budz2355 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So I just bought a 32k external memory side saddle, but I already have a peb with a 32k expansion card. Soooo, this begs the question: am I an idiot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Not necessarily--I have both as well. I also have several other third party sidecar 32K boxes. I use most of them too when I am testing compatibility of new hardware items, so they don't just sit and gather dust. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 It might make a good spare. The data would be duplicated on each of the 32K devices. All you would have is 32K no matter how many you had installed at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Just so long as you did not get raked over the coals for the unit. I have been considering one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 I paid $50 shipped. I do have gazoo's XB 2.7 suite with all these utilities I have no idea what they do. Is there any amount of technical wizardry I can use there to make this into a 32k RAM disk? Or utilize the 64k? Ugh... I think the short answer is yes, I am a moron. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Maybe if you install 3 of them you can have them vote to ensure you're getting the right data. Edited April 8, 2015 by unhuman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I sometimes use a 32k Sidecar RAM box when I don't want to be hooked up to the PEB when I am playing SabreWulf or Smooth Scrolling Trilogy. All hail Danish Uber programmers for keeping otherwise defunct hardware alive and in use!!!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 So I just bought a 32k external memory side saddle, but I already have a peb with a 32k expansion card. Soooo, this begs the question: am I an idiot? What exactly is this product you speak of? It come barebones or cased? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 What exactly is this product you speak of? It come barebones or cased? Just came in the mail today! Not the best condition ever, but I will clean out the ports, hook it up and cross my fingers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 And for the 32K insanity plea--I will soon have another sidecar 32K, this time one designed in Italy. I finally found out what RAM chips belong in the somewhat mangled one I bought many years ago (TMS4532s, but since those are just downrated TMS4164s with only one functional 32K bank, I can put TMS4164s in and it should work--once I repair the other damage to the board). That should bring me up to about 15 different 32K devices. . . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 So here is how I have it set up. With everything powered on I tested the speech synthesize, PEB, disk 1, disk 2. Everything seems to work. I also ran a SIZE test with just the external 32k hooked up and it is giving me 24K to the program so that is great! My question is: Do I have to have my configuration in this order? It seems that if I don't power on the external 32k that anything I have plugged into the right of it won't work. Also do I need to have the speech synthesizer first? I have an idea...since I have this external 32k, now I can remove the internal 32k card to make room for another PEB card right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I have an idea...since I have this external 32k, now I can remove the internal 32k card to make room for another PEB card right? Yes, you can remove the internal 32K card to make room for other cards, there is no benefit from running two 32K cards. Are you getting that low on space already? I'll probably eventually go with the Tursi Method of 32K expansion [TM] with the 32K inside the console when the time comes. I'm not comfortable will three separate connections between the console and P-Box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Are you getting that low on space already? I'll probably eventually go with the Tursi Method of 32K expansion [TM] with the 32K inside the console when the time comes. I'm not comfortable will three separate connections between the console and P-Box. Ha no! I have 4 slots open and if I remove the 32k card I will have 5 open slots. I am just trying to justify buying the external 32k lol. As for the other, I am still on the fence about modding my TI. I am pretty much running all original stuff except for the DSK2 enclosure. However, since I bought that lantronix UDS-10.... don't know if that counts, but I really want to connect to some BBSes. So with 5 open slots what would you recommend? I would LOVE a CorComp Triple Tech card and a Horizon RAMdisk. I guess that still leaves me with 3 empty slots? 3 more RAMdisks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 So with 5 open slots what would you recommend? I would LOVE a CorComp Triple Tech card and a Horizon RAMdisk. I guess that still leaves me with 3 empty slots? 3 more RAMdisks? HA! Good freaking luck on getting a Triple Tech Card! It took over a year and a half to get mine, and that was after I gave up all hope. If not for the kind soul here in the forum who thought of me when he came across it, I'd probably still be without one. If I were to recommend anything... get on the reserve list for one of Greg's new "In-The-Box" speech interface units, that way you can eliminate one of those connections between your console and P-Box and clean things up a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 HA! Good freaking luck on getting a Triple Tech Card! It took over a year and a half to get mine, and that was after I gave up all hope. If not for the kind soul here in the forum who thought of me when he came across it, I'd probably still be without one. If I were to recommend anything... get on the reserve list for one of Greg's new "In-The-Box" speech interface units, that way you can eliminate one of those connections between your console and P-Box and clean things up a little. That has got to be the most depressing thing I've heard all day I guess the better question is are there ANY ti-99/4a compatible cards for sale...anywhere?? Some secret magical website that has a bunch of 30 year old NOS? ...ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I have bare boards for the original TI 128K card that I cloned, I just sold the last of the first batch of PEB Extender Boards and the Prototyping Boards I designed, I'll be making some Quest RAM Disk cards pretty soon, followed by a Myarc FDC clone and a new layout for the Nouspikel IDE board. There are new boards out there. I'm also still trying to figure out where the bugs crept into the Nouspikel HyperAMS layout, as once that is untangled there will be really nice AMS boards in circulation again. Even if I don't figure out what's wrong with that one, I'll do a run of the standard AMS board just to get it into circulation. I've been working on a couple of 99/8 boards too, so there are definitely new boards available (but they are mostly build-them-yourself thingies). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I have bare boards for the original TI 128K card that I cloned, I just sold the last of the first batch of PEB Extender Boards and the Prototyping Boards I designed, I'll be making some Quest RAM Disk cards pretty soon, followed by a Myarc FDC clone and a new layout for the Nouspikel IDE board. There are new boards out there. I'm also still trying to figure out where the bugs crept into the Nouspikel HyperAMS layout, as once that is untangled there will be really nice AMS boards in circulation again. Even if I don't figure out what's wrong with that one, I'll do a run of the standard AMS board just to get it into circulation. I've been working on a couple of 99/8 boards too, so there are definitely new boards available (but they are mostly build-them-yourself thingies). Well since I have kind of blown my budget recently, I won't be looking to buy any today. However.... If any of these boards come for sale, I am sure there will be a post on these forums somewhere? If not put me down the non-build-them-yourself variety. I have 5 slots to fill in my PEB so do your worst! While I can definitely appreciate people having an interest in building circuit boards and computer components, my interest lies in finding old discarded relics and giving them new life, seeing what was possible with the actual period hardware (or close to it). If reproductions are made that are clones (as you said), this is pretty cool too because it maintains the retro aspect of the machine and the fun in it (for me personally). It's not just shoving a PS4 in a NES shell and saying "holy crap, new NES mod it's amazeballs!" So yea... link me to any type of functioning board available if you would and I would be very grateful. (and have tons of questions after of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperious Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Does this mean I could do an internal 32k mod, then have no issues with my nanoPEB connected? If so that would be good, as I don't always need the whole nanoPEB functionality, just the 32k for 512k carts and 64k carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Hmmmm time to save some $$$$ for a ramdisk. Edited June 11, 2015 by budz2355 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 HA! Good freaking luck on getting a Triple Tech Card! It took over a year and a half to get mine, and that was after I gave up all hope. If not for the kind soul here in the forum who thought of me when he came across it, I'd probably still be without one. If I were to recommend anything... get on the reserve list for one of Greg's new "In-The-Box" speech interface units, that way you can eliminate one of those connections between your console and P-Box and clean things up a little. Mission accomplished now to try that clock software link you posted.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Message #16 of this thread still excites me! Except the part.... ... definitely new boards available (but they are mostly build-them-yourself thingies). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Some secret magical website that has a bunch of 30 year old NOS? ...ugh. It looks like Schmitzi found it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 And for other new boards (bare boards), I just put in an order for another lot of the Prototyping boards for the PEB, as the first batch sold out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 ...Myarc FDC clone ...I'll do a run of the standard AMS board just to get it into circulation. At this point in time, I've only set my sights on the FDC and a AMS or SAMS. (Fully built) After those two items, I have no clue where my TI hobby will lead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I have bare boards for the original TI 128K card that I cloned, I just sold the last of the first batch of PEB Extender Boards and the Prototyping Boards I designed, I'll be making some Quest RAM Disk cards pretty soon, followed by a Myarc FDC clone and a new layout for the Nouspikel IDE board. There are new boards out there. I'm also still trying to figure out where the bugs crept into the Nouspikel HyperAMS layout, as once that is untangled there will be really nice AMS boards in circulation again. Even if I don't figure out what's wrong with that one, I'll do a run of the standard AMS board just to get it into circulation. I've been working on a couple of 99/8 boards too, so there are definitely new boards available (but they are mostly build-them-yourself thingies). That reminds me I need a parts list for that 128k card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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