Asmusr Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 It's very odd, Plato is caching the ROM address of the sector IO subroutine in >b7ae, but for some reason in JS99'er it's caching the address of the Files subroutine instead. So instead of sector IO it's calling Files, which results in a Disk I/O error. At least that's my current analysis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Finally, after several hours of debugging I found the issue with Plato: I was setting the error code in >8350 to the wrong value after a call to the files subroutine. This caused Plato to repeat the call to files rather than beginning to read the disk using sector I/O. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I also have a version of Plato that runs EA5 but you must have a SuperCart to use it. Question... was there ever a project to add an 8K chip to the GROM PORT of the TI? I seems like this could come in useful, especially with the FR99. It seems like there could be potential here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Rasmus, I have a quirky request. On the JS99er page, there is quite a bit of white space , would look good with a background of a TI monitor or even a plate of brushed aluminium, of course, only should you desire. Also, I have found some issues;* with games using the joystick emulation (laptop arrow keys) and the down direction sticking. * Sometimes when we list a basic program, it lists lots of numbers and plus symbols and not the actual program. Regards, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Finally, after several hours of debugging I found the issue with Plato: I was setting the error code in >8350 to the wrong value after a call to the files subroutine. This caused Plato to repeat the call to files rather than beginning to read the disk using sector I/O. Thank you! some people on the yahoo list will be very happy Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 also if anybody needs them here's all the disks http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 also if anybody needs them here's all the disks http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=218 Interesting. I've not followed this thread from the beginning, so I'm not sure, is there a cartridge image for the FR99 or would this require an UberGROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Interesting. I've not followed this thread from the beginning, so I'm not sure, is there a cartridge image for the FR99 or would this require an UberGROM? There is a uber cart image Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Also, I have found some issues; * with games using the joystick emulation (laptop arrow keys) and the down direction sticking. * Sometimes when we list a basic program, it lists lots of numbers and plus symbols and not the actual program. Thanks, can you refer me to some programs where I can reproduce these issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) Thanks, can you refer me to some programs where I can reproduce these issues? Yes, one of them was "Ms PacMan" on the Atari compilation, on that game, I found that I could not go down ... but it doesn't happen straight away. It kind of "kicks in" when it does it. There were other games also, I can't remember which I tried - but I think if we play a few, the occurance will happen. On other games, the keys can 'stick' ... for example the arrow keys, ESDX. and the player goes one way and no other. Also ... the strange + and number symbols in BASIC listings can occur at random ... when we load a game or program, it just sometimes does it .... not all the time, just sometimes. Which I suppose will make it harder to trap and correct. Edited August 20, 2016 by Retrospect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Yes, one of them was "Ms PacMan" on the Atari compilation, on that game, I found that I could not go down ... but it doesn't happen straight away. It kind of "kicks in" when it does it. There were other games also, I can't remember which I tried - but I think if we play a few, the occurance will happen. On other games, the keys can 'stick' ... for example the arrow keys, ESDX. and the player goes one way and no other. Also ... the strange + and number symbols in BASIC listings can occur at random ... when we load a game or program, it just sometimes does it .... not all the time, just sometimes. Which I suppose will make it harder to trap and correct. I noticed the sticky key as well.. thought it was my browser/pc only in games as that's all I use js99er for Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 I believe the keyboard issue is related to the mapping of the PC arrow keys to the Fctn+SDEX keys on the TI, so in the latest version (5.5.2) I have included an option to turn this off. Please try it out and let me know if you still have problems with sticky keys. (Note that if you switch off the arrow keys you have to use Alt+SDEX to move the TI cursor). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Testing so far shows you've fixed the problem, Rasmus. Thanks. I will continue testing just in case. [in a full session of Robotron, the problem did not occur, neither in Ms Pacman] Edited August 20, 2016 by Retrospect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 By the way, the video system of JS99'er has been through a massive refactoring lately, so instead of drawing a full frame and then running the CPU it's now interleaving the drawing of each scanline with a number of CPU cycles. This makes it possible to emulate changes to the VDP registers while drawing the screen, for instance to switch to a new sprite attribute list half way down the screen. But most importantly it allows developers to catch problems with screen tearing early, for instance when you think you're drawing to a double buffer when in fact you're drawing to the visible screen. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hello again Rasmus. I've found another slight issue. When breaking from any Basic program, if I use a real keyboard (rather than the simulated one) using the CNTRL and 4 keys, it breaks, but then will not write proper characters again. as seen in this short video. Of course, if I use the graphical keyboard within JS99er. this does not occur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qApWmojQDBc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hmm, that doesn't happen to me. You wrote that you're pressing Ctrl+4, but you mean Alt+4, which will emulate Fctn+4, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hmm, that doesn't happen to me. You wrote that you're pressing Ctrl+4, but you mean Alt+4, which will emulate Fctn+4, right? On my Chromebook I press CTRL and 4. It's the ctrl key on the right side next to alt/gr. It might have something to do with it being a chromebook , i dunno yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 On my Chromebook I press CTRL and 4. It's the ctrl key on the right side next to alt/gr. It might have something to do with it being a chromebook , i dunno yet What happens if you press Atl+4 or AltGr+4 instead? Keyboard emulation in a browser is a PITA. It is definitely the feature I have had most problems with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) What happens if you press Atl+4 or AltGr+4 instead? Keyboard emulation in a browser is a PITA. It is definitely the feature I have had most problems with. It opens up a separate tab with Youtube on it. These are issues to do with my Chromebook I think. For example; there are no function keys along the top of the keyboard, they are proprietary keys for this hardware instead, such as refresh, back, forwards, fullscreen etc. With function keys I would press F4 to break a TI program in JS99er. Left Alt button works with key P for speech marks though. * Also ..... Found out why there's sometimes garbage printed when LIST is typed; it only seems to occur when it's a program I've made using the TI994a Basic Editor online, other programs listed, have no problems. Edited August 26, 2016 by Retrospect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 should be leftalt and the number 4 key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) Rasmus - Off Topic, but John Hogerhuis at the Tandy 100/102/200 mailing list has created a ModelT javascript based emulator - pretty cool! http://bitchin100.com/CloudT/ I've got a Tandy 102 - awesome little machine! Edited August 29, 2016 by palmheads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Rasmus - Off Topic, but John Hogerhuis at the Tandy 100/102/200 mailing list has created a ModelT javascript based emulator - pretty cool! http://bitchin100.com/CloudT/ I've got a Tandy 102 - awesome little machine! neet! and he has it so you can paste link to the club100 basic downloads and then type CLOAD in basic and it'll load one.. like ftp://ftp.whtech.com/club100/mus/bach.ba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 should be leftalt and the number 4 key Yeah, on a normal computer it is ... and F4 works as break .... but on a Chromebook, it's stupid, it's all proprietary functions - I wouldn't be using it except my Win10 machine decided to commit suicide the other morning. Also JS99er runs very very well on the Chromebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 neet! and he has it so you can paste link to the club100 basic downloads and then type CLOAD in basic and it'll load one.. like ftp://ftp.whtech.com/club100/mus/bach.ba Oh thats cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 When playing Alpiner (the game competition going on this month) in JS99er.net then the only issue I have is that somehow the key movement get stuck (e.g. going upwards or left / right), To solve it: go to options and select PC-keyboard toggle on/off to stop the issue. It looks like a repeating key-loop issue in the emulator? (it does not happen in other emulators, the real TI I need to try out later) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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