Gazoo

Along this line of thought, it was Marc that helped me update both my TI & Geneve to CF 'Harddrives". I already had SCSI cards with Zip drives and EZ135s on both systems along with traditional hard drives. I worked out a trade with Marc where he gave me a SCSI to IDE converter & an IDE to CF converter. That allowed me to rid my Geneve of the mechanical hard drive and replace it with a CF card, easier to backup and transfer files because it can be read on a pc to provide an image file. So after upgrading my Geneve, I did the same to my TI, on my own. As Marc says, it requires some time and effort. It won't fall in your lap, you actually have to invest some time and effort to find the stuff you need. It's hard, but nowhere near impossible. JUST DO IT. Gazoo

Is this an open topic to suggest extremely useful new TI devices, or just to discuss the one you proposed? Gazoo

Hi, Michael. I would like a copy of the tool. I've just had an 'Aha!' moment. I believe everybody's observations are correct, conflicting as it may seem. The tool should prove my theory. Gazoo

Not contacts, the fingers that grip the top and bottom of the foot. Only the QI units had them. And the meaning was of color, I don't think they were really gold.

Definitely a QI unit. There's no top shield, correct? And silver fingers instead of gold on the expansion port? Gazoo

After months of thought on the discussion of 'rollover', I've come to some clarity on the subject. When using a Pgram, there are no 'real' groms present on the card. The same is true of the SOB and the Gram Kracker. I have experience with all three. Here's the important part - all 3 devices require the presence of a 'real' grom or they won't work. So all three devices depend on the 'real' grom responding to a Grom access to provide the next grom address to address. In my experience programming all three devices, the address g>xFFF rolls over to the next grom based on the response of the 'real' grom, and DOES NOT wrap around to the start of the existing grom. Try it out for yourself. Gazoo, or "Kachoo" as Pebbles would pronounce it. "Bless you, Pebbles"

Thank you Marc. It's nice to see that there's SOMEONE, albeit maybe only one person here, that can read a post and understand the intent without immediately attacking the poster and twisting the intent of the original post. Kudos to you, upstanding human being. Gazoo

Not nasty, I started out by mentioning that had the 9938/58 registers been implemented correctly and enough ram been included on the F18A, all these patches to long established and stable software would not be necessary. Just making an observation. The ranting on my simple observation is what I would consider nasty. Gazoo

It's pointless to reply to any other parts of the post, as they don't address the original statements. How would you know this? You certainly have never been to my house. I do have a TI, and it has neither Grom sockets, a VDP socket, nor a sound chip socket. Those functions are relegated to other cards. If you were to make available the F18A in card format, I'd try it out, but you'd have to include a sound chip on the card, too. Now that might be something worthwile! Gazoo

Maybe you should get a little more educated about the graphics programs written for the TI & Geneve that use the bitmap graphics of the 9938/58. And you have admitted to knowing next to nothing about the Geneve. Your reply is your opinion, which has done absolutely nothing to convince me to change my observation. 'Deficiencies' is the correct word - lack of vram and inability to support all the 9938/58 registers being the 2 main deficiencies of the F18A. I'm sure it's a neat little device, and many people will use it and enjoy it, but it's not for me - I'm too used to the 9938's in my TI & Geneve to take a step back. In fact, I was considering buying one just to check it out, but have nothing to plug it in to. Gazoo

Interesting choice of words. Since BOOT was written for the 9938/9958 family, and the supposed 'bug' never materialized, would not a better description be, 'BOOT patched for the 80 column deficiencies in the F18A device' ? Gazoo

It's not real clear what exactly the problem is you're having. The files should load as-is. Do the files you have not have the proper headers? If that's the case, look at the Pgram manual pages 31 and 32. Add the proper headers if they're not there. Gazoo

HFDC time stamps all files, creation and update times are used. Gazoo

Back in the day I bought one of these, I think at one of the Lima Faires for about 10 bucks. After looking at it, I decided to take it a step further and just use the rotary and reset switches, placing The XB cart and the groms from the other carts inside the console. The last position switched in the cartridge port, so I could still plug in another cartridge. You basically stack the groms, not connecting the -5 volt pin, and switch the -5v to the grom(s) of your choice with the rotary switch. No more overheating of your carts on the coffee warmer. After some of the guys in the Philly Users Group saw it, I had to build about 10 more for those that wanted them. Radio Shack carried the rotary switch at the time, I don't know if they still do. Gazoo

TI994/p on left, Geneve on right. Gazoo

The IDE LOAD/SYS is the easy part. Use the SCSI/SYS source and change the CRU to the IDE address, and change the SCS text to IDE (cosmetic changes only). Hey, I'll bet anyone with the source could do that! The eprom is the hard part at this time as I no longer have an eprommer, but I've already got the changes to that stored between my ears. Gazoo

You could get one of these and not have to worry about the 'reach around' problem. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FStarTech-com-3-5in-Drive-Bay-IDE-to-Single-CF-SSD-%2F230874490442%3Fpt%3DUS_USB_Flash_Drives%26hash%3Ditem35c131264a Gazoo

If someone would like one assembled for them, i could probably help out with a few. Agreement is by the beerware license. Gazoo

I'm in for 1 kit.

Disk image with AS & AT files from my Funnelweb directory attached. Gazoo <edit> Rant on... It really stinks that we can't attach any file to a message here, there's no good reason for having to zip it. ...Rant off. fw.zip

One of the SCSI to IDE adapters is the ACARD AEC-7720u, the other is the IO-DATA idsc21-e. There are some of the former available on Ebay now, but are overpriced IMHO. You should be able to find one with a little effort and patience in the $50 to $100 range. I have one of each of these and they work quite well. You could probably use one of the SCSI Wide to IDE adapters too, with the proper SCSI adapter. The IDE to Compact flash adapter I use is a drive bay version, so I can easily swap my CF's between TI, Geneve, & PC. Here's an example: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSTARTECH-35BAYCF2IDE-COMPACT-FLASH-CARD-TO-IDE-ADAPTER-W-3-5IN-BAY-ENCLOSURE-%2F300918523656%3Fpt%3DUS_Memory_Card_Readers_Adapters%26hash%3Ditem4610244708 You could also try an IDE to SD adapter in place of the IDE to CF adapter. I'm thinking of switching over to the one found here: http://www.addonics....cts/adidesd.php Gazoo

Look at message 10 in this thread. You can substitute the IDE to Compact Flash converter with an IDE to SD converter. Gazoo

248 mb. Space restrictions for bitmap Yes, but if using assembly, you can use RAM. From my understanding, it's a collection of floppy disk images on a mass storage device that can be paged in to act like floppies. You can have 3 paged in at a time to act as DSK1, DSK2, & DSK3. So no, not a really big floppy, but a lot of regualar sized ones that you can only use 3 at a time. Gazoo