happened to see what would happen last night trying to telnet into a FTP site with whtech. Was a bit surprised I got a response. Now, please realize I know nothing about the ftp protocol to know if the WiModem232 has any potential, however I did see a note elsewhere for another computer something was contemplating if it could deal with a http. It got me to thinking. Right now, that is all it is. <grin>. Beery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Beery, I remembered that in 2013 I released this disk image containing a version of VCLR, my MDOS command line ansi file displayer/interpreter. It is based on older code from PORT and since that was originally conceived as part 'c' and part assembly, it isn't necessarily the cleanest code. Perhaps it will give you some ideas or insight. I think you have, hopefully, most of the pieces to get me started. Couple of quick questions. Was that code written for GenLINK, or were you using another Linker? Out of curiosity, what music was playable? I saw that option in Port, however I did not recall anything from 90's that had music. Thanks again. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes - GenAsm and GenLink. I almost always invoke ASM using a batch file, which probably isn't in the disk image. Assemble the code using "ASM source,obj,,RCO" or "ASM source,obj,,RC" [i always forget which one I use for Geneve vs. TI programs] Yes, ANSI music was playable but rarely encountered. I usually just turned it off. It was more fun trying to make it work than to actually use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Yes - GenAsm and GenLink. I almost always invoke ASM using a batch file, which probably isn't in the disk image. Assemble the code using "ASM source,obj,,RCO" or "ASM source,obj,,RC" [i always forget which one I use for Geneve vs. TI programs] Yes, ANSI music was playable but rarely encountered. I usually just turned it off. It was more fun trying to make it work than to actually use it. Your batch file was there, but it generated an error when I tried to link things. No worry for now. I did some coding and got MyTerm to connect to my BBS at 38400 baud without dropping characters and have files transferring at 19200 from the previous 4800 baud. Right now, anything larger than 8K when it tries to save a file, causes an abort. It wasn't much more than just polling the RS232 more often than what had been previously configured. Now, need to figure out that hardware flow control at the RS232 level to pause the data stream during the file block save. Beery Edited January 16, 2018 by BeeryMiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I found this document that I used back in the day: http://www.noah.org/python/pexpect/ANSI-X3.64.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 I found this document that I used back in the day: http://www.noah.org/python/pexpect/ANSI-X3.64.htm Thanks for the file. I have started playing with the ANSI a bit, but not too much. At the moment, I have added the character definitions from 127 to 255. Even in non ANSI mode, with those character definitions, it improves the display with MyTerm. I'm going to rename MyTerm since I am setting it to be more Telnet friendly. I have already got a Phone Dialer added with modem configuration parameters for each BBS, the URL, and the PORT information. Getting there slowly. Beery 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 With some code of Tim's I found, I have added ANSI capability to MyTerm. This code was based on using the MDOS Video XOP for screen display. Unfortunately, I am capped at a speed of about 4800 baud with a WiModem232 before I start losing characters using the Video XOP's and not using direct video writes. If only I had the TIPI working on the stock Geneve, this would be a non-issue. Hopefully, at some point in the future, this will be resolved. I know Matt's time is very limited and his free time is focused on a disk manager at the moment. Later, Beery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) Beery, The XOPs might disable interrupts while processing the text stream. I think you are using the VCLR code, which didn't need to worry about serial communication as it was a file-display program only. In theory, you could replace the XOP calls with some simple video calls. There are some screen boundaries you might need to manage if you did that. Check your PMs. Edited October 10, 2018 by InsaneMultitasker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Ok asking again? IS THERE A WINDOWS / MAC APP TO PRINT EPSON PRINTER TI WRITER FILES INTO PDF OR WORD FILES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) Do you mean other than Adobe Acrobat type programs? Edited October 12, 2018 by Fritz442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Do you mean other than Adobe Acrobat type programs? Adobe does not convert TI Printer formated files with TI Writer into a useable format! I was asking if there is a App for Windows or Mac to do this? Example: I have DV80 file of a TI Manual and can not print it out due to no TI compatible printer? Edited October 13, 2018 by RXB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 You might get better response if you posted in a new topic, considering this topic is about ANSI source code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Adobe does not convert TI Printer formated files with TI Writer into a useable format! I was asking if there is a App for Windows or Mac to do this? Example: I have DV80 file of a TI Manual and can not print it out due to no TI compatible printer? This is a long shot, but can TIDIR let you "VIEW" a TI-WRITER file? If so you could select all and paste into a more suitable tool for printing. Not exactly what you want but it might get you started. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 This is a long shot, but can TIDIR let you "VIEW" a TI-WRITER file? If so you could select all and paste into a more suitable tool for printing. Not exactly what you want but it might get you started. Nice thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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