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Matt, I've got the connection established so it is connecting with another Telnet site. I thought I had the send/receive code worked out, but I am hitting a small snag. Just need time to do some debugging and looking at a few more examples. It is more than likely I am dealing with some remnants of the circular interrupt buffer though I thought I had that all commented out. Fortunately, I figured out an easy way to do the editing in 80 columns. Edit/assemble on the Geneve, copy the files to a floppy and run it on the TI-99/4A / TIPI system. As far as the "Phonebook" features someone mentioned, after looking at the code, it is going to be fairly easy to implement once I have the I/O worked out. Beery

I picked up a Horizon Ramdisk with V8.34 of the ROS. It has the Rambo modification to the card. Does anyone have the complete ROS? I have unable to find it in my collection nor anything on whtech. Beery

OK, thanks for the extra info. Beery

Matt, Thanks for that information. Excellent! Will help me out quite a bit! Beery

OK, thanks Tim. Been digging into C source for Telnet. Looks like there is more to the send and receive messages than what I originally though. Going to have to dig into the Mass Transfer source code more to figure out the segments and pieces of the code. Worse part the editing of source is not as easy on the TI than the Geneve. Went digging into the C source code for Telnet and discovered there is a bit more information on the send/receive message required through the vectors. Not that I did not expect it, but the open, close, read, write, etc. through the vector ports. Beery

Matt, I was digging around in the DSR for the TIPI code on GitHub and have a couple of questions regarding the vector at >4010 for "recvmsg". I needed to understand what needed to be passed into the vector, as well as what/where things were returned. I got part of the information, just need some more clarity. Is there a minimum buffer length I should anticipate such that I have no problems? Secondly, is the message for either the recvmsg or sendmsg vectors at >4010 and >4012 prefaced with anything special for Telnet communications? Or, are any characters sent automatically sent/received for processing for the display for a telnet connection? As I am not a C programmer, I am trying to understand the interface and how it compares with the RS232 which is a byte by byte send or receive. Beery

I know it is out t here, but I was not able to find it. Does anyone know where the Fast-Term source code is? In the process of making some coding changes to Mass Transfer for Telnet, I discovered the original code used the circular buffer provided by interrupts to capture characters. Thus, there is no specific RS232 direct check for a waiting character. I do not recall what Fast Term used, so maybe it is a bit to modify. I am going to chug along on the Mass Transfer code, it is just going to take some more time than I anticipated and I have to figure out where the loops are for sending/receiving/displaying the code exists. Had the TIPI worked on a stock Geneve, that piece of code would/should have been much easier to modify MyTerm. Beery

Yes, there was a fat finger. I looked the source line over and did not see it. Beery

Matt, I was trying to assemble some source code on the TIPI. I have attached the MT directory that had the files that I was using the Editor/Assembler assembler to assemble. The source file was TERM_S with the object file TERM_O. I was using options RCO. Below is a photo of the error message I got. Beery MT.zip

Matt, In the process of setting up the TIPI with Funnelweb, I see some benefits to having device names above DSK4 (and actually 5 in my configuration). Hopefully, you will see this as justification for adding extra device names up to DSK9, etc. I had an intent to create different folders under the TIPI subdirectory such as (Mass transfer, Funnel Web, etc) so I would not clog up the DSK1/DSK2/DSK3 device names. As far as I can tell, Funnelweb requires a device number for the configuration program and rejects the use of TIPI.FWEB.etc where the second "I" in TIPI is not a device number. If I could have selected a digit like "8", or some number above "5" for a path of DSK6, DSK7, DSK8, DSK9, then I could have dedicated a specific drive to it in my configuration rather than DSK1, DSK2, DSK3. As it is, unless I am missing something with the TIPI at >1800, DSK1, DSK2, DSK3 are useless to me. If I am mistaken, please advise. As it is, with my Myarc Ramdisk (512K) and Myarc HFDC in my system, they are occupying drive numbers 1 through 5. Part of what I am doing is dropping files into \\TIPI. and then trying to copy ones I may want over to the HFDC that I do not want on the TIPI. Anyways, I hope you will take what I am asking under consideration. Thanks. Beery

Matt, In the process of setting up the TIPI with Funnelweb, I see some benefits to having device names above DSK4. Hopefully, you will see this as justification for adding extra device names up to DSK9, etc. I had an intent to create different folders under the TIPI subdirectory such as (Mass transfer, Funnel Web, etc) so I would not clog up the DSK1/DSK2/DSK3 device names. As far as I can tell, Funnelweb requires a device number for the configuration program and rejects the use of TIPI.FWEB.etc where the second "I" in TIPI is not a device number. If I could have selected a digit like "8", or some number above "5" for a path of DSK6, DSK7, DSK8, DSK9, then I could have dedicated a specific drive to it in my configuration rather than DSK1, DSK2, DSK3. As it is, unless I am missing something with the TIPI at >1800, DSK1, DSK2, DSK3 are useless to me. If I am mistaken, please advise. As it is, with my Myarc Ramdisk (512K) and Myarc HFDC in my system, they are occupying drive numbers 1 through 5. Part of what I am doing is dropping files into \\TIPI. and then trying to copy ones I may want over to the HFDC that I do not want on the TIPI. Anyways, I hope you will take what I am asking under consideration. Thanks. Beery

