Help with retropie and ti99/4a

[Help with retropie and ti99/4a]

My setup matches this, except I have ti99simm-0.15.0 I feel like this has to be a permissions issue. I'll keep playing with it. Thanks!

[Help with retropie and ti99/4a]

 

Ok, I have a basic .sh script example working and allows you to input the cartridge and DSK1 filenames.

 

rename to .sh and copy to your home directory on your RetroPie and execute it as:

 

bash ./myloader.sh

 

Hope this helps. If you need anything else let me know.

Thanks for your help. I'm still struggling with this though. If I place the file in the root directory, I get file error 0 when trying to load the quest, if I run it from opt/ti99sim/bin, I get file error 6. Everything else I have tried resulted in error 0, so I think we (you) are close! :-)

[Help with retropie and ti99/4a]

 

The problem is that to mount the disk drives it must be done from a command line. Now a simply utility via python could be created but it would still need to be executed. I would need to dig into it to see what it takes to get one coded to issue batch commands and take input as well as add the utility to the EmulationStation bar.

I have been playing with .sh files to try to accomplish this with no luck. Any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated. My dad loved Tunnels of Doom back in the day, and I am trying to make the process as simple as possible for him. Thanks!

[Help with retropie and ti99/4a]

here's what I tried in the es_systems.cfg without success:

 

<system>

<name>ti99</name>

<fullname>TI-99/4A</fullname>

<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ti99sim</path>

<extension>.ctg</extension>

<command>/opt/ti99sim/bin/ti99sim-sdl --dsk1=todtest.dsk %ROM%</command>

<platform>ti99</platform>

<theme>ti99</theme>

</system>

[Help with retropie and ti99/4a]

 

Found it!

 

 

here is what I did to get it working.

• I recompiled the ti-disk.txt file (attached - need to rename the extension to a .ctg extension as the system will not let me attach a .ctg file)
• Put it in the /opt/ti99sim/bin directory
• placed the 'todtest.dsk' file attached into the /opt/ti99sim/disks directory

from the opt/ti99sim/bin directory i executed: (must be executed from this directory)

ti99sim-sdl --dsk1=todtest.dsk tundoom.ctg

And BAM... I can now load the QUEST file from DSK1.

give it a shot..

and let me know if it works for you.

 

This is working for me. But it drives me nuts having to go to the command line. Any way to add this to the es_systems.cfg or anywhere else to make it work from within EmulationStation? I have no problem having every ti99 cart use the same disk if it makes the setup work. Thanks!