oddemann Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) To Space Invader, Moonsweeper here... YES!!! Make a module Edited October 29, 2021 by oddemann :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RykGroff Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 42 minutes ago, wierd_w said: How byzantine is this XB program? Would it be possible to make it into a single XB program file with lots of subroutines instead? If so, it might be convinced to go through the compiler, and thus be able to be made into a module? Well, thanks to HOME AUTOMATION I was able to retrieve all the parts of the .DSK file: XB and Assembly routines. Very interesting! When I add a TIPI to my system I should be able to run it again after all these years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RykGroff Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, oddemann said: To Space Invader, Moonsweeper here... YES!!! Make a module ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, RykGroff said: Oh, geez! I'm old AND a newbie! Thanks for the heads-up! I am also old (78) and it took me a few beats before I got it, as well. I am caught sleeping around here every now and again. Welcome aboard the Good Ship. ? ...lee 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, RykGroff said: Well, thanks to HOME AUTOMATION I was able to retrieve all the parts of the .DSK file: XB and Assembly routines. Very interesting! When I add a TIPI to my system I should be able to run it again after all these years. What I mean, is that there is a compiler for TI Basic and TI XB programs that converts them into machine-code programs. Once converted, they can be turned from a memory image into a cartridge image, using Classic99 and some elbow-grease. The compiler has some requirements, in that it cannot handle programs that call routines from disk. (at least I think that it is a requirement that the program be fully one-file) If your program was revised to instead contain lots of subroutines within a single file, it might be possible to feed it through the compiler, and get a suitable machine-code program, which can be mangled into a cartridge image. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RykGroff Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 13 minutes ago, Lee Stewart said: I am also old (78) and it took me a few beats before I got it, as well. I am caught sleeping around here every now and again. Welcome aboard the Good Ship. ? Thank you, Lee! I just turned 69 (but don't feel it). I'm retired, but still do part-time typesetting and book pagination now and then. After looking around for a few years I finally found a very affordable TI with Speech and a handful of carts on ebay last month and have been having a very nostalgic blast fiddling around with it. Added 32k, Atari joysticks, and a FinalGROM recently. Several years ago I ran across my Wordsmith disk file--on a Russian website of all places--and that's what spurred me on to get back into the TI world. With help from you and others here I can at least read the XB files I created 40 years ago, and eventually--with the addition of a TIPI--I just might be able to run it again. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RykGroff Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, wierd_w said: What I mean, is that there is a compiler for TI Basic and TI XB programs that converts them into machine-code programs. Once converted, they can be turned from a memory image into a cartridge image, using Classic99 and some elbow-grease. The compiler has some requirements, in that it cannot handle programs that call routines from disk. (at least I think that it is a requirement that the program be fully one-file) If your program was revised to instead contain lots of subroutines within a single file, it might be possible to feed it through the compiler, and get a suitable machine-code program, which can be mangled into a cartridge image. Thanks for this info! Eventually I think I'll get back in the swing of things and will again learn how to do all these arcane procedures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, RykGroff said: Oh, geez! I'm old AND a newbie! Thanks for the heads-up! Some of us will stay in newbie mode forever (like me). It comes with the territory when we age. . .welcome back to the insanity! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RykGroff Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 50 minutes ago, Ksarul said: Some of us will stay in newbie mode forever (like me). It comes with the territory when we age. . .welcome back to the insanity! Thank you, Ksarul! So far I'm enjoying it very much, even though there's a lot to (re)learn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Lee Stewart said: I am also old (78) and it took me a few beats before I got it, as well. If anyone here is always sharp and to the point, it's you. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 5 hours ago, RykGroff said: Well, thanks to HOME AUTOMATION I was able to retrieve all the parts of the .DSK file: XB and Assembly routines. Your welky, I do notice little things, here and there. But, not to bask in the glory too much, I probably just beat @mizapf to the punch, by a couple hours, he is TIdir's creator!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 26 minutes ago, HOME AUTOMATION said: I probably just beat @mizapf to the punch, by a couple hours, he is TIdir's creator!? That would be @F.G. Kaal. @mizapf’s similar baby is TIImageTool. ? ...lee 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Hmm... That would explain a few misconceptions of mine! It's almost funny...? However, this has revealed somewhat, my capacity to block-out any info in a splash-screen or pop-up. soggy- P.S. There you go being sharp-as-a-tack again.? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 The world may sometimes get surprisingly clear when we find our misconceptions. ? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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