[XB Game Developers Package]

Hello Harry,

 

Thanks again for sharing these great XB extensions!

 

I have a 'real' TI with a CF7+ device installed (Plus XB). I loaded the XB Game Developers Package without any issues (RUN "DSKn.XB256"), but when I run the 256DEMO, the TI just froze. I tried a couple of times with the same result. As a matter of fact, after I load XB256, I'm not able to load or run any program. Any ideas on what could be causing this problem...?

 

Many thanks,

 

Adam

[XB Game Developers Package]

Thank you very much, Harry, for these great tools!

[Mr Chin]

Thanks Tursi for sharing Mr Chin with the TI community!

[Retrospect's Ramblings]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and game, Retrospect. I'm afraid kids are nowadays more interested in their mobile devices than in learning how a computer works. I love BASIC; must be because it's the first programming language I ever learnt! I do 4GL programming for a living and I always joke with my sons that I really miss the use of the 'sacred' GOTO instruction.

[Running a soft cartridge on a real TI]

Thanks Ksarul, marc.hull, RXB and RobertLM78 for your prompt suggestions and comments.

 

Manic1975, I have a copy of YLOAD, but am not sure where I got it from. Maybe I could email it to you?

[Running a soft cartridge on a real TI]

Dear all,

 

Would there be a way of running the programs stored on a cartridge image file (.bin) on a real TI? In other words, has anyone written a utility that will allow a TI with a memory upgrade to load a soft cartridge into RAM and run it?

 

Any ideas, or suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

 

Adam

[Ten (10) Nano PEB's]

In case anyone is interested, there are more nanoPEB's available at eBay:

 

http://rover.ebay.co...=item2ec90b991d

 

Please note I have no connection with the seller other than having purchased a CF7+ from him.

[Dave Connery Files]

Thanks Ernie, for sharing these disks with us!

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Thanks Opry99er, I downloaded the XB256 package and it looks pretty impressive. I'll give it a go on mi TI.

 

Thanks Jean Louis for your comments. I'm running a TI with a CF7+ that gives my TI an additional 32K of RAM.

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Thanks senior_falcon. I'm just getting back into the TI99/4a after 30 years and wasn't aware of 'The Missing LInk" extensions. I have already loaded them into my TI and am ready to try them. Thanks again for your help!

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Thanks RXB and Ksarul for your responses.

I found the Amerisoft Expanded Graphics BASIC manual and gave its instructions a try. For some reason some of the commands don't seem to work, like CALL LINK("GRAFIC",0) produces a "BAD ARGUMENT" error message and CALL LINK("WINDOW",10,10) generates a 'SUBPROGRAM NOT FOUND' error message. However, CALL LINK("SETCOL,16,6) and CALL LINK("RECT",1,1,30,20) don't produce any error messages.

Running the program sent by senior_falcon I just realised that the 'WINDOW' command is not present in the APESOFT routines on mecha2.dsk, mind you 'GRAFIC' is. So, it seems that I may have a different version after all.

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Hi Tursi, senior_falcon and mizapf,

 

I run the program suggested by senior_falcon and I did get the contents of the DEF table:

GRAFIC

SETCOL

ARCUS

etc.

I tried running some of the commands using the CALL LINK statement and most of them worked. Some didn't. I guess this is due to the fact that I'm using as a language guide the manual of the Mechatronics cartridge and not the original APESOFT manual (I couldn't find this one). For example, CALL LINK("GRAFIC",0) gives me a 'BAD ARGUMENT' error message, so I guess the parameters of this command must have changed between the original APESOFT routines and the Mechatronic's.

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Hi Tursi, senior_falcon and mizapf,

 

I run the program suggested by senior_falcon and I did get the contents of the DEF table:

GRAFIC

SETCOL

ARCUS

etc.

I tried running some of the commands using the CALL LINK statement and most of them worked. Some didn't. I guess this is due to the fact that I'm using as a language guide the manual of the Mechatronics cartridge and not the original APESOFT manual (I couldn't find this one). For example, CALL LINK("GRAFIC",0) gives me a 'BAD ARGUMENT' error message, so I guess the parameters of this command must have changed between the original APESOFT routines and the Mechatronic's.

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Thank you very much Tursi, senior_falcon and mizapf for your suggestions. I'll give them a go!

[APESoft Expanded Basic routines]

Greetings all,

 

I have two (soft) disks that contain the APESoft Expanded Basic routines. These routines were later included in the Mechatronics Extended Basic II Plus cartridge. The disk files are:

 

mecha2.dsk (the actual routines)

graphxb.dsk (example programs)

 

The program that loads them into memory ('LOAD') is:

 

10 CALL INIT

20 CALL LOAD("DSK1.@XGGENINT")

30 CALL NEW

 

(The file '@XGGENINT' as well as 'LOAD' are both located on DSK1 - mecha2.dsk)

 

However, after RUNning the 'LOAD' program, the routines do not work. If I try to initialise them with the command 'CALL APESOFT', I get the error message 'SUBPROGRAM NOT FOUND'. The same happens if I try any of the other routines.

 

I'm running TI Extended Basic and I have a CF7+ installed, so it shouldn't be a memory problem. Would anyone know how to get this routines to work correctly? Any help/ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Adam