Mame Ti-99/4A vs Cart Images

[polyex]

Anyone have success running any cart images from Mame? Do you have a link to those images? Everyone I have and tried just gives me a message saying that it's an invalid image and an internal error.

[ti99iuc]

Hello, if you want, follow this link, over the tutorial for the installation and configuration of MAME, scrolling the page at the bottom you will also find the software needed

http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=homepage&artid=196

[mizapf]

1 hour ago, polyex said:

Anyone have success running any cart images from Mame? Do you have a link to those images? Everyone I have and tried just gives me a message saying that it's an invalid image and an internal error.

 

All cart images are on our server https://ftp.whtech.com/Cartridges/MAME/

 

MAME uses zip cartridge format and RPK cartridge format, but no bin format.

[hloberg]

from: https://ti99resources.wordpress.com/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1qAQWlrSlkmIsx3ISe0Oz-8kUetuusI/view

download the link. it's everything you need to get MAME running with TI-99 including the batch files to attach to cartridges. just add MAME. also check out the section in software under MAME which has links to MAME and some tutorials.

[dgrissom]

I am enjoying using Mame on Raspberry PI 4.

I run my system using scripts.  It's pretty slick.

Is there a comprehensive document that shows command line information?

I've been using the supplied scripts as templates, however, I want to know more.

[hloberg]

On 7/6/2020 at 11:07 AM, dgrissom said:

I am enjoying using Mame on Raspberry PI 4.

I run my system using scripts.  It's pretty slick.

Is there a comprehensive document that shows command line information?

I've been using the supplied scripts as templates, however, I want to know more.

in the above download of mine from ti99resources for MAME TI/99 /MESS221/DOCS is a list of docs which includes a MAME document and other useful .txt files. in the MAME doc is a list of the command line also SLOTS, MEDIA and USAGE text. 

[polyex]

On 7/6/2020 at 1:42 AM, ti99iuc said:

Hello, if you want, follow this link, over the tutorial for the installation and configuration of MAME, scrolling the page at the bottom you will also find the software needed

http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=homepage&artid=196

Those cart images worked great. Grazie.

[polyex]

I figured out you need to add the speech module by adding a PEB first and then add the speech module to the PEB. 

Edited October 6, 2020 by polyex

[DavidC]

On 7/6/2020 at 4:42 AM, ti99iuc said:

Hello, if you want, follow this link, over the tutorial for the installation and configuration of MAME, scrolling the page at the bottom you will also find the software needed

http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=homepage&artid=196

Help please...I followed the instructions and got this running and everything works fine, EXCEPT.....I can't load .dsk images that I created and use regularly in C99, JS99er and a older version of MESS 140 that came with the Gamebase.   What the hell am I doing wrong? It must be something simple but I can't figure it out.  I have the peb connected, the TI disk controller and 3 drives...but it simply gives me a error  I/O Error 6    

 

I have it set up.   ioport>  PEB

                          ioport peb slot 2> speech

                          ioport peb slot 3> tifdc

                          ioport peb slot tifdc:0 > 525 dd 

                          ioport peb slot tifdc:1 > 525 dd

                          ioport peb slot tifdc:2 > 525 dd

 

What am I doing wrong? 

 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by DavidC

[mizapf]

The older MESS 0.140 is, I can say, another piece of software compared to the current MAME 0.225. The only advice I can give you is to upgrade to the recent release.

 

For instance, none of the path specifications will work on MESS 0.140.

[DavidC]

3 minutes ago, mizapf said:

The older MESS 0.140 is, I can say, another piece of software compared to the current MAME 0.225. The only advice I can give you is to upgrade to the recent release.

 

For instance, none of the path specifications will work on MESS 0.140.

Yes, but this is a newer release version that I set up with the instructions and downloads from http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=148&artid=196#.X4niCI7Yrrd

[mizapf]

Could you post a dsk image that fails with your MAME installation?

[DavidC]

11 minutes ago, mizapf said:

Could you post a dsk image that fails with your MAME installation?

Yes, this is my turboforth BLOCKS disk, mounted in dsk1.tfblocks.dsk

[mizapf]

This is a DSDD disk, and you tried to read it with a TI FDC. Please use another controller.

[DavidC]

6 minutes ago, mizapf said:

This is a DSDD disk, and you tried to read it with a TI FDC. Please use another controller.

These are my choices...what one do you think should work?  

[mizapf]

HFDC

BwG

 

and once you upgrade to post 0.220:

DDCC-1

CorComp

[DavidC]

2 minutes ago, mizapf said:

HFDC

BwG

 

and once you upgrade to post 0.220:

DDCC-1

CorComp

Ok, so use HFDC and Bwg?  At the same time?  One in each "slot"?  I am sorry about these questions, I am so confused.  I just don't know what I am doing...learning is fun and frustrating.

[mizapf]

No, it's just a choice - as with your real TI and PEB. Use HFDC or BwG.

[DavidC]

10 minutes ago, mizapf said:

No, it's just a choice - as with your real TI and PEB. Use HFDC or BwG.

I tried both, and I still get the error...maybe my .dsk file is bad.

[DavidC]

I GOT IT!!!!   I figured it out!!!  Thank you, It was my stupidity all along!!    Thank you for being so helpful.    @mizapf  It's working!   Thank you.

 

I was using two controllers at the same time...duh!    Yep, I am a idiot.  lol. 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by DavidC