Good source for downloading cassette programs?

[Tornadoboy]

I've been on a TI (and Colecovision) nostalgia kick lately and going through a box full of old cassettes trying to salvage the programs off and saving them to WAV files, and I'm not having a lot of success, most of what I have left are just too far gone and the bulk of my tape collection got tossed a long time ago.

 

Is there a good website somewhere I can download a lot of the old cassette programs from? In particular I'm looking for some personal favorites like Cavern Quest, Cars n Carcasses, Tick World, the Quest for the King cassette for Tunnels of Doom and a ton of other stuff, in other words I'm trying to rebuild the massive collection I once had BITD. I see a lot of great links for cartridge ROM files, but not a lot for cassette files.

 

On a side note, does anyone remember a basic game called something like "Al Capone's Vault?" You had to crack a code or something to get into a vault, and what I found funny was if you tried to cheat by listing the program's contents it would get to a point where it said in a REM statement "Ok if you're not going to play fair, I'm not going to play fair", and then somehow it would cause the computer to reset. I have NO idea how the programmer managed to make that happen, but it was impressive! I eventually figured out how to get around it by listing the contents starting AFTER the program line that caused the reset.

Edited January 11, 2016 by Tornadoboy

[+Schmitzi]

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Hi,

 

maybe you want to check Ciro´s website for software:

http://www.ti99iuc.it/ or http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=155&pagina=database_ultimi&sezione=2

 

And definetly check for the WEB99-TOOL PLUS the 2015-Xmas-Repository,

this is the biggest one-click-source at the moment I think, and well searchable.

Find a short help/start-over here in this post:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233949-adventure-games/?p=3412828

 

There are "tons" of good software and manuals.

 

ditto for ftp://ftp.whtech.com/ where also can find a lot of technical docs,

and this this development-thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/153704-ti-994a-development-resources/

 

Find a Link-Compilation here and many lists can be found here

 

Also here on this forum you can check threads manually for downloads or hints

 

Have fun, and let us know about

xXx

 

PS: If you know/have something about about seldom or unknwon hardware, software, manufacturers a.s.o.

please tell about Tick World ? Al Capone´s ?

[+Schmitzi]

From WEB99, maybe this is Al Capone?

 

CAPONE-EA5.zip

 

[+Ksarul]

If we keep finding more programs like this, we may eventually have enough of them that they can be used to create a Games 7 cartridge--and note, not all EA or cartridge software will work in the multicartridges--it has been a bit hit and miss for some of them, and some others are just too large to work in the first place.

[Omega-TI]

A games 7 cartridge sounds great. If there was a concerted effort to start now,

it could easily be ready by the perfect release date of: 9/22/2016

[+arcadeshopper]

I've been on a TI (and Colecovision) nostalgia kick lately and going through a box full of old cassettes trying to salvage the programs off and saving them to WAV files, and I'm not having a lot of success, most of what I have left are just too far gone and the bulk of my tape collection got tossed a long time ago.

 

Is there a good website somewhere I can download a lot of the old cassette programs from? In particular I'm looking for some personal favorites like Cavern Quest, Cars n Carcasses, Tick World, the Quest for the King cassette for Tunnels of Doom and a ton of other stuff, in other words I'm trying to rebuild the massive collection I once had BITD. I see a lot of great links for cartridge ROM files, but not a lot for cassette files.

 

On a side note, does anyone remember a basic game called something like "Al Capone's Vault?" You had to crack a code or something to get into a vault, and what I found funny was if you tried to cheat by listing the program's contents it would get to a point where it said in a REM statement "Ok if you're not going to play fair, I'm not going to play fair", and then somehow it would cause the computer to reset. I have NO idea how the programmer managed to make that happen, but it was impressive! I eventually figured out how to get around it by listing the contents starting AFTER the program line that caused the reset.

 

ftp://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes/ has some tapes.. if you find more feel free to send them to me and I'll add them to the archive

 

Greg

[Tornadoboy]

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Hi,

 

maybe you want to check Ciro´s website for software:

http://www.ti99iuc.it/ or http://www.ti99iuc.it/web/index.php?pageid=155&pagina=database_ultimi&sezione=2

 

And definetly check for the WEB99-TOOL PLUS the 2015-Xmas-Repository,

this is the biggest one-click-source at the moment I think, and well searchable.

Find a short help/start-over here in this post:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233949-adventure-games/?p=3412828

 

There are "tons" of good software and manuals.

