Railuge Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I am trying to run Biosphere.dsk on classic99 emulator and the program keeps coming up with error 56. Every forum i found talking about loading .dsk files mentions to read the manual but it doesn't help. I have it in TI basic TI-99/4A and i type old dsk1.biosphere. I have shortened it down to BIO just in case the characters are too many. i even tried run and it said "cannot do that". Can someone please help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The easiest way to load programs is with RXB. Load up RXB in classic99. Press option 3 i think is Editor/Assembler. Press "D" for directory, and then the disk drive number: 0, 1, 2...ect. RXB will read the disk directory, scroll down to the program you want to load. Press "spacebar" if it is a basic, or extended basic program. OR Press "Enter" if it is a ea/5 program. It will work 99.9999% of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 29 minutes ago, DavidC said: The easiest way to load programs is with RXB. Load up RXB in classic99. Press option 3 i think is Editor/Assembler. Press "D" for directory, and then the disk drive number: 0, 1, 2...ect. RXB will read the disk directory, scroll down to the program you want to load. Press "spacebar" if it is a basic, or extended basic program. OR Press "Enter" if it is a ea/5 program. It will work 99.9999% of the time. Thanks, you can just press D for Directory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 21 hours ago, Railuge said: I am trying to run Biosphere.dsk on classic99 emulator and the program keeps coming up with error 56. Every forum i found talking about loading .dsk files mentions to read the manual but it doesn't help. I have it in TI basic TI-99/4A and i type old dsk1.biosphere. I have shortened it down to BIO just in case the characters are too many. i even tried run and it said "cannot do that". Can someone please help me? One important note: the TI disk system is case sensitive, so you would have to type: OLD DSK1.BIOSPHERE if that is the name of the program on disk. RXB will definitely help there with its "D" function, which will pull up the disk directory for you and eliminate any file name ambiguities. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railuge Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 23 hours ago, Ksarul said: One important note: the TI disk system is case sensitive, so you would have to type: OLD DSK1.BIOSPHERE if that is the name of the program on disk. RXB will definitely help there with its "D" function, which will pull up the disk directory for you and eliminate any file name ambiguities. What do you mean by RXB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, Railuge said: What do you mean by RXB? It is a module option in Classic99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyPilot Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, Railuge said: What do you mean by RXB? Oh no, you didn't ask that question. ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railuge Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 I am sorry. I haven't worked with these kind of programs before. I have been looking through the menus and i cannot locate anything resembling RXB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Railuge said: I am sorry. I haven't worked with these kind of programs before. I have been looking through the menus and i cannot locate anything resembling RXB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railuge Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 It gives me error code 6. However someone i am talking to says that it is a DOS file? I am so frustrated right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, SkyPilot said: Oh no, you didn't ask that question. ? Hehe...he doesn't know what an Rxb is. This post should get pretty lengthy soon. Edited August 4, 2022 by GDMike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Railuge said: It gives me error code 6. However someone i am talking to says that it is a DOS file? I am so frustrated right now. Do you have an option for extended basic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Railuge said: It gives me error code 6. However someone i am talking to says that it is a DOS file? I am so frustrated right now. Do you have any experience at all with emulators? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, OLD CS1 said: Please read the online help with this program so you can get the jist of how it works to EMULATE a TI console without really being a TI. You have to have an understanding of how the disk drives and cartridges are all EMULATED to act like real connected or disconnected items. There is a help manual in the download of the emulator. The reason I say this is because no one knows your level of knowledge without asking a thousand questions back and forth. Reading the help will answer those questions. Edited August 4, 2022 by GDMike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Also post the disk you're trying to load, so we can check that it works. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 5 hours ago, GDMike said: Hehe...he doesn't know what an Rxb is. This post should get pretty lengthy soon. Why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 6 hours ago, RXB said: Why? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 6 hours ago, RXB said: Why? Because he needs to do some research and spare the conversation a bit, in my honest opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, arcadeshopper said: I'll spin it.. time to run..cya Edited August 4, 2022 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 9:27 PM, Railuge said: I am trying to run Biosphere.dsk on classic99 emulator and the program keeps coming up with error 56. Every forum i found talking about loading .dsk files mentions to read the manual but it doesn't help. I have it in TI basic TI-99/4A and i type old dsk1.biosphere. I have shortened it down to BIO just in case the characters are too many. i even tried run and it said "cannot do that". Can someone please help me? FAQ has lots of info on how to load programs on a 4/a... FILENAMES HAVE TO BE UPPERCASE IF YOU AREN'T SURE, TRY HITTING CAPSLOCK ON YOUR PC AND SEE IF THE LETTERS GET TALLER. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS THE #1 NOOB MISTAKE so you should be typing OLD DSK1.BIOSPHERE the limit for filenames on a 4/A is I think 10 chars so that's not too long if you use XB27 instead of extended basic you can do a CALL CAT("DSK1.") and see the contents..also pretty sure that command works in RXB too.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 50 minutes ago, arcadeshopper said: FAQ has lots of info on how to load programs on a 4/a... FILENAMES HAVE TO BE UPPERCASE IF YOU AREN'T SURE, TRY HITTING CAPSLOCK ON YOUR PC AND SEE IF THE LETTERS GET TALLER. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS THE #1 NOOB MISTAKE so you should be typing OLD DSK1.BIOSPHERE the limit for filenames on a 4/A is I think 10 chars so that's not too long if you use XB27 instead of extended basic you can do a CALL CAT("DSK1.") and see the contents..also pretty sure that command works in RXB too.. Actually, RXB has a smarter Catalog: CALL CAT("DSK1.") will catalog disk 1 CALL CAT(1) will catalog disk 1 CALL CAT(49) will catalog disk 1 (49 equals ASCII character 1) CALL CAT("DSKA.") CALL CAT(A) will catalog RAM disk A CALL CAT(65) will catalog RAM disk A (65 equals ASCII character A) CALL KEY("",5,K,S) :: CALL CAT(K) will wait for a single key and use that key to catalog that disk, no other XB can do this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 The Biosphere disk he has is a Tandy Computer game. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, Fritz442 said: The Biosphere disk he has is a Tandy Computer game. Well, that explains why none of the presented solutions had any helpful effect here. Many thanks for the update! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Anyone make a TI99/4A version of Biosphere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Fritz442 said: The Biosphere disk he has is a Tandy Computer game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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