+hloberg Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Just got a CF7+, like it. But, it seems to act flaky loading binaries when attached through my speech synthesizer. I have seen mixed comments on if the CF7 is compatible with the speech module. One guy has a web page on how to bypass ( http://gtello.pagesperso-orange.fr/ti99_e.htm ) it while I have seen pictures of people having their CF7 attached through the speech module fine. P.S. someone else also commenting on issues loading binaries http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.sys.ti/2008-11/msg00003.html Any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 What version of the CF7 have you got? It is one of the versions where you need to plug in an external power supply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 using the one with the power supply, which I got from the guy who built it. It was acting really weird but now it's fine with the speech. I don't know, maybe I didn't have it attached tight enough to the speech module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Anybody know how to get a hold of the creator of the CF7+. This thing is flaky as heck and I'm wondering if I got a bad one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkeey Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Do you have a F18a installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Do you have a F18a installed? I'm curious, how would an F18A affect a Nano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) F18a I got doesn't seem to effect the CF7+ at all, from what I can tell. MY CF7+ has worked well from time to time with my f18a installed but just recently has started really acting up. I actually installed the CF7+ before I install the f18a and have had the same erratic problems before and after. I contacted the creator of the CF7+ and told him the problems I have had and he thinks I may just got a bad one and is sending me a new one. Hope he's right. If anyone knows of issues with the f18a, let me know. Edited April 22, 2014 by hloberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I started seeing issues with my nanopeb after upgrading my f18a to the latest firmware.. there were strange errors using extended memory, loading assembly language issues.. Talked with the manufacturer and he thinks that the f18a delay in initializing was causing the nano to init vdp ram, before the f18a had finished it's start up.. To test he sent me a patched nano that has a longer delay in it's startup and it seems to work fine on my f18a machine. Just curious if these flakey issues with the devices are on f18a installed consoles, as there may be issues with the older one's as well. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My nanoPEB was very unstable until I removed the speech synth. Since then I've had no problems (and I have an F18A). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My CF7+ is always kind of flaky. I'm using it with a F18a and Speech Synth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 got a email back from the creator of the CF7+ that yes, the CF7+ has issues with f18a. I emailed back for more details and if can be fixed. I'm curious what he will say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 got a email back from the creator of the CF7+ that yes, the CF7+ has issues with f18a. I emailed back for more details and if can be fixed. I'm curious what he will say. I can't imagine why the CF7+ will have any issues with the F18A. I have had my CF7+ for several years now predating the F18A, and it occasionally freezes up for no apparent reason and needs to be restarted. I suspect however that it has got something to do with the side connector contacts and not an inherent CF7 problem. And it works just fine with my F18A by the way. Personally, I only use it when I need to take my TI system with me like to the Faire and don't want to lug around my PEB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I have no trouble with my CF device with the F18A -- but I am never sure whether I have a CF7 or a Nanopeb. I have the one with a parallel port on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I have no trouble with my CF device with the F18A -- but I am never sure whether I have a CF7 or a Nanopeb. I have the one with a parallel port on it. Nano=Serial Port CF7 =Parallel Port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Update. The creator of the CF7+ is sending me a new CF7+ that he has patched to make it work better. He didn't say (defiantly a man of a few words) but I guess it's a patch for the f18a that I told him I owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) got an email from the creator of the CF7+. In as few words as he could say it he indicated that the nanoPEB does 'kinda' work better than the CF7+ with a f18a. Also the fix he is sending me is to fix the problem of the slight delay the f18a causes to the extended memory on start up. Edited April 25, 2014 by hloberg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Interesting. I have never had a problem with my CF7+ and F18A, with or without speech synthesizer. I have not yet upgrade my F18A to the latest firmware, but doing so has been on my "list" for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Got my replacement CF7+ today that was tuned for the F18a. Still running test but it looks like it works great now. When the opening screen comes up it now says 'CF7+ F18A PATCH'. Oddly enough, now that I'm using the patched version of the CF7+ if I forget to turn on the CF7+ before I turn on the computer I get the F18a title screen instead of the TI title screen. If you want to get a CF7+ and have a F18a or have one that is flaky with the F18a, you might want to drop him a line. Edited April 26, 2014 by hloberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 So what is the connection between the CF7+ and the F18A? For all practical purposes, the latter should appear as a regular 9918 chip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkeey Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 F18A has a delay while powering, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 From what I have gathered from what (little) I got from the guy who made the CF7+ and people on this board far smarter than me your right about the delay. Apparently the delay messes with the extended memory some how. Anybody out there have an idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 F18A has a delay while powering, right? A delay? Supposedly, but honestly It's NEVER been an issue with the TI-PEB as everything works PERFECTLY. Now, this is just an assumption on my part, and we all know what assumptions can mean to you and me... but if the Nano designer/builder has a patch, it must have been something on his end, since it 'appears', at least at the moment to be 'corrected'. Now it would be unfair to lay any blame, because if this was something to do with the Nano, I believe the original design predates the F18A. I might add this is NOT an issue on a TI-PEB, so sometimes *hit just happens. I sucks, but it's the fact. I have to give kudos' to the Nano guy for finding and correcting the problem, especially after the fact, a lot of guy's would have just said, "Tough $#it". I really hope this is the problem, so guys can get their problem fixed and get back to enjoying the hobby, no matter which path they take for expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) One thing to think about is that the CF7+ uses current technology while the PEB uses old tech. Maybe the memory initializes faster on the CF7 while the PEB memory may internalized slower. F18a delay may not throw the sequence off on the PEB, but the CF7 the extended memory is ready too fast and the delay throws off the whole sequence of events. of course, just a theory. Oh ya, it is nice that he so quickly fix the problem. Proves he wants a quality product. Edited April 27, 2014 by hloberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 He's always been pretty responsive when a problem crops up. The fact that he does respond like this is a good part of the reason that several hundred of these are now in user hands (based on a careful count of his eBay feedback for CF7 and NanoPEB sales that I did last September)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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