 

ditto for ftp://ftp.whtech.com/ where also can find a lot of technical docs,

and this this development-thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/153704-ti-994a-development-resources/

 

Find a Link-Compilation here and many lists can be found here

 

Also here on this forum you can check threads manually for downloads or hints

 

Have fun, and let us know about

xXx

 

PS: If you know/have something about about seldom or unknwon hardware, software, manufacturers a.s.o.

please tell about Tick World ? Al Capone´s ?

I downloaded the WEB99-Tool/Christmas package, it appears to have every program I've ever heard or dreamed of!

Now, I just have to figure out how to transfer the files from it to the TI! I've got a CF7, I imagine I'd connect the serial port on the PC to the port on the CF7, right? Any schematics around for making the cable?

[+Schmitzi]

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Here is the link to the original WEB99-thread (development). I think the cable is 1:1, but I cannot check now.

Also, if connected, you can load directly from Basic, IIRC the WEB99 shows you the command on the screen.

 

My way is to make .DSKs-files on the PC with TI99DIR-Tool from Fred Kaal

( www.ti99-geek.nl / http://www.ti99-geek.nl/Projects/ti99dir/ti99dir.html#tidir )

and then transfer this .DSKs (and convert to "volumes") on the PC to the CF-Card, with the DSK2CF-tool

[Opry99er]

Yup... Direct loading of dsk files to.the cf card is b the way to go.

 

If you have a CF7 and not a nanoPEB, you have a parallel port and not a serial port anyway. Good for printing.

 

Good luck!!!

[+arcadeshopper]

I downloaded the WEB99-Tool/Christmas package, it appears to have every program I've ever heard or dreamed of!

Now, I just have to figure out how to transfer the files from it to the TI! I've got a CF7, I imagine I'd connect the serial port on the PC to the port on the CF7, right? Any schematics around for making the cable?

 

cf7 is a PARALLEL PORT and unless you have the first version without surfacemount chips, won't work with the mods for HDX .. nanopeb is the serial port version and both versions work fine with HDX http://www.ti99-geek.nl/under projects for hdx info

[+arcadeshopper]

.

Here is the link to the original WEB99-thread (development). I think the cable is 1:1, but I cannot check now.

Also, if connected, you can load directly from Basic, IIRC the WEB99 shows you the command on the screen.

 

My way is to make .DSKs-files on the PC with TI99DIR-Tool from Fred Kaal

( www.ti99-geek.nl / http://www.ti99-geek.nl/Projects/ti99dir/ti99dir.html#tidir )

and then transfer this .DSKs (and convert to "volumes") on the PC to the CF-Card, with the DSK2CF-tool

 

 

Actually you can transfer them directly to the cf with tidir

 

Greg

[+Schmitzi]

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ah cool, so I really have to try this. Sounds like the way to directly access a TI-harddisk, from TI999DIR

 

please let me have some questions

- is this via TI99DIR-menu ->Files ->Mount CF7-volumes ?

- should run with nano V1 and V2-CF-cards as well ? (same format)

 

thx

xXx

[+Lee Stewart]

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ah cool, so I really have to try this. Sounds like the way to directly access a TI-harddisk, from TI999DIR

 

please let me have some questions

- is this via TI99DIR-menu ->Files ->Mount CF7-volumes ?

- should run with nano V1 and V2-CF-cards as well ? (same format)

 

thx

xXx

 

Yes, the CF cards have the same format for both CF7 and nanoPEB.

 

Files-->Read_CF7A+_Volume_List gets you the list of DSK images (volumes) on a DSK-image-populated CF card plugged into your PC. Then it is merely a matter of copying DSK images. When going from PC to CF, you are prompted for the volume-number slot on the CF.

 

The “Mount CF7 ...” command is used to assign which CF volumes to use on the TI-99/4A as DSK1 – DSK3.

 

...lee

[Tornadoboy]

Looks like my CF7 is dead The LEDs don't light up anymore with power connected and it doesn't get detected by the TI.

 

I bought it eons ago off Ebay but never got around to messing with it until now. I have some electronic skills and perhaps it's a blown cap or something, but if it's the custom chips I'm SCREWED.

 

Are nanoPEB still available anywhere?

Edited January 12, 2016 by Tornadoboy

[RickyDean]

Looks like my CF7 is dead The LEDs don't light up anymore with power connected and it doesn't get detected by the TI.

 

I bought it eons ago off Ebay but never got around to messing with it until now. I have some electronic skills and perhaps it's a blown cap or something, but if it's the custom chips I'm SCREWED.

 

Are nanoPEB still available anywhere?

You can still get parts from Jamie. Read the CF7+ thread.