mattcelt Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hey, lads/ladies... I've been going through some old boxes and came across a couple of physical tapes from my 99/4A days as a child. I have one cassette with Teach Yourself BASIC, and a second with several programs/games labelled as such on it: Side A -Biorythm -Factor Foe 65 -Tic Tac Toe 120 -Word Scramble 180 -Lost Ruins 240 -Knight's Tour 295 Side B -Music Skills Training -Space Zapper I don't have any idea of the state of the cassettes, but I have a high-quality DENON deck that I could use to read them. Have all of these programs been accounted for and digitised already, or should I make a digital recording of them for the community? And is there a set of instructions on how to do the digitisation properly? Thanks in advance for the help, and for keeping the memories of the TI alive - it's been a gas reading through the forums! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 we just created a library of wav files of cassettes recently on the ftp.whtech.com archive ftp://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes/ I believe we have these stored in disk image form elsewhere but I don't see them here Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Welcome to the boards mattcelt . I answer to your first question, I'm quite sure Teach Yourself Basic is digitized - I'm not sure about the second, although someone should be along that does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 ... and a second with several programs/games labelled as such on it: Side A -Biorythm Oh wow! I remember having Biorythm in BASIC back in the old days when I was still running the "TI Program Recorder". I'd love to load up that program for the nostalgia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcelt Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevan - it looks like Biorythm is up on the ftp already. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevan - it looks like Biorythm is up on the ftp already. :-) Unfortunately it's in .WAV format. While I have the ability to load and save from cassette, my PC attenuates the audio from digitized sources, so I cannot use it in this format. Now if it was in another format like a disk image or in a FIAD file.... Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcelt Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 How can it be made into such a format? What's the process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Unfortunately it's in .WAV format. While I have the ability to load and save from cassette, my PC attenuates the audio from digitized sources, so I cannot use it in this format. Now if it was in another format like a disk image or in a FIAD file.... Oh well. How can it be made into such a format? What's the process? There are at least 2 disks (CV020.DSK and CV036.DSK) on whtech with a (the?) Biorhythm program on them. They look to be the same program One of the disks (CV020.DSK) has a label of "20-TIFORTH"; but, all the programs I've viewed are in XB or TIB: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/user%20groups/Cedar%20Valley/library/ ...lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 How can it be made into such a format? What's the process? You can use CS1er or Tape994A to convert from wav to FIAD. And the other way around, for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You can use CS1er or Tape994A to convert from wav to FIAD. And the other way around, for that matter. I'll bet you thought this thread was about you! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 There are at least 2 disks (CV020.DSK and CV036.DSK) on whtech with a (the?) Biorhythm program on them. They look to be the same program One of the disks (CV020.DSK) has a label of "20-TIFORTH"; but, all the programs I've viewed are in XB or TIB: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/user%20groups/Cedar%20Valley/library/ ...lee Hey, allright! I'll check this out later tonight (after 11:00) when I have some uninterrupted time. THANX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I'll bet you thought this thread was about you! ...lee That comment reminded me of this song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6UAYGxiRwU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I'll bet you thought this thread was about you! ...lee I'm so vaiiiiiiin. hehehe I have a habit of selecting some-what general-use monikers. For instance, on the Amiga boards I use "LoadWB," which is the command to launch the AmigaOS Workbench. I should join an Apple forum and call myself "INIT HELLO" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 we just created a library of wav files of cassettes recently on the ftp.whtech.com archive ftp://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes/ I believe we have these stored in disk image form elsewhere but I don't see them here Greg Nice! Hey, do you happen to have any more Mini Memory .wav's by chance? Particularly Minipede... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 we just created a library of wav files of cassettes recently on the ftp.whtech.com archive ftp://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes/ I believe we have these stored in disk image form elsewhere but I don't see them here Greg Yep, I dumped everything I had for posterity. I know we have those in other formats, but there's nothing like preserving the actual cassette sounds. 44.1khz wav seemed appropriate; I didn't know if making it a .mp3 or other lossy format would have messed with the ability for the TI to recognize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Yep, I dumped everything I had for posterity. I know we have those in other formats, but there's nothing like preserving the actual cassette sounds. 44.1khz wav seemed appropriate; I didn't know if making it a .mp3 or other lossy format would have messed with the ability for the TI to recognize it. I use lame --vbr-new and have no problem with the compression. I also tried faac to encode aac and m4a with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 There are at least 2 disks (CV020.DSK and CV036.DSK) on whtech with a (the?) Biorhythm program on them. They look to be the same program One of the disks (CV020.DSK) has a label of "20-TIFORTH"; but, all the programs I've viewed are in XB or TIB: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/user%20groups/Cedar%20Valley/library/ ...lee I finally had a chance to get it! Thanks for leading me to it. That is the EXACT program I remember. I ran it... everything converges tommorrow AT THE BOTTOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcelt Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) Sounds like it's worth ripping the tapes I have, then, just in case. (And honestly, I'm curious to see if the data have held up in 30 years of storage.) I noticed in another thread someone mentioned having the source for Parsec... Is there a playable version around? Some serious childhood nostalgia is associated with that game. Edited January 7, 2014 by mattcelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I noticed in another thread someone mentioned having the source for Parsec... Is there a playable version around? Some serious childhood nostalgia is associated with that game. It's built-in to the classic99 emulator. Just download the emulator (Windows) and rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Parsec is also available in MESS, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sounds like it's worth ripping the tapes I have, then, just in case. (And honestly, I'm curious to see if the data have held up in 30 years of storage.) I noticed in another thread someone mentioned having the source for Parsec... Is there a playable version around? Some serious childhood nostalgia is associated with that game. I don't have the source code for Parsec, but the attached file is an E/A 5 of Parsec that will run off disk. There is a glitch in the scenery that scrolls across the bottom of the screen, but if you want to run Parsec on "REAL IRON" without the cartridge, this might get you by until you can scrounge up a cart of your own. (If anyone has a better version, please upload it). HAVE FUN! Parsec-Disk.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcelt Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I believe I still have every TI cartridge we ever owned in a box somewhere. I'll have to see if I can dig them out on the morrow. Thanks for the info on Parsec! I can't wait to try to wend my way through that ridiculously long refueling tunnel again... I can't believe it's been %#@%# (so many) years since... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 CAUTION... ASTEROID BELT... GOOD SHOT, PILOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 CAUTION... ASTEROID BELT... GOOD SHOT, PILOT! Hehe .... i never had the speech synthesizer .... mine just went "beep beep beep" and "brlrlrlrp brlrlrp blrlrlrlrp" ..... i never knew it had speech until my adult years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 If you have a TI with cassette and disk, simply load from one and save to the other (assuming compatible programs such as Minimem, Basic or EXB). I was wondering myself if anyone had tried to digitize the audio, but of course it's been done! I figured it would just work no problem, but I guess the encoding is where the compression takes its toll. I might try it on my Mac just for S&G. I have all those programs in my own library, they made the rounds back then, as now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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