Tempest Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Can someone tell me the commands for running Extended Basic and Editor Assembler files on the TI-99/4a? Also, how do you catalog a disk so you can see what files are on there? Do you need Disk Manager for that or can it be done from XB or E/A? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 E/A games are either Option 3 "Load and Run" or Option 5 "Run Program File". Select the relevant option and enter the name of the program. For example, to run Submarine Commander from disk 1, select option 5 and enter in upper case: DSK1.SUBCOMMAND Extended BASIC games often auto-load. It looks for a file called "LOAD" on disk 1 and runs it if it finds it. If not, you can use the RUN command as follows: RUN "DSK1.MYPROGRAM" You can also load and run as follows: OLD "DSK1.MYPROGRAM" RUN To catalog a disk, beside the Disk Manager module, you can use a program like Disk Manager 2000 which runs under EA. Most EA3 and EA5 games can be run under Extended BASIC using a tool like YLOAD. So... you can insert Extended BASIC, load YLOAD and use that to EA3 load Disk Manager 2000. Really all you need is Extended BASIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Why is the command called OLD? Just seems funny. Must stand for something. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones-69 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 My preference these days is Rich Extended Basic (RXB) over standard XB. Under RXB you can simply type CALL DIR("DSK1.") for a disk catalogue, it's very handy and convenient. Why is the command called OLD? Just seems funny. Must stand for something. I have wondered the same.... Open Load Device? I really don't know, just guessing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 (edited) Because it was previously saved, making it "OLD"? The disk system on the TI99 is very weird. It is hard to do the most simple tasks. I haven't tried DM2K yet, but DM2.0 is very useful. I found it strange that it didnt allow for the copying of a file if you have only a single disk drive. Unless there is something I missed? Does DM2K allow for this? Edited April 22, 2010 by Chazbeenhad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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