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  1. Hi all, Ti99Dir version 10.1.a is out. Added a feature to change the portion that the left/right file list occupy in the main window. Don't know what it is called in window terms (division/splitter bar) and couldn't find any code examples for this but I managed to create something. Just drag the middle bar of the left/right file list. There is also a menu option for this to quickly change it to 30-70 / 40-60 / 50-50 / 60-40 / 70-30 percent (asked for by Fabrice). Added: a feature to change the colors for the text and picture viewers (asked for by Fabrice). Added: copying the added DSKU comments in a file header when a file is copied from a DSK image to another DSK image. This file comment is also preserved if a file is extracted to a FIAD file (offset >50) so that it won't get lost (asked for by Ronald). Added: a new column (Identity) that tells you what kind of file it is (TI/Ext Basic, EA3, EA5, Forth, GIF, Text, Data, Binary). This is also used by the file Viewer end Quickview options to convert the file to a readable/viewable form. In some situations the files identity is determined at the moment the file is opened in the viewer/quick view. This is the case with Extended Basic programs (some Extended Basic token is encountered while translating the file to text), Files in archives and files in harddisk images. The Identity is then updated in the file list window. Changes: Some function keys have changed: F3: View file using the above Identity Shift-F3: View file as text or binary (program files) F4: View file binary F9: View a program file as picture, for those character definition file without the 6 byte header (asked for by Lee). Found out that this option is also handy for discovering character definitions in any program file 🙂. F8: REMOVED (View TiArtist/Myart/Gif file) this option is now obsolete. This is the last version of Ti99Dir I will release for now because working on this program consumes a lot of my free playing time. I wan't to work on some other TI related idea lying around for a long time. If somebody comes up with some quickly fixable bug that will be done anyway (maybe) otherwise it will be added to the wish list The new version can be downloaded here: My TI99/4A and Geneve Web Pages (hexbus.com) or here: ti99dir101a.zip Enjoy.
  2. Assembled the IDE card, checked all +5V and GND connections and placed all the chips in their sockets. Time to test this card ... problems with my system. Didn't want to startup. Problem was my HDX card which had a corrupted DSR (that was a long time ago this happens). After reloading the HDX DSR my TI99/4A system worked fine again. I needed the HDX connection for loading the IDE test program and DSR. Placed the new IDE card in my PEB and started the IDE TEST program. Front LED could be switched on and off. Back LED could not be switched on and of ... now what, maybe wrong orientation, sort that out later ... proceed anyway ... can not write to DSR RAM. Something is seriously wrong here. After some investigation I found that the selection switch at the back of the card was in the off position (duh). On the bright side this is also a good test ... that switch on the back did it's job. Moved the switch to the TI position. Front LED and back LED could be switched on and off but the IDE test program still could not write to the DSR RAM. Now what! Also for this test I had placed the voltage regulator on the card although my test PEB is equipped with a 5V/12V/-12V switching power supply. Seems that for this card the +5V of my power supply is not enough. I suppose that the voltage left at the output of the voltage regulator is to little for the clock chip to enable the RAM chip. After disabling the voltage regulator on the IDE card the IDE test program finished with no errors. Could also load the latest IDE DSR with no problem so everything seems to work fine. Thank you again Chris for this beautiful designed IDE card.
  3. Hahaha ... my bad spelling. I also made a note of this , you don't have to do it also.
  4. Received my IDE card and components yesterday evening. The IDE PCB looks great 🙂 Now I must spent some time assembling this board. Fred
  5. Also make a note of this Fabrice. The text viewer window uses the default Windows settings, ussualy white for read/write text and light gray for read only (grayed out) text. I will add some extra options to the configuration window for this.
