wolhess

Hi Beery, I'm using a TI controller on CRU 1100 with the 80 track mod and the TIPI on CRU 1000. I tested Format the physical Drive DSK2. and I tested copy from the mapped tipi device DSK1.=TIPI.XB.STRATEGO to DSK2. in my system all this works fine.

since the tipi update v31 from yesterday you can handle files between tipi path and physical drives from BASIC, XBASIC and RXB. OLD, SAVE, PRINT #1, INPUT #1 works fine now. The Diskmanager DM2K V2.6 I tested today works also between a maped tipi path and a physical floppy. So in my system I can copy files from TIPI.XB.Filename (TIPI.XB = maped to DSK1.) and DSK2. (a real disk in my PEB). Thank you again to Jedimat42!

A verry funny game, after nearly 6 houres:

unfortunately I can't recall the piece being attacked. my hardware is a US-TI99 with PEP (32K, P-Code card=off, RS232, TI-diskcontroller and tipi inside) I played the game with RXB from FG99-Module. The game is on the tipi\xb\stratego path mapped as DSK1. Right now I was playing over 4 houres without any issues.

This is not a real problem for me. So I will waiting for your new filemanager. If you have something to test, I could do it. Thank you.

Hi Vorticon, a very nice strategy game. I downloaded the last version from Post 1 today. I played maybe half an hour, then I got an error message: Bad Value in 1350 IN BACKGROUND Called From BATTLE Called From 620 1350 Call GCHAR(YB,XB,BCHAR) YB=15 XB=33 --> I think this is the problem BCHAR=32 Maybe this help to fix it. wolhess

Hi, The RXB Command FCOPY does not work with a physical drive in my TIPI system. Maybe that is also a problem of the tipi sw, maybe even only in RXB. TIPI System with DSR Build: 2018-06-23 PI-Version: 1.0betav031 In my tipi-system 4ADOS is maped as DSK1. DSK2. and DSK3. are physical drives in my PEB and unmapped in the tipi config. On the RXB 2015 commandline >CALL FCOPY(“DSK1.”,”FILENAME1”,”DSK1.”,”FILENAME2”) is working fine. >CALL FCOPY(“DSK2.”,”FILENAME1”,”DSK2.”,”FILENAME2”) shows after half a second then next commandline prompt, but no disk activity, no file was copied. >CALL FCOPY(“DSK1.”,”FILENAME1”,”DSK2.”,”FILENAME2”) shows after half a second then next commandline prompt, but no disk activity, no file was copied. >CALL FCOPY(“DSK2.”,”FILENAME1”,”DSK1.”,”FILENAME2”) shows after half a second then next commandline prompt, but only an emty file was created on DSK1.

Hi Jedimatt42, the functions DSK.<VOLNAME>. and EOF (1) now works as expected for physical drives as well. Many Thanks for your fast response and the solution. wolhess

I have a second issue with file access on physical drives. on the tipi device, I can use the EOF(1) function to detect the end of the file. on the physical drive in the PEB the EOF function reports always '0' so the program reads over the end of the file and I get an error. If this is also a known issue pleas ignore the post.

TIPIPEB DSK-FILE ACCESS blocks the TI-system Hi, today I got an error during testing file access in Basic (and XBasic, RXB) on my TIPIPEB system. If this is a known problem please ignore the message. If I did something wrong any hint is welcome. I tried this program: DSKTEST.txt 100 CALL CLEAR 110 PRINT "DISK ACCESS TEST" 120 PRINT 130 INPUT "DEVICE: ":DEVICE$ 140 PRINT "OPEN 140FILE FROM "&DEVICE$ 150 OPEN #1:DEVICE$&"TESTFILE",OUTPUT 160 PRINT "STORE 'TEST123' TO TESTFILE" 170 PRINT #1:"TEST123" 180 CLOSE #1 190 PRINT 200 PRINT "READ TESTFILE" 210 PRINT 220 OPEN #1:DEVICE$&"TESTFILE",INPUT 230 INPUT #1:A$ 240 CLOSE #1 250 PRINT A$ 260 PRINT 270 PRINT "OK" 280 END TIPI System with DSR Build: 2018-06-23 PI-Version: 1.0betav030 In my tipi-system 4ADOS is maped as DSK1. DSK2. and DSK3. are physical drives in my PEB. The Disk in Drive DSK2. has the name DATAN For the devicename DSK1., DSK2. or DSK3 all is OK. IF the devicename = DSK.4ADOS. is OK. If the devicename = DSK.DATAN. blocks the system! In this case the red tipi LED is ON until I am resetting the system. If I tried the program in classic99 on my PC and all works fine. In classic99 DSK1. is mapped to TIPI\4ADOS DSK2. is mapped to .\DATAN\ I tried DSK1. and DSK2. in classic99 -> OK. I tried DSK.4ADOS in classic99 -> OK. I tried DSK.DATAN in classic99 -> OK. Wolfgang Hess (wolhess)

Please count me in for one.

Hi Tursi, Thank you for doing such a big game. Please count me in for ohne.

