newbie TI-994A question

[craiganderson]

just getting started playing around with these games

what are the commands i need to type to get a .dsk game to play?

thank you very much in advance

 

craig

[Opry99er]

Real TI or emulation (firstly)

[craiganderson]

sorry. emulation via MESS .160

thanks

 

- the disk is loaded

- i have the extended basic

 

i am at the

 

* READY * prompt

 

 

Edited April 25, 2015 by craiganderson

[Opry99er]

RUN "DSK1.XXX"

 

Where XXX is your program name.

[craiganderson]

thank you

very grateful for response

 

so no generic type of thing like RUN "DSK1.FIRST"

or something like that?

 

just asking

[Gazoo]

thank you

very grateful for response

 

so no generic type of thing like RUN "DSK1.FIRST"

or something like that?

 

just asking

 

No, look at the filenames on the disk to find what you want.

Or run a generic loader program like BOOT or DM2K to catalog the disk and pick the program you want to load.

 

Gazoo

[craiganderson]

 

thanks

 

 

is there a "LIST" command that would show me the contents of the .dsk currently in the "machine"

 

thanks

[Gazoo]

 

thanks

 

 

is there a "LIST" command that would show me the contents of the .dsk currently in the "machine"

 

thanks

 

Not in plain old vanilla Extended Basic. In Extended Basic v2.5 or v2.7 you can do a CALL CAT("DSK1.") to get a directory of the disk. I think RXB may also have a similar CALL, but I'm not certain.

 

Gazoo

[sometimes99er]

emulation via MESS .160

 

To look at the disks you may be able to use TIImageTool (Java) or perhaps TI99Dir (Windows).

[+mizapf]

If you use the HFDC in MESS you can use CALL DIR(1).

[mdorman]

If you use the HFDC in MESS you can use CALL DIR(1).

 

I don't remember that! When I had my real hardware, I had 2 PEBs. The Geneve was with the Myarc HFDC. The TI was connected with a CorComp FDC. I may never have tested that with the TI.

 

This will save me a lot of time in MESS.

[+mizapf]

As sometimes99 already suggested you should consider to download TIImageTool. This tool is particularly useful for MESS users because it makes working with images a lot easier (view files, copy between images, create new images, set up Geneve boot disks ...) - in my humble view as its author.

[+Schmitzi]

CALL DIR(x) also for MyArc DDCC-1 and RXB

 

CALL CAT(x) also for - aarhhhgg - I just do not remember

 

/EDIT for the Atronic CPS-99? /

Edited April 26, 2015 by schmitzi

[globeron]

Or use Fred Kaals TIDIR tool to see content of .dsk or nano-PEB CF Cards, very handy:

http://www.ti99-geek.nl/Projects/ti99dir/Files/ti99dir55b.zip

 

for MESS, see:

www.globeron.com/freedownload/TI99EmulatorsMESS.mp4

http://www.globeron.com/freedownload/TI99EmulatorsMESS-part2.mp4 (for the Geneve 9640 TI mode)