  6. I also make a note of this. Have to find out how that can be done.
  7. Copying the comments was never an option in Ti99Dir. I make a note of this.
  8. The size of a file DM2K shows is inclusive the FDR sector occupied (what Lee says 🙂 ). This number is returned by the DSR. I don't do that in Ti99Dir because for every storage type it is different (FIAD, DOAD, ARChives, HD IMG-es (because of cluster sizes)). Fred
  9. Don't know what is wrong with the virus scanners these days. Plugged in some external USB disk few weeks ago and the virus scanner found some virus in a 15+ year old program I had build with Visual studio 2005. And what does that program do ... it was a simulation of a control panel for a traffic controller with a serial connection (which I use in a lot of my programs), some circulair buffer in common RAM (which I also use in a lot of programs), a few buttons and a bitmap that simulates an 8 line by 40 characters LCD display. I just don't understand this nonsense that suddenly pops up. FYI: The Ti99Dir ZIP's are all made with the same version of TotalCommander. Anyway you can also download that program here: https://hexbus.com/ti99geek/Projects/ti99dir/ti99dir.html
  10. Hi all, Ti99Dir version 9.3a is here. Added the possibility for viewing TiArtitst Slides, Instances and Fonts. I myself didn't knew these existed ... never used TiArtist, but these kind of files were brought to my attention by MikeV (thank you mike). Als fixed the command line issue, a space between a switch and argument is now also allowed i.e.: Ti99Dir -Lc:\path -Rc:\path or Ti99Dir -L c:\path -R c:\path are both oké. Always use "" around the argument if it contains spaces i.e.: -L "c:\my path". And what happened with version 9.2a: Well ... that version was ready for release but I have added those TIA files first. With version 9.2a (and newer) it is possible to view and create IDE images with a maximum of 8 partitions. ti99dir93a.zip Enjoy Fred
  11. I have seen so many standards over the years 🙂 It is fixed for the next release of Ti99Dir and that will be soon.
  12. Aha ... you have space between the option switch (-L) and the argument ("S:\..."). That is not how it is described in the help file. For now use (inclusive the "" because you have a space in your path): "-LS:\__TI-99-4A\Software (TI-99-4A)" or just the classic method "S:\__TI-99-4A\Software (TI-99-4A)" this also still works. I am going to fix this because I want the program to accept both, thus -L ARGUMENT and -LARGUMENT but I forgot about this in the previous version Fred
  13. Hi CLBrown, The code for left and right panel is all the same. See also the Ti99Dir help file: "If only one directory or file name for the left or right panel is defined then both panels will display the same information" this means that if you do this: "D:\Virtual Machines\TI-99-4A\Ti99Dir\v9.1a\Ti99Dir.exe" -L "S:\__TI-99-4A\Software (TI-99-4A)" or this "D:\Virtual Machines\TI-99-4A\Ti99Dir\v9.1a\Ti99Dir.exe" -R "S:\__TI-99-4A\Software (TI-99-4A)" both panels should display the same information. I stumbled at a problem with spaces in the command line parameters yesterday, I will look into this.
  14. I have commented out all the old "W9xSectorIO" functions because 1998 is now 25 years behind us. This should not be a problem for WinXP users but I don't know for sure, and I can't do any tests for/on old window versions. Here is version 9.2a with WIN98 support enabled again. Hope this helps. There is also some fix in this versions but I can't remember what. I sort that out later FYI: The win98 support is mostly there for "Legacy for read/write CF card sectors". Found the changes made in this version: 🙂 Changed: Allow 8 partitions for a IDE hard disk image Updated : Ti99HdImg32.dll to v2.1.a Fixed: Memory leaks in vibddrfdr.cpp, EndDialog() does not send a WM_DESTROY where the free() instruction is. Added a function for all these dialogs to free the data pointed to by GWL_USERDATA. ti99dir92a.zip
  15. For other purposes where a binary stream is needed the file type INT/FIX 128 or DIS/FIX 128 is used. The advantage is that 256 bytes are stored on 2 records. examples: ARC files INT/FIX 128 GIF files DIS/FIX 128 Fred
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