Omega-TI Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 This thread is for USEFUL PROGRAMS, that do not fall into the game or system maintenance utility categories. They can be in BASIC, any version of Extended BASIC, Forth, Cobol, Snobol or what the hell ever language. They can be compiled, T80XB, E/A5, cartridge .BIN you name it. HOWEVER, if it requires an esoteric setup of specialty files, they must be included with instructions that even NOOBS can follow, otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) The cassette index program is very useful for people without any other kind of permanent storage, and who have cassette decks without a minute counter. (see the Cassette Power thread) Edited October 15, 2020 by wierd_w 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 What program are you trying to find? Why not just ask for it instead of starting another thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keneg Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) I would like to find a disk dissembler/sector editor that works with TIPI. Edited October 15, 2020 by Keneg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 6:07 AM, atrax27407 said: What program are you trying to find? Why not just ask for it instead of starting another thread. I'm not trying to find any particular program. Most things here seem to revolve around games and I figured a new thread might get some conversation started, bring some new programs to light and people, including myself might "discover" something new or old that they could use and enjoy. Is starting a new thread a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 No- as long as I can select "Ignore this Topic" and be done with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keneg Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I th8nk this could be a useful thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, atrax27407 said: No- as long as I can select "Ignore this Topic" and be done with it. You're entitled to do that, but you'll never know what you may miss out on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Keneg said: I would like to find a disk dissembler/sector editor that works with TIPI. sector access isn't supported by TIPI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I would like to find a disk dissembler/sector editor that works with TIPI.Diskassembler seems to work fine Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 One example of useful program(s), are the Weather 40 and Weather 80 programs. I use them daily on my TI's to get a quick and concise reading on the current weather conditions. I'm a little unclear on it's full pedigree, but I know @arcadeshopper did some work on it, then @Vorticon improved it with the F18A compatible 80 column version. Also @dgrissom made two different 40 column versions with enhanced visuals and a couple of extra features depending on which 40 column version you use. All three versions are available for download below. Along these same lines, @dgrissom also mentioned the possibility of using this same kind of program for news headlines, sports and other information. I suppose the hardest thing would be to find a suitable text source for information to use in this day and age. NOTE: All three downloads require a TIPI WEATHER80.dsk WX40-REGXB.zip WX40-XBGEM.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrissom Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I am always interested in software that runs on my actual TI console (with appropriate peripherals)! jedimatt42's Force Command is my ABSOLUTE favorite piece of software! If you are not using Force Command and decide to try it you are in for a treat! It works with most if not all TI storage systems. I use it with my nanoPEB and my TIPI (I actually access both at the same time!). With that said, I believe that the "Weather" program in its original or modified form is one of my favorite pieces of "daily use" software! I use it because it provides very accurate CURRENT local weather information. Too many pieces of PC and phone-based software apps will give you outdated projections, throw lots of ads, and sometimes won't update easily, etc. This software provides "just the current NOAA facts". During the recent hurricane ("Sally") in my area, I was able to track the current wind conditions at our location. Knowing this information could be the difference in how to act in emergencies (… although I continue to use my weather radio as well!). With that said (and mentioned by Omega-TI in the above post), if anyone knows of other similar data sources that will utilize the TIPI's web interface, I know I would love to add it to my TI/TIPI and/or Force Command. I've searched for stock, news, horoscopes, tips and quotes of the day among others. So far, I've had no luck ?. I believe that these types of data would be fun and useful information to add to "TI" formatted WEB, BBS's, or FTP sites (if it is not already available!). DG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 7 hours ago, dgrissom said: jedimatt42's Force Command is my ABSOLUTE favorite piece of software! If you are not using Force Command and decide to try it you are in for a treat! It works with most if not all TI storage systems. I use it with my nanoPEB and my TIPI (I actually access both at the same time!). With that said, I believe that the "Weather" program in its original or modified form is one of my favorite pieces of "daily use" software! I use it because it provides very accurate CURRENT local weather information. Too many pieces of PC and phone-based software apps will give you outdated projections, throw lots of ads, and sometimes won't update easily, etc. This software provides "just the current NOAA facts". Yup, Force Command is also my ABSOLUTE favorite piece of software as well, although I'm still currently holding at version 0.M. Being able to jump into and out of BASIC programs as easily as an E/A5 is freaking awesome in my book. Having programs that work with TIPI is great and all, but I still remember some awesome programs in the past that performed specialized tasks for the user, like an Automotive Maintenance package. My 2 & 3 would probably have to be Version 9.4 of Stuarts browser and the TELNET program on the TIPI, 4 would be the Weather 80 program, although