Thank you all for your fast responses! The hint from Michael using CALL KEY(5,K,S) is working fine. I also tested the way to start the keycheck program from LOAD with RUN "DSK1.KEYCHECK". The result was the same as starting the program as autoload. I think the RUN statement and autoload uses the same way without CTRL-Key accepted. What I learned is we have in XB not only the key unit codes 0,1,2 as described on page 109 of the book "TI Extended Basic - For the TI-99/4 Home Computer" The numbers 3,4 and 5 are also accepted in CALL KEY. The CTRL-Keys are supported in key unit code 1 (with diffrent return codes), 4 and 5 with the correct return codes. It is amazing, every time I ask something in this forum I get the right answers in very fast time. Thank you again to all!

Thank You mizapf. This was the trick!

Today I ordered the last one!

Hi, I tried to make my own startmenue in XB. To change DSK1-3, I will use [ctrl]+1 for DSK1., [xtrl]+2 for DSK2 and [ctrl3]+3 for DSK3. If I start the small programm below with >OLD DSK1.PROG and >RUN, it works as expected. 100 CALL CLEAR 110 PRINT "KEY CHECK" 120 CALL KEY(0,K,S) 130 IF K>=177 AND K<=179 THEN 140 ELSE 160 140 PRINT "CTRL 1-3 OK!" 150 GOTO 120 160 PRINT "KEY";K;"STATUS";S 170 GOTO 120 If I autoload the programm (programm-name = load) in XB the programm doesn't accept [ctrl]+1-3! Normal key's and [FCTN]+key are working. What do I wrong in this case? Is anybody there who make it possible to use [CTRL]+1 after autoload? I tried this in RXB, XB2.5, XB2.7, stock TI and classic99, all the same problem. Thanks for any help, even if that does not work in XB.

Yes, of course, I can remember our conversation. Hope you are well. Web99 is very interesting to me, I urgently need an overview of my TI files

Yes, copy files from Tipi to real floppy disk doesn‘t work. But access to tifiles on the Raspberry Pi works fine and access to wlan/Internet with tipichat is cool. Working with a mouse in TI-Artist is also very cool.

The card in slot #3 is my TipiPEB card with connection to a Raspberry Pi.

Hi, twoodland, as Omega describes, the FG99 is also my first recommendation! The Final Grom was the first part I bought when I restarted my hobby at the end of 2017. Then I got a nanoPEB, this is a very usefull thing, included 32KB, a serial port and DISK1. to DISK3. emulation from a SD-card. My last expansion was a Tipi card and a Rasperry Pi, with this I am able to contact BBS and use CHATTI, a sms-like application for the TI99.

Thank You Omega, that was also in my mind. I will stay with my FG99 and using 4A/DOS from there.

@arcadeshopper, @OMEGA, currently I prefer RXB, when I use Extended Basic or Basic programs/games. Is it possible to create a 4A/DOS Suite cardridge with: - 4A/DOS - RXB 2015 (maybe RXB 2018) - REA 2015 - Disk Manager 2.1 (from the XB2.7 Suite) - Disk Manager 2000 DM2K (from the XB2.7 Suite) (or the upcomming new Tipi diskmanager from Jedimat42) - Compact Flash HDXS (from the XB2.7 Suite) - TI Writer I will try to bring the topics above together in a FG99 SD-Card, maybe it works.

This is my second system: System 2: TI-99/4A console EU-Version - Tevion 14" TV - Speech Synthesizer - 32K Memory expansion (sidecar) - tipi (sidecar) with RPi and mouse support for TI Artist - 19” Monitor for tipi access with Logitech Keyboard - CS1 datarecorder - Atari Joystick Adapter with two Atari Joysticks

Hi, it's time to share some pictures about my TI-99/4A working place: System 1: TI-99/4A console US-Version - Sony 12" TV - Speech Synthesizer - FG99 Texas Instruments Expansion System (PEB) - 32KB Menory Expansion - TipiPEB / RPi card with network connection to my DELL Inspiron One PC - P-Code card - RS232 Interface with serial connection to my DELL Laptop D630 - Disk Controller with 80-Track MOD - 3,5" Floppy DSSD (80-Track) - 5,25" Floppy DSSD (40-Track) DELL Inspiron ONE PC with two aditional 28" ASUS monitors DELL Laptop D630, mainly used for classic99

tipi.zip Thank You Omega, today I modified your 4ADOS batchfile and made a second EA5-BAT batchfile with several EA5 Games to start from the 4ADOS Menu and it works fine. Yes I saw an EA5 Version of Parsec and other cardridges in this Thread http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225056-fixing-parsec/ I used also modified LOAD-BOOT files to start the EA5 games. Thank you to arcadeshopper: It works with EDIT40 too. In the attached Tipi.zip file I have my start configuration for using with the 4ADOS Environment. The 4ADOS Files are in TIPI.4ADOS folder (I maped this as DSK1. because the 4ADOS needs the CHARA1 file in DSK1.) and the games files are in TIPI.EA5 Folder The 4ADOS I starts from my FG99 but it should also start from the module Version. If you will provide a video about the configuration of the 4ADOS environment, it would be great if you show us to start the different file types "DOS commands", "EA5-files", "EA3-files" maybe XB programs too.