Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Title says it all. Does the Ed/Assem cartridge have auto-load on start-up, like ExBASIC does? The manual seems to make no reference to such a thing. K-R. Edited October 24, 2020 by Kchula-Rrit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Title says it all. Does the Ed/Assem cartridge have auto-load on start-up, like ExBASIC does? The manual seems to make no reference to such a thing. K-R.Kind ofYou hit five and then enter it'll Auto load DSK1.UTIL1Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 That was quick! That's at the boot menu, right? 1 for TI BASIC, 2 Ed/Assem... I'll have to try it. Thanks. K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Kchula-Rrit said: That was quick! That's at the boot menu, right? 1 for TI BASIC, 2 Ed/Assem... I'll have to try it. Thanks. K-R. yes. Select 2 of Editor Assembler then 5 for Program Image. If you hit enter it will then look for UTIL1 on DSK1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 29 minutes ago, arcadeshopper said: You hit five and then enter it'll Auto load DSK1.UTIL1 ... I had no idea... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 That was quick! That's at the boot menu, right? 1 for TI BASIC, 2 Ed/Assem... I'll have to try it. Thanks. K-R.No it's in the Ed assembler menu Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks. I was hoping for the boot menu, but this is still good to know. K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Are you using a "REAL" Editor/Assembler cartridge? If you have a FG99 you could simply use a sector editor on the cartridge .BIN changing UTIL1 to BOOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Can't you just rename BOOT to UTIL1 instead of editing the EA .bin? Or have a second copy of BOOT, rename one and keep the other copy with original name. I used that trick with Funnelweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Ed in SoDak said: Can't you just rename BOOT to UTIL1 instead of editing the EA .bin? Or have a second copy of BOOT, rename one and keep the other copy with original name. I used that trick with Funnelweb. It's been quite awhile since I've used BOOT, but if I remember correctly you would have to sector edit BOOT itself, as it saves it's updated data to itself. I don't recall off hand if there is enough room for the extra character needed in the filename, if there is you're golden. So what would happen if it's not edited? I believe when he saves updates, it would save a file called BOOT, not the renamed file, so it would appear like the updates never took... unless he continually renamed the updated files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Omega-TI said: Are you using a "REAL" Editor/Assembler cartridge? If you have a FG99 you could simply use a sector editor on the cartridge .BIN changing UTIL1 to BOOT. RXB has a DSK#.UTIL1 loader built into RXB press ENTER and then the character of the DSK#.UTIL1 say like press 3 for DSK3.UTIL1 or press 0 (zero) for WDS1.UTIL1 or REA (Rich Editor Assembler built into RXB also) press 5 or press P for RUN PROGRAM FILE again any key will be used for DSK#.UTIL1 or press 0 (zero) for WDS1.UTIL1 Are there ant other Editor Assembler Carts that can boot from WDS1.UTIL1 with a single keypress of 0 (zero)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Ok, that's the reason it won't work for all cases by just renaming it. I don't use the custom menu options myself in emulation. On real disks I did BITD. As long as you didn't customize it, you'd be fine naming it UTIL1 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, RXB said: RXB has a DSK#.UTIL1 loader built into RXB press ENTER and then the character of the DSK#.UTIL1 say like press 3 for DSK3.UTIL1 or press 0 (zero) for WDS1.UTIL1 or REA (Rich Editor Assembler built into RXB also) press 5 or press P for RUN PROGRAM FILE again any key will be used for DSK#.UTIL1 or press 0 (zero) for WDS1.UTIL1 Are there ant other Editor Assembler Carts that can boot from WDS1.UTIL1 with a single keypress of 0 (zero)? Rich, he specifically asked about the Editor/Assembler cartridge, nothing was mentioned about RXB. From the photo below, I'm guessing RXB or a FinalGROM is not an option for him at this point in time. For example I could have gone off-topic mentioning the Extended BASIC 2.7s cartridge would be perfect for his current need, but that probably would have been a total waste of his time. I figure the OP would prefer to "stay on topic" and not go into irrelevant (to him) side discussions that serve no purpose to his current request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I can see that the purpose of that little red button hasn't registered with either one of you! ...tsk tsk. That's a HI-RELIABILITY Wilson momentary switch, used for one purpose and one purpose only... Press FIRMLY! I have two myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 3 hours ago, HOME AUTOMATION said: I can see that the purpose of that little red button hasn't registered with either one of you! ...tsk tsk. That's a HI-RELIABILITY Wilson momentary switch, used for one purpose and one purpose only... Press FIRMLY! I have two myself. Ejection seat? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I figured it was either a reset button or considering the unique location a switch for a non-stamdard power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Reset button. The toggle switch on the left side of the console is the power switch. The non-standard power supply is the black box on the right. I had a console overheat and die 38 years ago. I cannot forget that piercing shriek from the sound generator. Did some checks and found that -5V gave out. A few years after getting the replacement I replaced the power supply with a beefier external one. The black box is my latest iteration. But, I digress... K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Omega-TI said: Are you using a "REAL" Editor/Assembler cartridge? If you have a FG99 you could simply use a sector editor on the cartridge .BIN changing UTIL1 to BOOT. I'm using a real Ed/Assem. I have a Final GROM, but it doesn't seem to like my system. It's flaky. I have another console, totally unmodified, that the Final GROM seems to like. It runs flawlessly in that console. K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 hours ago, HOME AUTOMATION said: I can see that the purpose of that little red button hasn't registered with either one of you! ...tsk tsk. That's a HI-RELIABILITY Wilson momentary switch, used for one purpose and one purpose only... Press FIRMLY! I have two myself. Roommate just pointed out that "Press FIRMLY!" was a link. I could have used a couple of those, back when I had a job. K-R. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Why don't you use XB and an ea5 loader program saved as LOAD Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Apologies for taking so long to respond. At this point I'm just curious what my options might be to get an assembly program to auto-load upon start-up. I'm thinking I could: Run an X-BASIC loader as arcadeshopper pointed out. (By the way, your USB keyboard adapter works great!) Make a sidecar DSR to run a power-up routine. Make a sidecar DSR to run a power-up sub-program. I have an idea for a sidecar anyway, so maybe I could add the functionality. Anyone done such a thing? Silly question... K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Kchula-Rrit said: Make a sidecar DSR to run a power-up routine. Make a sidecar DSR to run a power-up sub-program. Not sure which is which... In one incarnation of an implementation of my HOME AUTOMATION system... I connect the controller to the JOYPORT and use the FG99 to boot a power-up routine. This provides plenty of paged memory, and the possibility to software switch to another module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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