Tempest Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Is there a maximum number of volumes that the CF7+ supports, or is it a function of how large your CF card is? I'm using a 32MB CF card and I can only see 39 volumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 It depends on the size of the card. Remember that the CF7+ only uses half of the memory (the interface to the CF is 16 bits wide, but the CF7+ only uses 8 bits). So 39 volumes, each of 1600 sectors * 256 bytes, = ~15MB, which is ~half of 32MB. Stuart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 It depends on the size of the card. Remember that the CF7+ only uses half of the memory (the interface to the CF is 16 bits wide, but the CF7+ only uses 8 bits). So 39 volumes, each of 1600 sectors * 256 bytes, = ~15MB, which is ~half of 32MB. Stuart. Oh that's right, I had forgotten about it only using half the card. Can someone recommend me a decent sized CF card that is known to be compatible with the CF7+? I've heard that it's picky about which cards it likes. I can't imagine I'd need one that was any bigger than say 256MB (300 volumes would be MORE than enough). Also, other than TI Game Shelf, is there a good place to find disk images? I know there are several prototype games and cartridges that were put on to disks by hackers back in the day (you see them on ebay all time), but I can't seem to find them. I'm looking for stuff like Fantasy, Crossfire, Mouseattack, and any of the rarer games like the Databiotics stuff but in disk format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The Gamebase has a lot if not all. Fantasy, Crossfire, Mouse Attack, Beyond Parsec, Black Hole, Boxer, Break Thru!!, D-Station, D-Station II, Desktop Publisher, Junkman Junior, Micro Tennis, Pro Typer, Sorgan II, Star Runner and TI Planner. Still got it as a zip (115 MB) at planet-99.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 The Gamebase has a lot if not all. Fantasy, Crossfire, Mouse Attack, Beyond Parsec, Black Hole, Boxer, Break Thru!!, D-Station, D-Station II, Desktop Publisher, Junkman Junior, Micro Tennis, Pro Typer, Sorgan II, Star Runner and TI Planner. Still got it as a zip (115 MB) at planet-99.net. Thank you Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Edited the topic name, because I have more questions: 1. What is the best kind of CF card to use with the CF7+? Does it like certain brands better than others? 2. Is there an easy way to change which volumes the CF7 auto-mounts using the TI? I know you can change that using TI99Dir, but having to unplug the CF card and plug it into my PC just to change the volumes is really REALLY inconvenient. 3. Sort of an odd question, but is there a way to use the CF7+ to write disk images to real disks? I'm guessing no because you can't have both the CF7+ and PEB hooked up at the same time, but I thought I'd ask anyway. Failing that, is there another way to do this? I'd really like to use my PEB over the CF7+ (I have a personal preference for real hardware), but I'd have to write myself some disks first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Edited the topic name, because I have more questions: 2. Is there an easy way to change which volumes the CF7 auto-mounts using the TI? I know you can change that using TI99Dir, but having to unplug the CF card and plug it into my PC just to change the volumes is really REALLY inconvenient. Go to TI-BASIC (or Extended Basic if you have the module plugged-in) and enter: CALL MOUNT(drive-num,volume-num) Example: call mount(1,10) This will mount volume 10 in drive 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Go to TI-BASIC (or Extended Basic if you have the module plugged-in) and enter: CALL MOUNT(drive-num,volume-num) Example: call mount(1,10) This will mount volume 10 in drive 1. That's what I thought. So if I do that and then turn off/on the TI and go to EA or XB, the settings are still saved? I assume they must be or that MOUNT command would be useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks. Any suggestion for a CF card brand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Hey Tempest... I use a 512MB SanDisk in mine... It works beautifully. =) Good luck!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Is there anything that I need to watch out for when selecting a card? Geez, try finding a cheap 512MB SanDisk CF card. I see some other brands, has anyone tried one of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000070000%201053107923&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 OEM 512 MB was my first card... Worked well but I spilled iced-diet coke all over it while it was disconnected from my CF7 (thank God it was disconnected!!)... It worked marvellously. The SanDisk, IIRC, is what Jaime ships the CF7s with (or at least he used to). Knowing that, I bought one on eBay for 6 bucks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 eBay has good prices sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 OEM 512 MB was my first card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K0CT7472 Same one? I might do that one then. That Sandisk on ebay is used, and I don't trust used CF cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 That was the one... I think it was identical... Of course this was 3-4 years ago, so I'm not 1000% positive. Should work beautifully though... =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 there was (at one point) a collection of pre-formatted CF disk images specific to the CF7 which contained a ton of games and utilities... I don't know where to find it now... Probably on this forum from a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/164063-tutorials-and-starter-images-for-cf7-wanted/?do=findComment&comment=2037190 check this out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 So can I take the .dsk images on those CF card images and put them onto mine? One of the things that has been annoying me about the CF7 is that I have to take those Virtual Disk Images that the emulators use and make them into .dsk images that the CF7 will recognize. EDIT: After re-reading those posts, it appears that those large collections (not the Infocom ones though) are one giant .dsk image that goes into one Volume slot on the card? Neat! I even commented on that at the time although I have zero memory of that. I've gotta stop sniffing glue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 ha!!! Yea man, that will load right onto your CF card and you'll be set to go. That was a very cool thread and some guys put in some real work to get that volume collected and properly formatted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 The Gamebase has a lot if not all. Fantasy, Crossfire, Mouse Attack, Beyond Parsec, Black Hole, Boxer, Break Thru!!, D-Station, D-Station II, Desktop Publisher, Junkman Junior, Micro Tennis, Pro Typer, Sorgan II, Star Runner and TI Planner. Still got it as a zip (115 MB) at planet-99.net. Looks like many of those are still cart only. Have Fantasy, Crossfire, or Mouse Attack been hacked to run from disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Don't know why I suddenly forgot to check that. Haste makes waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 I found a few in those Modules on Disk files, but I'm still missing EA or XB bootable versions of these games: Ant Colony Boxer Buzzard Bait D*Station D*Station II ET Fantasy Henpecked Henhouse Lobster Bay Munchman II Panic Saguro City (Tombstone city proto) Schnoz-Ola St. Nick Star Runner Super Storm Topper Treasure Island (prototype version) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I hope these work from the Bromsel collection. All EA5, except GAMEEBO, EA3, program name: GAME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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