I have Weather 40 running on my portable TIPI too. I have another older program I like, but it's too slow in BASIC, and I'm doubtful it could be compiled. Yes, abso-freaking-lutely no advertising! When I have more time, I'm going to have to peruse the old catalogs to lookup some of the better old programs. Of course there are programs I will probably never see again in my lifetime. Of the home grown programs I remember a nice logbook program for Amateur Radio, a propagation program and even a decent CW generator for practice. There are probably so many programs out there that have been lost over the decades written by people for their own use and since they were not games, thrown out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrissom Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Omega-TI said: Yup, Force Command is also my ABSOLUTE favorite piece of software as well, although I'm still currently holding at version 0.M. Being able to jump into and out of BASIC programs as easily as an E/A5 is freaking awesome in my book. Having programs that work with TIPI is great and all, but I still remember some awesome programs in the past that performed specialized tasks for the user, like an Automotive Maintenance package. My 2 & 3 would probably have to be Version 9.4 of Stuarts browser and the TELNET program on the TIPI, 4 would be the Weather 80 program, although I have Weather 40 running on my portable TIPI too. I have another older program I like, but it's too slow in BASIC, and I'm doubtful it could be compiled. Yes, abso-freaking-lutely no advertising! When I have more time, I'm going to have to peruse the old catalogs to lookup some of the better old programs. Of course there are programs I will probably never see again in my lifetime. Of the home grown programs I remember a nice logbook program for Amateur Radio, a propagation program and even a decent CW generator for practice. There are probably so many programs out there that have been lost over the decades written by people for their own use and since they were not games, thrown out. Amateur radio was always big. Years ago, I remember one of group member's intense interest in genealogy. He searched for, bought, typed in everything he could find in the TI world. Since my interest was primarily in the computer itself, almost anything would make me happy! Things that I have little interest in, include most business applications (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, etc.) These things remind me of work, memories I choose to leave behind! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Here are some programs I use all the time: Boot Disk Changer(BDC) Allows you to change the "boot" drive from DSK1 to just about anything - changes XB program files and most DF/80. Also on the BDC disk is PagePro changer - does about the same as above but for PagePro files. Docs for both on disk - DV/80 files. XB Detective (XBD) Does all kinds of things in the XB environment No docs, but easy to figure out. BDC.dsk XBD.dsk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenorton Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 As a blind computer user, we often need way to review the screen. Formerly, I just dumped the whole screen with a program to the rs232 or speech device. I thought I'd write a quick-and-dirty review program that works a little like screen readers on other systems. Unfortunately, it's still in TI Basic, because I wanted it to work with the TE2, since that's the easiest way to have Text-To-Speech. I figure I could load it up when I wanted to write another program and just move it up into the higher line numbers. That way, if I got an error, I could say something like "RUN 10000" and it would put me in review. The way it works is this. It comes up and says "Review, A To X, Z to exit." You enter a line number from A to X, representing lines 1-24. It reads the line number and then reads the entire line. Pressing FCTN-X (Down Arrow) moves the review one line down and speaks it. FCTN-E (Up Arrow) moves it to the previous line and speaks it. I tried to catch invalid key presses, but, the way I've got it right now, makes it reset the review line to the beginning or the end. Any improvements or suggestions are welcome. It's been more than 30 years since I've messed with this stuff Here's the listing, thanks to Classic99: 10 OPEN #1:"SPEECH",OUTPUT 20 PRINT #1:"REVIEW:A TO X, Z TO QUIT" 30 CALL KEY(0,K,S) 40 IF S<=0 THEN 30 50 IF K=10 THEN 80 60 IF K=11 THEN 100 70 GOTO 120 80 CL=CL+1 90 GOTO 130 100 CL=CL-1 110 GOTO 130 120 CL=K-64 130 IF K=90 THEN 160 140 PRINT #1:CL 150 GOTO 180 160 PRINT #1:"EXIT" 170 END 180 IF CL<1 THEN 210 190 IF CL>24 THEN 230 200 GOTO 260 210 CL=1 220 GOTO 240 230 CL=24 240 CALL SOUND(1,218,0) 250 GOTO 30 260 A$="" 270 FOR I=1 TO 32 280 CALL GCHAR(CL,I,L) 290 A$=A$&CHR$(L) 300 NEXT I 310 IF A$=" " THEN 330 320 GOTO 340 330 PRINT #1:"//50 128":"BLANK":"//43 128" 340 PRINT #1:A$ 350 GOTO 30 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenorton Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Not sure if this is the best way to post something like this, so sorry if I made an error 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 5 hours ago, jenorton said: Not sure if this is the best way to post something like this, so sorry if I made an error Shouldn't be a problem. Cut & paste works both ways in Classic 99! ? PROGRAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 The post from jenorton above made me remember a program that could assist a blind or sight impaired person. SPEAKDV80 loads from disk one and will speak the DV/80 file to you. Program name is SPEAKDV80 Requires Extended Basic and a Speech Synthesizer. SPEAKDV80.dsk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, sparkdrummer said: The post from jenorton above made me remember a program that could assist a blind or sight impaired person. SPEAKDV80 loads from disk one and will speak the DV/80 file to you. Program name is SPEAKDV80 Requires Extended Basic and a Speech Synthesizer. SPEAKDV80.dsk 90 kB · 5 downloads ? Neat little program... We The Willing.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Weather Forecaster by Gary Cox WEATHER.dsk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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