Matt Fisher Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I'm sure the info is out there (or on here) somewhere, but my limited search skills have not been able to uncover it, but how do you use Barry Boone's archiver? I'm trying to get my PC->TI system going and most of the stuff I find is in *.arc format. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 The copies I have all load under Editor/Assembler Option #5, and the file name is usually ARC303 (I also have ARC303G). I understand there are also XB loaders. It's completely menu driven and pretty intuitive. If you have Classic99, just select the Editor/Assembler cart, select option '5 RUN PROGRAM FILE', and enter "DSK1.ARC303G". That will take you into the menu so you can look around the options. (Even if you mean on a real console, this is a fast way to see what it looks like). At that point, we probably need more specific questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceratophyllum Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 if it's just a few files open the arcs with TI99Dir and use it to write a TIFILES header. Then XMODEM upload to real TI over serial. Hmm. You can still quickly check out arc file contents before upload to TI or emulator fiddling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) I'm having trouble with it too, but in a different way. I've downloaded Marc Hull's game, Neverlander, from TI Game Shelf, I got the archiver working, but after having specified which drive the .BIN file is in, in this case DSK1, and the output drive, DSK2, it comes up with "I/O error #0" When the archiver asks for the name, I stated it as NEVERARC.B because that's all I can fit on, am I doing something wrong? Edited October 30, 2012 by Retrospect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Ahhhhhh scratch that - I've just resolved it ..... And I did not think this would work, but I renamed the file to simply "Never.BIN" and hey presto it's extracted it properly! Sometimes i wish I would resolve matters before posting but hey, if there's anyone out there who had the same problem and they read all this, they will be helped...... And now I'm having trouble again! Upon selecting option 3, and typing DSK2.EA3GAME, it doesn't take me to the game, instead to an option list with 1 to load , 2 to save , whatever, blue screen .... Damn! Edited October 30, 2012 by Retrospect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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