Gazoo Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Is it possible to autostart ROM-only cartridges? ...lee No, but by using an ubergrom cart, one could put a GPL header in it that autostarted, and then branched to the ROM code with 6 byes of code. So if your ROM cart started code execution at >6022, You could have your GPL code as this >BF00,>6022,>0FF0. The GPL code would look like this at address g>6000. >AA01,>0000,>6010,>0000,>0000,>0000,>0000,>0000 >0000,>6016,>0000,>BF00,>6022,>0FF0 Gazoo EDIT: You may want to add: >3100,>018F,>DD00,>6000 before the branch to lock in bank 1 of the ROM, so you'd then have this GPL code: >AA01,>0000,>6010,>0000,>0000,>0000,>0000,>0000 >0000,>6016,>0000,>3100,>018F,>DD00,>6000,>BF00 >6022,>0FF0 Edited June 27, 2015 by Gazoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The game Barrage uses 2 joysticks at the same time. And i believe Blasto too. Maybe more but need to go through the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Even named it and have a logo. For reference.... Edited June 27, 2015 by Opry99er 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I still need to get a Forth cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Lee has a very nice Forth cart... fbForth2.0 is a nice cart and the manual is fully complete now (IIRC) for the massochistic 99er with a printer and comb binder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thank you kind sir Per request, find Robotron dusl-joystick hack here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226180-robotron/?p=3266386 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I still need to get a Forth cart Lee has a very nice Forth cart... fbForth2.0 is a nice cart and the manual is fully complete now (IIRC) for the massochistic 99er with a printer and comb binder. @Iwantgames:), see fbForth—TI Forth with File-based Block I/O . ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastik Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Who said the tape port is dead. I came across this interesting device called the Cassiopei for the C64 and thought it'd be rather interesting to see one made for the 99. http://home.kpn.nl/bderogee1980/projects/Cassiopei/Cassiopei.htm A cheap tape emulator to plug right into the cassette port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 what about a MiniPEB for on-the-road ? and a special-Pocket-version: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 That's pretty much what the Myarc MPES-50 was (or your Atronic CPS-99). Both of them were nice. portable alternatives to the PEB with all of the basic functions built in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 yeah, and looks soooo sweet 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 That last set made me think that with a proper power supply, you could make a much smaller PEB which could stack the cards. The PEB would then be as wide as the cards are tall, plus a quarter-height 5.25" drive bay, and the enclosure. I think a good 19V DC power supply providing the right wattage (like one of those 130W laptop power supplies) could be converted internally to provide the voltages necessary to run the cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 To get even smaller one could dispense with the 5.25" opening and go 3.5" and a Lotharek floppy emulator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 ... like this... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Cards would not fit if you mount them in the orientation presented. If you mounted them sideways as I proposed you would have fewer card slots available. One could just also re-purpose an old SCSI box to hold nothing but cards, back-plane with on-board voltage conversion, a small space for the Lotharek, and an SD slot. As for the voltage conversion, you could also go so far as making the back-plane interface with an ATX input and use a PicoPSU with an appropriate 12V external power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Cards would not fit if you mount them in the orientation presented. If you mounted them sideways as I proposed you would have fewer card slots available. One could just also re-purpose an old SCSI box to hold nothing but cards, back-plane with on-board voltage conversion, a small space for the Lotharek, and an SD slot. As for the voltage conversion, you could also go so far as making the back-plane interface with an ATX input and use a PicoPSU with an appropriate 12V external power supply. I agree, the current cards would not fit. I was actually thinking along the lines of totally new SMT type PCB's about the size of Greg's speech interface. If one is going to go through all the trouble to re-envision the externals, why not the internals too? Your idea for an external power supply is perfect. Not only would it reduce the size and weight of the re-envisioned P-Box, it would also cut down on heat generation. All the new cards could be designed with contemporary connectors as well which would also cut down on size. The odds of something like this actually coming to fruition though are astronomical, but it was fun to think about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Was just playing this on my new 16k CoCo2 and thought something like it on TI would be cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I thought I'd start a thread to post up idea's that pop in my head for the Ti. Since I lack knowledge in a few areas like coding and such, these my not come to fruition but I thought I'd share them. I'm sure many of you have ideas or projects in the back burner also. Here is a game idea I came up with that is a bit like "skydiver" but it's called "Base Jumper" The kids liked it. I like it too - a bit of H.E.R.O. there. I like how Rasmus (my boy) made up a story about what the jumper said along the way - variations with a few loops of animation - and then of course asking where / what the controls were ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Was just playing this on my new 16k CoCo2 and thought something like it on TI would be cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vyo1aqcAZs Have you played Legends or Legends 2 yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I got em on my SD Card, tried it once but it crashed. Should try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Great games... The second one has better graphics, understandably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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