New nanoPEB: quesiton

[zander21510]

So I recently got a nanoPEB for my TI-99/4A, it's great so far I've succesfully stored and loaded a BASIC program, haven't had a lot of time to mess around with it yet though. Another reason I got it is because I can't seem to find a cassette recorder (even branded TI recorders) that will save and load a program...

 

My quesiton is: I have a Personal Record Keeping cartridge that I would like to save some databases to, there is an option to save/load data from "other device" but when i select that option it says "Error Cannot Access The Device". Am I doing something wrong or is the nanoPEB just not compatable with this particular cartridge's save function?

 

Thanks!

[Omega-TI]

It's been like 25 years since I've even thought of that program, but I seem to recall that it worked just fine with a standard disk drive on a P-Box. I cannot remember exactly, but I think DSK1.FILENAME in all upper case should work. Now unless that program accesses the hardware differently and is not compatible somehow, but that's not an error I ever experienced with the Nano.

What do the docs say?

[dphirschler]

You might need to create a blank dsk image and store it on the nanopeb. Then you can write your files to that "disk".

[+hloberg]

use TI99DIR to create a blank disk on you CF card, say disk 10. in BASIC do a CALL MOUNT(1,10) to mount the disk. In OTHER choose DSK1 to save to. that should work.

[zander21510]

Okay thanks for the tips! It does say in the cartridge manual that it can save to disks, but its vague about it. I'll try it out when I have some time