TI-99/8 running "protected" program

[Retrospect]

Hi everyone.  

I've been tinkering with the TI-99/8 emulation in MAME.  I decided to try my "Dodger" game to see if it worked / ran faster.  It did.

Then I broke into the program and attempted to LIST it, knowing I'd done "SAVE CS1, PROTECTED" on the TI-99/4A .... Just wondered if it would still protect it on the TI-99/8.  It did.  More so than the 99/4A would do.  It didn't let me list it, or even run it again, as the program vanished from memory upon pressing Break.  Also to note; a protected program will auto-run on the 99/8, whereas normal unprotected ones require the Run command as normal. 

 

I was just surprised by the results, some of you may already know about this.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VJ_rvKASXc

[+mizapf]

Just for information, if you want to use floppy disks with the 99/8, you have to connect the HX5102 device.

 

"-hexbus hx5102 -flop1 oneofmyimages.dsk"

 

However, note that the DSR of the HX5102 defines double density as 16 sectors/track, so DD images may not work.