+retroclouds Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 ok, still wrong how do I format the Cf card? just by using the Pc format function , fat (by default) ? You can't use the PC format function. The CF7+ does not work with the FAT filesystem. In case the CF card does not work as expected, then use TI99dir to format the flash card again. TI99dir is available in the development resources thread. Also, it's a good idea to experiment with different flash cards. I have multiple CF7+ devices and they all came with a flash card. One of them had a bad flash card and I got a lot of errors, whereas the other flash card worked without problems. After reformatting, you can test if it works by writing a small TI-basic program and saving it to the compact flash card. something like this: 10 PRINT "ABC" RUN SAVE DSK1.TEST1 NEW OLD DSK1.TEST1 RUN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 ok, still wrong how do I format the Cf card? just by using the Pc format function , fat (by default) ? You can't use the PC format function. The CF7+ does not work with the FAT filesystem. In case the CF card does not work as expected, then use TI99dir to format the flash card again. TI99dir is available in the development resources thread. Also, it's a good idea to experiment with different flash cards. I have multiple CF7+ devices and they all came with a flash card. One of them had a bad flash card and I got a lot of errors, whereas the other flash card worked without problems. After reformatting, you can test if it works by writing a small TI-basic program and saving it to the compact flash card. something like this: 10 PRINT "ABC" RUN SAVE DSK1.TEST1 NEW OLD DSK1.TEST1 RUN test is working fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 my problem is that I cant extract and copy to the CF the right file from a DSK file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien2 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I formatted an SD card with TIDir. Now I understand your problem. You can only copy DSK files to the CF. So, create an empty DSK file on your hard drive, open it, copy the files in it and then copy the DSK file to the CF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yes--- this is true. You cannot add to a CF volume in TI-99Dir... You can only edit .DSK files. Then you mount one .DSK file into one CF volume and then plug it into your TI. If you want to add or modify your CF volume on your PC, tough... You can't. You have to modify the original .DSK and re-mount. The only internal modifications you can make are while you're on your TI using SAVE functions in BASIC, XB, assembly, FORTH, etc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 so with Ti99DIR I need to open the original DSK delete all the files inside and leave only the appropriate file (in case of Pitfall called #PITFALL) and then copy the pitfall.dsk to CF and then mount it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 so with Ti99DIR I need to open the original DSK delete all the files inside and leave only the appropriate file (in case of Pitfall called #PITFALL) and then copy the pitfall.dsk to CF and then mount it right? I'm not in my computer room right now, so I can't verify with you, but this is what you can do: 1. Create a new disk image with TI-99DIR. 2. Again, using TI-99DIR you can copy files into the the newly created disk image. 3. Now read the CF card using TI-99DIR, you get a list of volumes on the CF card. 4. Copy the disk image to one of the available volumes 5. Put the CF card in the CF7+ and mount the volume you just copied the disk image on 6. Load the game. Oh by the way. There are two version of Pitfall! out there. On the TI-Gameshelf we have revision A. Here on Atariage (development resources thread) we have the updated revision B. @Vorticon, sorry I forgot to inform you about this. Perhaps you might wanna put revision B on the gameshelf too. Revision B is the basis for the cartridge version and has some bugs fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 HALLELUYAH it is working I tried E/A options 5 and 3 games and they are working (except for Major Tom) my mistake, like some some of you pointed it I wasnt initialise CF7+ volumes before copying the dsk files thanks for your help, guys :D :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 HALLELUYAH it is working I tried E/A options 5 and 3 games and they are working (except for Major Tom) my mistake, like some some of you pointed it I wasnt initialise CF7+ volumes before copying the dsk files thanks for your help, guys :D :D Try Major Tom as an EA3 program. Entry point is "LOTS". Load the program and when the EA prompt returns, clear the line and press enter. It will then prompt you for an entry point. Type "LOTS" and press enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 well the only Major program I can find is from the Game SHelf site and it doesnt work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Great news man!!! I knew we were just missing a step somewhere. Very very happy you're up and running!!!! Listen, I am going to need someone to test a program on some real gear in a couple weeks. Would you be up for doing a bit of testing on your nano-PEB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 well the only Major program I can find is from the Game SHelf site and it doesnt work Uh.... did you happen to unarchive the file first ? The one on the game shelf site has been archived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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