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  1. Posted

    I am not sure if this is the issue, but I am continuing to RTFM to discover which XB lines are not compiling to produce my expected result. senior_falcon pointed out DISPLAY VARIABLE and I have found this "IF-THEN-ELSE will only work with line numbers, like in TI BASIC. The more advanced XB style of IF-THEN-ELSE is not supported.". Although it is not working as I expect, I am happy to rework and try to think of different ways to produce what I am looking for. I am learning, and more importantly USING the TI equipment I am so fond of. I appreciate all who engage and offer help.

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    [email protected], I am guilty of this. Monday I had posted a April Fools TI Laptop post titled "New TI-99 Mini Laptop?". I should have posted it in the community forum instead of creating a new thread. I appreciate the reminder to think before acting.

     

    It would be great if the search could locate attachments. I frequently search to find if a program and/or document has been posted, but sometimes the post does not include the title or enough info about the attachment to locate it with search (unless I am doing something wrong, which could be the case).

     

    Thanks again!

  3. Posted

    If this is being compiled there is a problem because the compiler only supports DISPLAY VARIABLE type files.

     

    180 open #1:"PI.CLOCK",DISPLAY, INPUT, FIXED 19

     

    Thank you senior_falcon, I tried changing 180 to OPEN #1:"PI.CLOCK",DISPLAY,INPUT,VARIABLE but I had the same initial result. XB runs fine, EA5 and BIN looks like it will load and then warm boots to the startup screen. I also removed 190 and changed 290 to GOTO 200. I got the same result.

  4. Posted

     

    The program works just fine WITHOUT the ",DISPLAY, INPUT, FIXED 19" portion in XB. Try removing that and recompile.

     

    Thanks Omega, that is what I tried which led me to post the issue. In that case, the XB worked but the EA5 and BIN file had the same result: The screen would look as if it were going to load then it would boot back to the startup screen. Even if I then selected option 2 Tipiclock, the system would look like it was going to load for a sec then just warm boot.

  7. Posted

    Since the recent change to the PI.CLOCK call, I have been trying to update my TIPICLOCK XB program that I converted to EA5 (to use with 4ADOS) using the steps outlined in Sinphaltimus' xb2fr99 video. I had success before, but now I can't seem to get it to work. I would like to end up with offering three versions zipped up for everyone's use:

     

    1. XB Program (listed in this post)

    2. EA5 Program (to be loaded via 4ADOS (LOAD TIPI.UTIL.TIPICLOCK )

    3. BIN Program (for launching from FR99 or FG99)

     

    Would someone be willing to help educate me on what the steps are so that I will understand the method to do this?

    100 REM *******************
110 REM * TIPICLOCK v2    *
120 REM * by Tim Woodland *
130 REM *-----------------*
140 REM * For TIPI        *
150 REM * Obetav035       *
160 REM *******************
170 CALL CLEAR
180 OPEN #1:"PI.CLOCK",DISPLAY ,INPUT 
190 CALL KEY(0,K,Q)
200 INPUT #1:W$,D$,T$
210 IF W$="1" THEN F$="MONDAY"
220 IF W$="2" THEN F$="TUESDAY"
230 IF W$="3" THEN F$="WEDNESDAY"
240 IF W$="4" THEN F$="THURSDAY"
250 IF W$="5" THEN F$="FRIDAY"
260 IF W$="6" THEN F$="SATURDAY"
270 IF W$="7" THEN F$="SUNDAY"
280 DISPLAY AT(2,1):F$$:T$
290 IF Q=0 THEN 190
300 CLOSE #1
310 END

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    That would be cool, along with someone selling a re-capping kit for the TI's power supply. I've had one on the bench for about a year now and have never gotten around to searching for all the caps. Call me lazy, call me busy, but if a kit was available to purchase I'd no longer have an excuse.

     

    Agreed! Having a parts list or kit available for purchase to recap would be awesome!

  14. Posted

    "The Zener diode's operation depends on the heavy doping of its p-n junction. The depletion region formed in the diode is very thin (<1 µm) and the electric field is consequently very high (about 500 kV/m) even for a small reverse bias voltage of about 5 V, allowing electrons to tunnel from the valence band of the p-type material to the conduction band of the n-type material."

     

    O.k. that sounds tough, but the circuit is simple.

     

     

     

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    Insert the max. allowable current fuse in-between the TI's P.S. and the regulators v-in.

     

    Best to make R very low or bypass.

     

    Current induced by over-voltage will not travel through the load, instead traveling through the Zener diode and fuse!

     

     

    So it may be possible to create a little circuit board with places to solder in Zener diodes (Guessing 3 (+12V, +5V, -5V)) with an input connector (4 pin male (molex?) from the motherboard) and output pigtail cable to female 4 pin (molex?) connector?

     

    Assuming that someone with those skills could design the board to be created by PCBway allowing me to solder assemble them, do you think the cost would be worth the value to protect the motherboard in case of PS failure?

     

    It seems to me that the installation would be easy for novice users (like me) to install. Having the protection circuit would give me peace of mind. If the PS did blow, it would be easier to replace or repair (recap) than de-soldering chips from the mobo.

  17. Posted · Edited by twoodland

    I see. So if we can't get anything more than that, C60 tapes will work? I've been seeing very little locally that isn't below 60, if not below 90, so...

     

    I found this on Ebay, but I'm not sure if it's able to work on a TI corder, or how many games can fit on it.

     

    For your consideration:

     

    I use these (they work well and they have the added benefit of the clamshell case matching my original TI tapes) :

     

    Current Price: $16.99 (25 Pack)

     

    Translucent Soft Poly Box

    Current Price: $.18 ea

     

    Total cost less shipping is: $.86 per tape

  25. Posted

    I am glad to know that I do not have a corrupted copy or something. I really appreciate that you created the game and shared it with us! After getting the SAMS board, I was looking for something to run that would take advantage of it and am so glad that you had this available.

     

    I look forward to your next version not to mention the next version of RXB! I am trying to learn how to use it and it is like drinking from a fire hose! I also appreciate the videos and comments in the forum that explain how RXB can be applied in certain situations.

     

    Thanks again for all of your hard work!

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