Second question in this thread. Has anyone already setup Funnelweb with all the utilities, etc. on the TIPI? If you have, could someone zip up those files to be ready and go? Hopefully, Funnelweb is configured outside of a DSKx directory and rather something like TIPI.FWEB. file path. Just trying to save some time getting some basic stuff setup on the TIPI as I would rather spend more time modifying source code to use the TIPI than utilizing what free time I have getting all the utilities ready to go. I've got some time this weekend, and I am going to try and modify the Mass Transfer source code I have to use the TIPI for Telnet to make available file transfer capability. Yes, I realize it uses sector i/o and I need to go to a real floppy drive versus a TIPI emulated drive. Beery

A couple of questions....... I am in the process of using TIDIR to copy some source files into a subdirectory on TIPI. The main source file has references to DSK1. I assume there is no issue changing the path to TIPI.SOURCECODE.SRC_FILE1, TIPI.SOURCECODE.SRC_FILE2, etc. and assembling the object files and saving out on the TIPI as well? Can I assume correctly that when I go to link and then save the program image file out, there will be no problems saving it to a TIPI subdirectory? Beery

He's got 100 units in this first production run with a 6 week lead time for whenever he needs the next batch. I'm wanting to remove the hard drives and use these as their replacement. That way, I can much more easily create backups of the drives. The devices will also pull all necessary power that is needed from the PEBox drive connector cables. I am not 100% sure, but if things work as the documentation describes, I believe I can pull the SD card from the real hardware, copy the hard drive image files over to MAME and use them directly. Beery

Correction, units are now shipping. My 2 ship tomorrow. Beery

Available for purchase now. I do not think they ship until Sept 1. https://www.drem.info/buy Beery

I would be interested in this device for the TI-99/4A should someone ever decide to produce them again. Beery

Discovered last night that somewhere in the process of installing the TIPI-PEBox, possibly with cables getting pulled or possibly the HFDC dip switch "quirky", not sure which, that Fred Kaal's Disk Manager (or was that Disk Utilities) was not seeing the HFDC CRU bases. It is seeing it now, but somewhere along the route, there was an issue over the weekend. I've got enough of a handle on the situation with the TIPI now, that I am going to move it over into my Geneve system either tonight or tomorrow. Beery

I've got a question or three, and maybe someone has already done this, or maybe it needs a tweak or two. The Horizon Ramdisk had a Boot Menu program that would automatically load when the TI was turned on. Is there such an option for a TIPI system in some type of configuration? Maybe an extended basic program that autoload's DSK1.LOAD that in turn loads Boot? or an Autostart option "somehow"? Looking at some way of accessing a number of TIPI's programs from a Menu without calling things from TI Basic. I've got the FinalGrom99, so if there is a FinalGrom "module" that can accomplish the same thing, maybe that is another option. On the Geneve in GPL mode, there was the ability to replace some of the GPL files with the BOOT menu. I do not think this is an option for the FinalGrom99 and TIPI, but if I am mistaken, or if something can be modified, it would be nice. Anyways, just probing looking for some insight. Beery

Well, I am finally online with the TIPI-PEBox card. I've got a Myarc HFDC with with the Myarc 512K card in the system. Ended up changing the DSR to >1800 and got things working. It did take some time to figure out how to run the Telnet client as it was not immediately obvious I needed to go to EA, Option #5, and type in TIPI.NET.TELNET<return>. So, all works as far as I know. Now, need to take some time to read the details on Atariage about the use and make sure I understand it on the TI-99/4A. Beery

OK, I plugged my TIPI-Peb into the PEBox that contained the interface card, RS232, Myarc HFDC (CRU >1100) and a Myarc 512K card. When I turned the system on, the TI would not boot. My first thought there was a CRU conflict so I adjusted the CRU on the TIPI. System booted, and I went to the TI Basic prompt. I typed "CALL TIPI" and got no response. I think it was an error message. Thinking there was an issue with the Myarc HFDC and conflicts I started to change the CRU on the Myarc HFDC and move the TIPI back to the default, then it dawned on me the Myarc 512K card was potentially the conflict. I pulled the Myarc 512K card and replaced with a TI 32K card. I went back into TI Basic and typed in "CALL TIPI". The system started to load, then the screen went yellow. Waited a couple of minutes, nothing, still a yellow screen. Ideas? Beery

You mention a program setting the Triple Tech time from the RPI, what about a program setting the Myrac HFDC time?

Easy enough to overlook. You have a lot on your plate. What is obvious to you wasn't immediately obvious to me, and I did not want to wire something up incorrectly. I knew if I had questions, others could be scratchng their heads as well. Beery

Matt, Yes, that picture is clear. At work now, so will look things over tonight or tomorrow as time permits. Probably would not hurt to add that information to the webpage URL that is on the card. Beery

I've got a few requests after receiving my TIPI-PEB card. I would ask that there be a reference/card placed in the package indicating where one can go to get the information on setting up and wiring a RPI to the TIPI for future sales. If I had seen the small print on the card for the cwfk.net website, I would not have known to even go there. My package had two sets of 4-wire connectors. It is not obvious to me what gets wired to which posts or connectors on the TIPI-Peb and on the RPI. I did find one photo that indicated to NOT wire up the wrong end on the RPI, but other than that, I do not know where those wires connect on the RPI to where they connect on the TIPI. The information at http://ti994a.cwfk.net/TIPI.htmldoes not show any pictures on how things should be cabled. I thought I read in one of the topics here a mini-SD card would be included all setup. Was surprised when I did not see it in the packaging. I did not see a second purchase option for buying a preconfigured mini-SD card was on ArcadeShopper. Would suggest adding information to the product description detailing one can either order the card, or they would need to make their own SD card from the provided image. Just a suggestion. Beery