stefcep Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi, First time poster. I was wondering if anyon has or knows where to get the programs that were printed in the books : Entertainment Games in Texas Instruments BASIC and Extended BASIC by the Ton brothersand Compute!'s Guide to Ti-99/4a Sound and GraphicsI spent spent way too much of my childhood typing these and saving to cassette, which are now nowhere to be found, and I'd like to run them again in an emulator, maybe compile them and see how they perform! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi, First time poster. I was wondering if anyon has or knows where to get the programs that were printed in the books : Entertainment Games in Texas Instruments BASIC and Extended BASIC by the Ton brothersand Compute!'s Guide to Ti-99/4a Sound and GraphicsI spent spent way too much of my childhood typing these and saving to cassette, which are now nowhere to be found, and I'd like to run them again in an emulator, maybe compile them and see how they perform! See http://www.hexbus.com/tibooks/. Both books are there. ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi, First time poster. ... And, welcome aboard! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefcep Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Thank you Lee. What a fantastic page! I'm running the Classic99 emulator and it won't reconise the PC99 or V9T9 .dsk files. I suspect the emulator doesn't read these formats or I'm not setting up my dsk right. Any advice would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Welcome!! Classic99 supports DSK images. Just need to switch from FIAD to DOAD. You can then mount your disk into a drive slot. Or you can extract your disk image to individual files and place them into the DSK1 directory. You can do a forum search for detailed information concerning this. Good luck, and welcome!!! Any questions you have, there are folks here who can answer them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddpaul Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Argh......this has been a lot of help, but I just need a bit of a nudge. Dug out some old copies of Compute! magazine and was typing in a program tonight, but apparently I don't know how to mount/save/load what-the-heck ever!! I typed a few lines and then tried to 'save' my work to DSK1, but I don't think I did it right.....because I can't seem to reach back in and find my program. Can I have a REAL SIMPLE explanation....I tried using the manual (and it's loaded with lots of good stuff!) but I couldn't quite get the 'simple' answer I'm looking for. I need it laid out very much at the 5th grade level, plz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddpaul Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Thinking I might need to use the OLD command?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Open Classic99 Select Extended BASIC from drop down menu Type in your code Type SAVE "DSK1.PROGRAM" You should then be able to open the DSK1 folder in the Classic99 subdirectory and see a file called PROGRAM. Ok. Restart Classic99 Select Extended BASIC from drop down menu. Type OLD "DSK1.PROGRAM" Type LIST program should list on your screen. Continue editing, then save again and etc. etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddpaul Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 You are to be worshiped and greatly so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It must be noted that although Classic99 can read a DSK image, it does not yet write to DSK image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It must be noted that although Classic99 can read a DSK image, it does not yet write to DSK image. Tursi replied to me as well (had the same issue, it is done on purpose). To save files, use the other option TI files (not the image option) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It must be noted that although Classic99 can read a DSK image, it does not yet write to DSK image. Classic99 does, in fact, write sectors to disk images using Level 1, Sector Read/Write, subprogram 010h. @Tursi accommodated that mode for TI Forth some time ago. ...lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Yes, because a bug in my code can't corrupt the disk image with the level 1 routines (as easily). Since I don't like disk images, adding write support has not be high on my list of priorities. I want to encourage people away from them, not make them easier to user. Sadly, I stand alone in the community on that one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Yes, confirmed. For me that is a big problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Yes, because a bug in my code can't corrupt the disk image with the level 1 routines (as easily). Since I don't like disk images, adding write support has not be high on my list of priorities. I want to encourage people away from them, not make them easier to user. Sadly, I stand alone in the community on that one! As you know, it was no problem at all for me until I needed to write blocks in TI Forth. There simply is no way to accommodate TI Forth with FIAD. Though, not being able to write sectors in FIAD was not the reason I developed fbForth, fbForth works very well in Classic99 with FIAD! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Yes, confirmed. For me that is a big problem Well, you have lots of alternatives. MESS, V9T9 and JS99'er, for a start. Or switch Classic99 to use the TI Disk Controller (with its associated limitations ). Or throw wads of money or toys at me and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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