palmheads Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Hi all As the title says, what CF Card would you recommend to use with your nanopeb? I purchased a Kingston 4GB CF Card, and the nanopeb appears to have issues reading from it. I can load DSKs using both TiDIR and xvm99 (part of the xdt99 cross assembler tools). Everything looks sweet at this stage. I've got my 5V adapter plugged in. TI powers up fine with "NANOPEB-F18 V1" on the splash screen. I can go into TI Basic, and type CALL MOUNT(1,1) & it works without Error. However if I try any of my known techniques of accessing any of the DSKs on the CF Card, nothing works. i.e ('WALL' being a file contained within DSK1 loaded to Volume 1) OLD DSK1.WALL * WARNING * CHECK PROGRAM IN MEMORY * I/O ERROR 57 Or using Mini Memory 'LOAD AND RUN' (as I would on js99er & classic99). I can see the middle CF card accessing LED lighting up. LOAD AND RUN DSK1.WALL * ERROR * I/O ERROR CODE 2 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE From reading about the nanopeb, it can be real picky about what CF cards work. Reckon I should try a Sandisk 4Gb? Or 4GB too large for this nanopeb? cheers Daryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I had a SANDISK 512Meg card that worked fantastically. I also had an off brand one that was 1G (IIRC) and it worked well for 6 months or so, then stopped working with the CF7. Still worked in my all in one reader on the PC, but the CF7 refused to read it after that. SANDISK for sure, at least from my experience. Is the CF card properly formatted and all? It has been a while, but I thought the CF7 and nano required a particular formatting function from BASIC before loading it with disk images. I might be wrong. As I said, I haven't used my CF7 in a few years, as it no longer functions properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Reckon I should try a Sandisk 4Gb? Or 4GB too large for this nanopeb? Personally I've always had more luck with smaller cards. Been using a 32*MB* card for years with no problems. Have multi-*GB* cards that work fine on the PC but not the nanopeb. Small cards still available cheap on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I have a 2GB Apacer CF for my nanoPEB. That was how my nanoPEB was equipped. The only problem I recall ever having was using TI99Dir to copy DSK images that were not 400kB (1600 sectors). What I had to do in TI99Dir was to Create a blank 400kB image, Copy files from the image I wanted (usually 90kB, 180kB, 360kB or 720kB) to the new 400kB image and Copy new 400kB image to the CF. Of course, the above procedure will not work with TI Forth or any other system that uses direct-sector access or its own file system, such as UCSD Pascal. ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Hi, if I remember right, maximum for FAT is 4 GB. So, this should work in general (getting 2GB free space for the nanoPEB) What I do, and what works good, is the following: - format the CF-Card with FAT on your PC. - eject the card (with the windows-function) - pull it out and re-insert it - start TI99DIR from Fred Kaal, and access the card once from the menue (->Files ->Read CF7+) - it should ask you to format that card (TI-Format-like), say "Yes" Then just copy your volumes with CF2DSK a.s.o to your CF-Card. Maybe, in this sequence that works (better) You can also use my small Batch-Tool here to do that in an easy way, just place it (and the PrintF.exe) into the ..\CF2K-Folder. (Please read the small instruction inside the batch for a better organizing your DSKs/Volumes) With this batch, you can also copy your volumes in one step from the CF-Card doen to your harddisk, by AUTOMATICALLY giving clear numbers AND names to that files (the names are taken OUT of the CF-volumes, they are the TI-Disks-Names :) Also, if you have this big collections from usergroups, enumerated .DSKs only, just place them into a folder below the CF2K-folder (i.e. MYDISKS.tralala), the start the batch with the option CF (=DSK2CF), to copy them TO the CF-Card. The just start the batch once again, with the option DSK (=CF2DSK), (a target-folder on your harddisk is created automatically below CF2K, with date and time it it, so nothing can happen!) and ZACK you have all DSKs back, with a cool enumeration and the given TI-Disknames I will go further with the batch later, just to rename this DSK-Collections without the step needed at the moment, to copy it first TO the CF, and then back to the HDD. If you have questions please ask Good luck CF2-COPY-Batch-105i.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Here are also some empty disk in most common formats, if you need. They are also good for the HxC-drive´s small display. (I´ve taken them from here, AA, a buddy made and provided them (big thanks) I´ve just mass-renamed them for clearer names and pathes) PS to the batch: the folder ..\CF2K\MYDSKS is the standard-folder for the batch to copy FROM HDD TO CF2. (if you don´t change it in the dialog at startup) So, I have this as my "productive" folder, where organize my "original" DSKs/volumes TI99BlankDisks-002.