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  7. Posted

     

    I could only find one version, v1.2, on Fred's website. So that's the one I used. Let me know if I need to change it.

     

    Gazoo

     

    Jamie has patched the software version of HDX1 to work on the new nanopeb2

     

    malilonj via yahoogroups.com

    Aug 9 (4 days ago)

     

    I have posted this application at http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/.

     

    Documentation is under the works. Also, I'm looking at TELCO for conversion.

     

    Also cf2k is now supporting it as well:

     

    Hi all,

     

    An updated version of Cf2k v2.2 is available here:

    http://home.vodafonethuis.nl/fgkaal/

     

    Cf2k searches the DSR for a printer port.

    If it find "PIO." it is a Cf7+

    If it find "SIO." it is a nanoPEB

    If it find "COM1." it is a nanaoPEB2

     

    Could not test it myself (yet), but if a nanoPEB 2

    owner will do this and post the results I would

    appreciate it.

     

    enjoy,

    Fred ;-)

    (reposted)

  8. Posted

     

    I've added CF2K and looked at CFHDX. There are 2 versions of that, P and S. Should I add both, or do they function the same?

     

    Gazoo

     

    Serial vs Parallel,, nano serial, cf7 parallel.. nobody is using the parallel version as it stopped working with the surface mount vers of the cf7 only the very oldest work right.. btw there are two versions of the serial version, one for 9902 and one for 16550 com1 version

     

    Greg

  9. Posted

    A couple of questions....

     

    1. Do you use your TI for "real" world applications? (do you use it in your work?)

    2. What computers do you use in your work? (Mac or PC?)

    3. Desktop, laptop/notebook or tablet?

     

    My answers:

     

    1. Do not have a TI

    2. Mac and PC

    3. Desktop for serious GIS and Image analysis, MacBook for lighter GIS work, Laptop for Linux experimentation, and tablet for mobility.

     

     

    1 - no not anymore used too but not since say windows 95 years..

    2 - PC with linux or windows 7

    3 - desktops and android tablet

  10. Posted

    1. Do you use Linux?

    2. If you do, what distro?

    3. Do you emulate the TI under Linux?

     

    My answers:

     

    1. Yes

    2. Gentoo (mainly) and Ubuntu.

    3. Yes, the java based v9t9 and dosbox for pc99. Havent used MESS under Linux as yet.

     

     

     

    1. yes at home and at work

    2. Xubuntu for desktops Centos for servers at work

    3. Yes mess64 works great, also have classic99 in wine

  12. Posted · Edited by arcadeshopper

     

    Let us know if you ever try the HDMI converter with the Geneve, and what model it is. Also, does it stretch the image, or provide black bands at the sides for the proper perspective?

     

    Gazoo

     

    one off ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scart-HDMI-to-HDMI-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter-Adapter-Box-For-HDTV-DVD-STB-/350735096556?pt=US_Video_Cables_Adapters&hash=item51a970daec

     

    Looks stretched on the amiga.. fills the screen horiz.

  13. Posted

    You only need to do the unlock sequence for the F18A, and the scrolling is done via a single VDP register update. You would just need to divide your time between tile-level scrolling by 8 and update the horizontal scroll reg accordingly.

     

     

     

    Assemble and run the attached program on and F18A enabled 99/4A. :-)

     

     

     

    Get a Dallas (Maxim) NV SRAM chip to use instead of the EPROM for testing. They are a little pricey ($13 each I think), but worth it for development work. They are and SRAM with the same pinout as and EPROM, but have a built in battery that lasts 10-years from the last time the device had power applied.

     

    http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/4006

     

    http://www.maxim-ic.com/datasheet/index.mvp/id/2648

     

    http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Maxim-Integrated-Products/DS1230AB-120+/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvaNBfR%2fsmQG1WKblw65Y6Dd2%2f8IXDOp88%3d

     

    http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/DS1230AB-70%2B/DS1230AB-70%2B-ND/1130311

     

    But I only see a 256K-bit and 1024K-bit, no 512K-bit :-(

     

    is it programmed like an eeprom?

  16. Posted

    I have a CF7+ and have not had any problems myself, then again my use these days is generally limited to running F18A test programs from the E/A cart. However, it looks like this is panning out to be a slight PEB vs. CF7+/Nanapeb difference.

