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I ordered one of the new AMS / TIPI cards, so I should have a standalone 32k unit. Does anyone have files for a case, for just the 32K unit? Thanks, Dan

An old school RGB monitor, would definitely act as a test and troubleshooting tool. If an old RGB monitor worked and the sync was rock stable, you'd know it's on to the GBS. Or if you can find, Larry Hoffman created a device called the video turtle that would let old RGB equipment use a monitor with s-video as a display. I saw one in action and it worked pretty well, doubt, if ebays full of them thought....

If you can access AMS memory from UCSD Pascal (?) - then you could load in a library for opening moves (of course, as soon as you branch off of the first (n moves)) you have to start your look ahead algorithm, but it could at least make the beginning go by quickly, and hopefully set the computer in a strong opening position.

As a side note, for Cadd Electronics, the URL listed on the first page is cadd99.com - that doesn't work. The new address is: https://caddelectronics.com/ and includes online ordering and info about cadds new hardware offering.

Thank you very much, it would be a bummer to think the cc-40 schematics had disappeared for ever, you have saved the day!

Not to Hijack a thread, but whats the difference between the current SAMS and the SW99ers SAM? I'm pretty sure SW99ers SAMS (unless there is a better title) will pass AMS Test V4 by Carmany/Harrison.

It's a blackbox, it's a ardunio, it's a hexbus drive! Received my hexbus drive yesterday from Arcadeshopper. A couple of questions, before I get started: 1) Does the hump on the hexbux cable go towards, or away from the board? 2) Does this device need a 9V or 12V power supply? 3) Which needs to be on first, the drive or the CC-40? Thanks Arcadeshopper!

Academically, it would be interesting if Classic99 or MAME supported OAMS (Original AMS Memory System) - so if you did run in to a program that says - supports AMS memory, you could run it in emulation mode to determine, if it only supports AMS (Classic 😃 ). I'd bet the number of original 128K AMS cards, is probably not that much greater than real XB3 modules. I know, at about the time period those came out, there had been enough shipping delays, that a fair number of people where only willing to purchase at a fair (if the product was available to take home) or from a dealer that had an item in stock. But thanks Adam, I wasn't only vaguely aware there was a difference between AMS and SAMS, but your summary has helped a lot!

If the 9938 has issues, you can run in to all kinds of strange display issues. I think the 9938 on most geneve's is socketed, but it does have ALOT of pins - so it will be a pain to pull and a pain to reset, but that's what I would do next, up to you. Also, if I remember correctly the geneve uses a really odd clock crystal for the geneve, it's possible that's going bad, but I don't know if they are available anymore.

Comparing the two screens, yours is two years more mature, then the dump everyone else has. 1991 vs 1993, so it would definitely be a plus if you could dump it.

Just for reference can you screen shot the version command from inside the module, to compare to the Gazoo version?

Remember folks, you saw it here first, with many hours of help from Tursi, I now have XB3 and SOB working in Classic99. (Ain't it purdy)?

>Am I the only active AtariAge guy with an XB3 cart? YES! but, fortunately, for us, your this really smart guy who can get us a one of one dump and tell us how the bank switching REALLY works. But hey, no pressure! 😃

Hi Globeron, Analog Electronics Mystifies me, but have you tried putting in a different 9938 chip?

Yea... I have a couple of superams, I did a board run like 8 years ago. I don't have an original AMS, so my guess is that is what EXB3 was/is coded to. (very poor English skillz here) 😃 . For most of the files, I trolled this forum from messages passed. The new thing (for me) is the ability to run EXB3 under Classic99, and hopefully soon the capability to run in MAME. 😃

mizapf, If you can create a .rpk and post it here, that would be wonderful. Also, can you let us know, if AMS memory is seen in MESS? I'm wondering if it would see it, if total AMS size was dropped to 128K. d.

For Classic99 - Just follow the instructions in readme.txt. I modified the original zip Tursi sent me, to remove another experiment we were doing. I don't want to get two threads wrapped up in to one. Since I have this running, if you have questions or problems with the zip, please let me know. d. xb3_only.7z

A little out of my price range, but it's kind of neat the different applications you see TI-74's and CC-40's pop-up in.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dottie-II-Densitometer-TI-74-BasicalC-Calculator-Kodak-Contact-Light-Meter/274298392538?hash=item3fdd754fda:g:q0YAAOSwmVxeYpgS Set of Items in Case Dottie II Densitometer Beta Screen Corp, TI-74 BasicalC Calculator and Eprom Cartridge Kodak Contact Light Meter

Tursi, was kind enough to port the Gazoo version for me, here is what the version reports, I tried both with AMS memory in Classic99 enabled and disabled, and received the same amount of memory available. I bring this up, only since the the program was written early in the AMS life cycle, and probably not updated, but I vaguely remember Bob Carmany and Bruce Harrison working together on upgrading the AMS test program. One of the things that had be changed, if I recall correctly was the identification routine, as the original test program worked with the original 64 and 128 versions, but not the larger 512, later 1024.. But... For now, I'm happy, I've always liked this version above XB or SuperXB versions. Let me clear it with Tursi, and I will post the files he gave me, and give setup support if needed. d.

It would appear Donn is alive and well: https://www.donngranros.com/about

I'm putting up this page to help anyone that might be interested in using XB3. I've combined a few things I found on Atariage, here and there. Expanded Basic 3 was written by the accomplished TI Developer Winfried Winkler. It was released via Asgard and actual product development and production was given over to OPA. Ksarul - stated, he helped beta test for Winfried and that testing was done on a Geneve, so somewhere out there a Geneve compatible version exists. I know Barry Boone also helped beta test, and there was code sharing that happened, while brain storming the best way to do things with in the software. Barry specifically mentioned to me there was minor bug fixes in existing XB code and also, some routines that started out life in GPL ended up in 9900 Assembly Code to save space and increase speed. These where produced in two version by OPA. The first batch utilitized OPA's existing POP Cartridge (another rare cartridge that everyone should have purchased) The second was a smaller sized POP Cartridge. If anyone has any information on how best to utilize AMS memory via Expanded Basic 3, please share some code! More to come tomorrow, hopefully! Manual as found on Atariage: Files as presented by Bob Carmany: ExtendedBasic3.pdf XB3.dsk

If you didn't tell me, I would never have guessed a TMS9918. It would also be neat to know the output device they used to get such clear video.

Hey Vorticon, Arcadeshopper is sending me one of these devices. I own a copy of: Data and File Management for the TI-99/4A by John P. Grillo I think file I/O is pretty much a new nugget to mine on the CC-40/TI-74 (though there might be some info, in old TI Calculator Newsletters, related to the Mechatronics Drive). Do you have any feel for how close the file I/O commands on the CC-40 to a 99/4a in BASIC?

I need to do two more things, to my classic99 configuration to really make me happy, and I was wondering if anyone had done these things already, and could point me in the right direction. 1) For XB, I'd really like to run Winfried Winklers XB3, 2) I'd like to replace GROM0 with Gary/OPS's SOB GROM. Thanks, Dano

Hi, This thread hasn't seen much action lately. I was bumping it, to see if anyone else had installed the switching regulators on any of their cards and their experience with them?