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks so much everyone! Have given all these suggestions for my current card a go, and it looks like it may be incompatible. Have purchased a couple of 32MB Sandisk cards from ebay, so will report back when they arrive. Will go through all these great suggestions again. Thanks again! cheers Daryn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TI-Sissy Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 my card is a mess. want 2 start over. how do you format using the nano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 as described, format the CF on your Windows-PC with FAT (FAT16), maybe a "full"-format, not a "quick"-format, then once access it with TI99DISK (asks for "TI-Format", say yes), ready (then you can see the empty volumes via TI99DISK) then copy the volumes to the CF don´t forget, if you want to take it out of the PC´s cardreader, to use the windows "eject"-funtion (every time!) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/236877-nanopeb-f18-v1-what-cf-card-would-you-recommend-to-use/?p=3211065 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) as described, format the CF on your Windows-PC with FAT (FAT16), maybe a "full"-format, not a "quick"-format, then once access it with TI99DISK (asks for "TI-Format", say yes), ready (then you can see the empty volumes via TI99DISK) then copy the volumes to the CF don´t forget, if you want to take it out of the PC´s cardreader, to use the windows "eject"-funtion (every time!) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/236877-nanopeb-f18-v1-what-cf-card-would-you-recommend-to-use/?p=3211065 What schmitzi said, and definitely "full"-format, if TI disks were on it. And the windows "eject"-funtion is also very important. I had several time no data on the CF. It was probably because of that. Edited April 3, 2015 by Dexter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hey everyone! My 32MB Sandisk CF Cards arrived on Friday. Followed process of formatting in TiDir, copying dsk images over etc. Plugged in to nanopeb.... WORKED FIRST TIME! WOOO! So cool seeing my Thrust game I'm porting working on a real machine! Thanks for everyones help here! cheers Daryn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Happy CF-day CF2-COPY-Batch-105j.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 hmmm, server down ? (and seems to be empty) http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 hmmm, server down ? (and seems to be empty) http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/ Yeah they've been in that state for a few weeks. You can actually still get paths to docos etc though http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/downloads/ cheers Daryn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 1. * I have the same problem with a Transcend CF 4 Gb indicating 133x (TI DIR everything okay, but I do not even get the NanoPEB screen at all, everything is blank) 2. Also I suggest that you make a copy of the CF-Card http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/ As my 256 Mb went corrupted (maybe because of taking it out everytime to connect to the PC to upload a new volume) as my RS232 still does not work... Then the image is easy to put it back to the normal state (e.g. with 300+ disks loaded :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Probably it has to do with the cluster size: see also http://atariage.com/forums/topic/203468-cf7-cf-card-problem/ Tried to format: http://www.velocityreviews.com/threads/formatting-cf-card-as-fat16.292435/ D:\>FORMAT F: /FS:FAT /V:CF1g /A:4096Insert new disk for drive F:and press ENTER when ready...The type of the file system is RAW.The new file system is FAT.Verifying 967MThe specified cluster size is too small for FAT16/12. (but TIDIR6 of Fred Kaal is able to read the 1Gb disk, but the nanoPEB gives errors) Other cards 16Mb, 64 Mb, 256Mb are able to format at 4096 (and able to work with NanoPEB) The 1Gb and 4Gb I am still trying to get it to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daafies Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yeah they've been in that state for a few weeks. You can actually still get paths to docos etc though http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/downloads/ cheers Daryn stilllllll i would like to order one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Stargames in Belgium -- but everything is in French, he did not make it in English yet. http://www.stargames.be/shop/accessoires/4085-compactflash-drive-rs-232-nanoped.html ... I just sent him an e-mail, as there is someone in Singapore who also need one. I am trying to meet him as I arrive coincidentally Tuesday in Brussels (but his location is a bit out). Where are you based? Maybe he can send it directly to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hi, Here is the latest version of the Copy-Batch-Tool for the CF-Card (nanoPEB). CF2-COPY-Batch-105P.zip Back to the "CF7-image-needed" thread (if you were coming from there) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/241437-cf7-image-needed/?p=3295806 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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