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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, RXB said:

    Yea XBII is fast, but when you try to take XB programs and put them into XBII it is like pulling teeth.

    You can take 99% of TI Basic Programs and run them in RXB with no changes.

    Same goes for XB programs in RXB, not true of XBII.

    very true. if there is any peek or poke, more likely it won't run on myxbii. I was just wondering why the huge difference in speed. what is myxbii doing that XB isn't? or is it just a head fake that myxbii only runs once then cheeks if needs to run thereafter.

     

  7. Posted

    On 6/30/2020 at 12:22 PM, RXB said:

    Talking to Senior Falcon about CALL INIT in XB and EA I decided to run a test: 

    100 OPEN #1:"CLOCK"
110 INPUT #1:A$,B$,C$
120 PRINT A$,B$,C$
130 FOR L=1 TO 10000
140 CALL INIT
150 NEXT L
160 INPUT #1:A$,B$,C$
170 PRINT A$,B$,C$

    Ran this on RXB and got 15.43 as a result.

    Ran this on XB and got 16.06 as a result.

    Should be a way to look at EA CALL LOAD("DSK#.FILE") and speed it up some in RXB as TI Basic EA support CALL LOAD is faster.

    Need to take a look at EA support and see differences.

    just for fun I ran your above program on MYARC BASIC XBII. the time was 2.00

     

  8. Posted

    33 minutes ago, Ksarul said:

    Was your manual the final version? ISTR that he put out additions with new routines (and additional manual pages) every quarter while he supported it. That was the main reason it came in a small binder--updates to the manual were easy that way.

    I checked it out. the Cyc has a addum that this file I found does not have. I'm going to add just the information of the addum & re-upload the text file. I believe then it is up to date.

  15. Posted

    5 hours ago, blackbox said:

    An update on the Myarc XBII manual- I have now scanned all the pages, and made some initial amendments- additions and deletions, and alterations as required for the several updates.  Next tasks are to prepare five new appendices ( On PRE SCAN commands, on relational/logical expressions, on numeric accuracy, and using the Function keys in programs; and using Machine Code);  then will come the detailed read through adding notes and corrections and references.  Then to go through my notes to add any tips and hints, and a sixth appendix of my graphics programs for MyarcXB.         We are getting there- there is just so much to sort through...

    Oh yes, another item- I need to add the Myarc RAM card details and CALL PART, CALL EMDK and CALL VOL in there somewhere...

    The end result should be fairly up to date and authoritative.  

    Gold star if you had noted the command modifer: SAVE "RD.GAME",INTERNAL.... that will be added under SAVE.

     

     

    IMPORTANT- I cannot recall seeing in this forum a note regarding the Myarc RAM card- the original 512k ram cards were unable to run Myarc XBII.  The Myarc XB2 product included the module with 8k ram, a disk with the operating system files, plus a replacement EPROM for the memory card with a new DSR.   If you are using a Myarc Memory Card, real or emulated, there is a remote chance it has the older EPROM without MXB support.
     

    thank you for all the work you are doing.

  18. Posted

    39 minutes ago, Ksarul said:

    BTW, the Amnion library was maintained after the demise of the IUG by Guy Stefan-Romano until his death. New programs were being added to it up until that point. I have most of the disks from the library as originals received directly from him, although I wasn't able to complete my set before his passing. The last set I received were from an order I made shortly before his passing--an order kindly fulfilled by his life partner in the aftermath (and the accompanying letter letting me know he was shutting the Amnion Helpline down was also how I found out Guy was ill in the first place).

    just curious, what year did he pass? I'm going to add to the post on my database about Guy maintaining the database till his passing. he needs to be honored for his efforts.

  20. Posted

    Added compilation section:

    In this directory is some of the more well know compilations of software. Below is the description of what they are and where they came from.

    The Altman fairware library was maintained by several different user’s groups over time.

    Amnion IUG is the library of the International TI User’s Group.

    BCS would be the Boston Computer Society library.

    Chicago TIUG is the library of the Chicago TI users group.

    Tigercub would be Tips from the Tigercub, which showed up in a lot of disks he sent out–and which appeared in many different newsletters as well.

    BIG thank you to @Ksarul for the information of the history & description of the compilations (who I shamelessly copy-pasted to the website :)  )

  21. Posted

    4 minutes ago, retroclouds said:

    Just gave MYARC BASIC V2.12 a try in mame on my linux box.  I am so impressed with how fast it runs.

    This would have been a killer, if it had been easily available back in the days.

    so true. if TI had just done something along these line; a side car addon to complement the hexbus maybe, instead of trying to create a whole new computer? with this the BASIC is now fast with lots of graphic capabilities like it should had. sigh.   

  22. Posted

    15 hours ago, Ksarul said:

    Bromosel is from a TI site in Europe that gathered a lot of European magazine (and other) programs into one location.

     

    The Altman fairware library was maintained by several different user's groups over time.

     

    BCS would be the Boston Computer Society library.

     

    Tigercub would be Tips from the Tigercub, which showed up in a lot of disks he sent out--and which appeared in many different newsletters as well.

     

    I didn't know BROMOSEL had a website. I'll include them in the Link section instead.

     

  23. Posted

    5 hours ago, retroclouds said:

     

    ...... If there’s interest, then I’ll create a new thread in the Development subforum for research. It’ll also include a first version of the memory map (as found on Ninerpedia).

    I would be interested in a development thread. since SuperspaceII could be used for the cartridge and we have the ROM & disk software, the development of a DSR and memory compatible is all that's needed (yes, I know that's a lot). my dream would be a TIPI or CF7 style device. I have played with this  BASIC (in MAME and before in PC99), it enables the 99/4 to have access to all the VDP power of the machine in BASIC, something that should have been done from the beginning. 

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