     

    The OLDER ones don't have any issues.. It's the newer models that I have seen the problem with. (com1, v2 etc)

  17. Posted

    I've had some issues with the NanoPEB with the f18a.. turns out the sidecar looks for vdp a few milliseconds before the f18a is ready.. Jamie is working on a new model to fix this that delays the nano a few more to time it right.. Might be the issue if you have weird assembly issues.

     

    Greg

  21. Posted

     

    For the Bandit disk, use the Extended Basic Cartridge. At the Extended Basic prompt, type RUN "DSK1.LOADBAND" and press enter to run the program.

     

    For the Munchman ll disk, use the E/A cart. Press 5, and press enter at the prompt. This will load DSK1.UTIL1 and run the program.

     

    Let us know if you're successful.

     

    Gazoo

     

    If you don't have an EA cart you can use a EA loader for Extended Basic to load it.. There are a few out there.. Funnlweb is a good easy choice.

     

    Greg

  22. Posted

    I don't really remember much about how to use my TI-99. I have a PEB with the memory expansion and a DSDD (360K) drive installed in it.

     

    I use a windows98 PC and ti99-pc to write images to floppy disks. I have an old Adaptec scsi card in the pc that has a floppy controller on it.

    It can do SD disks, no troubles.

     

    So, I use ti99-pc to make disks for Munch Man II and Bandit. The process goes OK, and I can catalog them with TI99-PC and I see the files on the floppies.

    TI99-pc says they are both 180K DSSD disks.

     

    When I put the disks in the PEB with Extended basic cart, I boo the system and the disk light goes on but I'm only greeted with the Basic prompt.

    I tried to catalog the disks using my Disk Manager cart, but it is version 1.0 and I don't think it works with double sided disks...(?)

    I have an editor assembler cart, but I don't know how to use it really...

     

    I'll attach the DSK files here in a zip. Maybe someone can be so kind as to look at them and tell me how I might get them running on my TI?

     

    Thanks.

     

     

     

    Is your disk controller TI? or Myarc/Corcomp?

     

    Try formatting the disks on the TI and then copying the files on the PC to them. The PC drive may format them in a way the TI can't read. The TI controller is capable of max Double Sided/Single Density

     

    Any disk manager will catalog any disk as long as the controller can read it. The catalog program in the disk controller manual will work in extended basic.

     

    http://ftp.whtech.com/datasheets%20and%20manuals/Hardware/Texas%20Instruments/PHP1800%20Disk%20Drive%20Controller/Disk_Memory_System.pdf (page 25)

     

    Best disk manager is DM2K, also on whtech in the fkaal directory or off his webpage..

     

    Greg

  24. Posted

    I totally agree, I had a great time learning about FPGAs and HDL while doing the F18A. However, as soon as you say "yeah, I'll make them available...", you go from a hobby project to having to provide a finished product, complete with packaging, a store, instructions, support, etc. Before you realize it you are in way over your head, and providing a *product* is not very easy.

     

    You do an excellent job too :)

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  25. Posted

    Anyone expecting to make a profit on TI hardware more than a few bucks for your trouble is dreaming :) or sitting on a large supply of Gram Kracker's

     

    Greg

     

    There are two problems with your idea really:

    1. The RAM on the F18A is not external. FPGA's typically have internal "Block RAM", and in this case the FPGA I used had enough to cover the 16K of VRAM, line buffers for the video generation, and 2K left over for the GPU's use. I can't simply add more RAM without making the board bigger, redesigning the board, increasing the part count and cost, etc.

    2. You assume I'm earning money on the F18A and that it is lucrative. I'm making "tens" of boards, not thousands or millions, so I hardly get bulk discounts on anything and I have to front a lot of cash to just reach the minimums on a lot of things (like having circuit boards made, etc.) Contrary to what most people think about the demands for retro-hardware, the global F18A market is *maybe* 300 customers, and I have not even sold 150 boards to date (and I started selling in 2012). The cost pays for the parts and a little bit of the labor to build the boards, not much else. You better *really* want to do a retro-hardware project for reasons other than money, because you will not get rich off of it, or even make a living from it, and if you are lucky you will break even.

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