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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, Schmitzi said:

    Hi,

     

    I am (slowly 😀 ) rebuilding my PFM modded Geneve (384+192K) system and I really don´t know what controller/combination to use.

     

    Can/should I use the HFDC for the harddrive only plus adding a BwG (or CC9900) for the (2+HxC) floppy disk drives ?

    Makes that sense for an extra FDD-controller ? Maybe just to have it full or to prevent from any problems ?

    I have some controllers, so it is not the question to save up one. And I have no need for formats bigger than 720KB.

     

    I also want to add an HRD3000 Ramdisk, is it possible to boot from that, instead of the harddisk ?

    Does this make sense at all ? Or just install it without boot, just to have it ?

     

    Is there any use for the TripleTec-Card ? Speech maybe ?

    And use the CC9900 floppy controller instead of the BwG ?

     

    I also have the Myarc 512 KB RAM, but I think there is a special mod to be done, to use it in the Geneve ?

     

    And I will add a RS232, maybe I take the Myarc instead of the TI (?)

     

    I also have an ASCSI2-Controller, but I really do not want to use that because I want to keep my SNUG system complete.

    (if anyone wants to get rid off a WHT-SCSI, I am your man) :grin:

     

    What did I forget ?

     

     

    I would use the Myarc HFDC with the Geneve and hook up any floppies to it.  With PFM, you will need to split MDOS into two files for V 6.50, and for the upcoming 7.2+ Version, it will be split into three files.  The larger image (120K) loads into the PFM, with the other two files executed from the command line interpreter.  If you don't have a SCSI, IDE, or TIPI in your system, I am not sure there is a need to upgrade beyond V6.50 at present.

     

    I don't know that you can use the tripletech card, but you can use the rave speech card adapter.  Depends if you have anything that would use speech.

     

    Myarc 512K card needs modification.  I did the modification on my card.  Not easy, but not overly difficult except my eyesight is no longer what it  used to be for the fine soldering needed.

     

    Any RS232 card is ok.

     

    Beery

     

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  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, mizapf said:

    That's new to me. How do you specify the encryption in the PAB?

    Encryption was not done in the PAB, rather, a separate program that was released to be used by everyone.  There was also an unencrypt program someone wrote and released as well.

     

    The first byte or two were modified of the program image file.  It's been awhile, so I do not know how the flag(s) were arranged.  Off the top of my head, I do not recall if it is in the DSR where the unencryption code was embedded, or whether  the encrypted programs were only loadable from the CLI and it unencrytped the program.

     

    Beery

     

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  11. Posted

    7 hours ago, jedimatt42 said:

     

    As there are 2 version of a 1.00 boot rom already out, why would you call this 0.99? How will people know that is newer than 1.00 ? 

     

    Good question.  Version 1.00 released by Tony years ago, had various menu options for booting from multiple devices such as SCSI and got rid of the swan display.  Actually, Tony’s screen is a graphic screen as well of his creation.

     

    Version 0.98 of the eprom supported the HFDC and DSK loading with a Swan.  Version 0.99 that I have now, supports the TIPI, HFDC, and DSK, and does not at this time have SCSI support.  As it lacks features of the 1.00, but is is a small upgrade from 0.98, thus that is the reason.

     

    If IDE and SCSI are added, I would suspect it would be something > 1.00 release of the Eprom.  For now, the emphasis has been to get something for the TIPI users of the Geneve that do not have any kind of hard drive storage capability and wants to boot from the device.

     

    Beery

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  12. Posted

    Pressing F5 for Rompage mode or <ENTER> from the GPL Interpreter screen will still take you to the menu screen you are seeing.  What is different, is how the Geneve memory is mapped in the mapper registers.  The only difference is basically you are using the DSR’s on the cards in your PEBox and not the Geneve master DSR whenever a device is accessed.


    This is how you can access WDS1 instead of HDS1, or access the TIPI.TIPICFG program.

     

     

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  15. Posted

    7 minutes ago, GDMike said:

    But in order for this to work do we need a new boot prom?

    I'm loving lll be able to use my tipi peb card 

    And I just got a working version with no Swan display overwrites on what I will call a 0.99 eprom and a new LOAD-SYS file for the TIPI that will autotrack loading of TIP1.AUTOEXEC when MDOS loads.  The present eprom first tests for ramdisk then HFDC, before it then looks for the TIPI.  Efforts tomorrow will be to see if I can add IDE and SCSI to that eprom while keeping the Swan.

     

     

     

     

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  16. Posted

    Pretty good video to get Samba up thought that is not quite what I am wanting to do.  I'm anticipating on of two things he did not discuss.  I want to create a share on TIPI-1 that TIPI-4 can see, and vice versa if I am doing a catalog/directory on TIPI.  I would like to be able to use DM2K and CATALOG folder TIPI.TIPI4. on TIPI #1 to see files on TIPI #4.

     

    Beery

  17. Posted

    Got a question to determine if this is possible.

     

    I've got multiple TIPI's, which I will give names as TIPI1 and TIPI4 in this example.  Everything is wireless through the same router.

     

    Is there a way TIPI1 can map to TIPI4 or to a folder on TIPI4?

     

    Right now, I am saving things on TIPI4, using Windows to copy that file and then paste it to TIPI1.

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  18. Posted

    1 hour ago, dhe said:

    >Geneve programs can be encrypted, not MDOS, to prevent sector editing of the program.

     

    Beery,

      Are you the keeper of the MDOS manual?

      Do you have an 'up2date' Myarc Advanced Basic Manual? (I tried to keep up with the change this page, change that page program, but I'm not sure I was totally successful....)

     

    Keeper of the MDOS manual, no.  If anyone has anything beyond a PDF of the original manual, I am not aware.

     

    Jim Uzzell released his updates to various pages of the Advanced Basic Manual but nothing along the lines of a full text editable manual I have seen.  I have attached the pages Jim updated to this message.

    MYBMAN.ZIP

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  21. Posted

    Got the newest SCSI2SD V6.  Actually two of them but one SCSi card as I thought I had a V5 and the V6 features interested me.  Anyway, it got me to move it over the SCSI card from the TI to the Geneve.

     

    Beery

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  22. Posted

    38 minutes ago, Nick99 said:

    I intend to do the upgrade, sat down today trying to find the instructions but didn't find it. I've seen it but don't remember where.

    I have the memory chip so as soon I get my hands on the instructions I will carefully make the upgrade, and also change the battery.

    I'm sure the instructions are in one of the 9640NEWS folders on ftp.whtech.com.

     

    The other option, is to call (Telnet) Wolhess's BBS at mytbox99.ddns.net, port 61643 on his BBS, and do a search for 32K on his file search.  You should be able to find it that way.

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  23. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Nick99 said:

    I have not yet upgraded my Geneve with the 32K, so I guess I can't  run 6.50.

    Is the upgrade something you do not feel comfortable doing yourself and/or sending it to someone to do for you if you don't have the skills?  Or, just don't want to touch something that is not broken?

     

    I ask, because the next release of MDOS is going to have the TIPI support and if you don't have any kind of mass storage device, the TIPI is a great tool to invest.

     

    Beery

     

  24. Posted

    I like the walls, however the forrest and trees, can't say I like all the black against the background of the trees.  Not sure if it would be better as a brown or blue at tree level, but definitely not black for the tree background as well as the sky.  

     

    My 2 cents.

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