mantadoc Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Is it made in EA5 format ? Richard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Yes or it came on Disk with a XB loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Yes or it came on Disk with a XB loader. Ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Ok thanks It doesn't seem straightforward to transfer this version to a cart, if that's what you had in mind. But perhaps there's another version out there? TI-Artist v2.01 (1985)(Inscebot).dsk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 TI Artist loads from disk a lot... a cartridge version would need to patch the loaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 A little easier to start up with cart , but loading a lot from disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 It's sad to think about how many graphics have been lost over the past couple of decades. I remember when the BBS's were full of graphics the TI could use or display. There were RLE's, Mac files, and other formats besides TIA format stuff. I've not seen most of that stuff again. Sadly I recycled 99% of my disks when I went to the PC and graphics 'of better quality' were always available, so... Now I'm wondering, how many graphic files of that era survived? Would people be willing to check their personal disc storage and post some of those relics from the past so we can all enjoy them and port them back to real iron where 'they belong'. One guy managed to preserve his images for your viewing pleasure with a modern browser << HERE >>. P.S. Can we get all the add-on packages in this thread too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 It's sad to think about how many graphics have been lost over the past couple of decades. I remember when the BBS's were full of graphics the TI could use or display. There were RLE's, Mac files, and other formats besides TIA format stuff. I've not seen most of that stuff again. Sadly I recycled 99% of my disks when I went to the PC and graphics 'of better quality' were always available, so... Now I'm wondering, how many graphic files of that era survived? Would people be willing to check their personal disc storage and post some of those relics from the past so we can all enjoy them and port them back to real iron where 'they belong'. One guy managed to preserve his images for your viewing pleasure with a modern browser << HERE >>. P.S. Can we get all the add-on packages in this thread too? About graphics i have hundreds of graphics disks for various TI Graphics programs... Images, fonts, instances... and other i purchased Big lots of them in the years. All have to be converted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 About graphics i have hundreds of graphics disks for various TI Graphics programs... Images, fonts, instances... and other i purchased Big lots of them in the years. All have to be converted. Cool! We could use them ALL! I have an idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I gotta be honest though... TI-Artist was better for displaying pics than it was for drawing them. The use of a gigantic bit-map menu system completely joystick-driven was "cool" but incredibly slow and cumbersome to use. The magnification mode used multicolor mode, which was just as awkward and it felt like it was utilized just to make use of the mode in some way, rather than being the best decision. A friend of mine had GraphX, which was a predecessor to TI-Artist, at least in Triton's catalog. I don't remember much other than it did use key commands for a lot of the major operations. I bought JoyPaint99 and found it to be the most usable bitmap program out there. It had a really nice GUI that was much easier to use, and a bigger paint area than the screen itself! The one problem with it was that it only worked in two colors, but its utility more than made up for that. Beyond that, my favorite paint program was the Paint N'Print cartridge. It even still works in Classic99, which is awesome, and the zoom mode is just a 32x24 screen which is much easier to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I really liked TI Artist+, I used it a LOT... but admittedly, I never had any of the other paint programs for the TI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I really liked TI Artist+, I used it a LOT... but admittedly, I never had any of the other paint programs for the TI. Back in the day, that was the only program I had as well to make original graphics for newsletter submissions. Maybe in the middle of next week when I have time, I'll see what, if anything remains. One of the things I really loved about that program was that it made it easy to do make schematic diagrams for electronic projects as it already had many of the symbols for discrete components ready to insert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I thought we already had a thread of old pics, but I can't find it. Still, most of the old pics I have either started life as GIF or I converted to GIF. What images specifically were you hoping to preserve? Cause if it's just old GIFs, I have way too many to post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 What images specifically were you hoping to preserve? Cause if it's just old GIFs, I have way too many to post Specifically? Anything with a TI in the picture or TI related, with special emphasis put DIY projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I gotta be honest though... TI-Artist was better for displaying pics than it was for drawing them. The use of a gigantic bit-map menu system completely joystick-driven was "cool" but incredibly slow and cumbersome to use. The magnification mode used multicolor mode, which was just as awkward and it felt like it was utilized just to make use of the mode in some way, rather than being the best decision. A friend of mine had GraphX, which was a predecessor to TI-Artist, at least in Triton's catalog. I don't remember much other than it did use key commands for a lot of the major operations. I bought JoyPaint99 and found it to be the most usable bitmap program out there. It had a really nice GUI that was much easier to use, and a bigger paint area than the screen itself! The one problem with it was that it only worked in two colors, but its utility more than made up for that. Beyond that, my favorite paint program was the Paint N'Print cartridge. It even still works in Classic99, which is awesome, and the zoom mode is just a 32x24 screen which is much easier to use. It was much improved with the mechatronic mouse.. My girlfriend back then was an artist and I couldn't get her to use it until I bought the mouse, then she'd hog my TI drawing things so I was forced to use the geneve while I waited 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 It was much improved with the mechatronic mouse.. My girlfriend back then was an artist and I couldn't get her to use it until I bought the mouse, then she'd hog my TI drawing things so I was forced to use the geneve while I waited Yeah, TI-Artist with a mouse would be fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 yes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Mechatronic-80column-RMS--08-Mouse.JPG Have an extra one you want to sell for a reasonable price with software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 it is one of my Mouses too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 it is one of my Mouses too You guys are so cruel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Ciro has another mouse, see the connector (and the mouse) I think it is the TI-Maus from Mechatronik or from Asgard ? Are both mice are running with the same software ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Ciro has another mouse, see the connector (and the mouse) Yes, I noticed that. I like yours better as it appears to hook up to the parallel port. Does it? Does the interface software work with anything else besides TI-Artist? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 . Yes my stuff is always better :D But, seriously, my mouse is for the Mechatronik-80col-device. It should be supported by Yapp, XHI, and some more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Oh well. I'm quite happy with my Wico Trackball anyway. It also does a fantastic job in Stuarts browser. Some day, somebody might make a modern device that will work with a modern mouse, then everyone can enjoy one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Yes, the mouse in the picture is the one from Mechatronik, very cool, and i have the one from Asgard too, very similar... the 80col mouse of Ralf is very nice and it is a special rare item the Trackball is very very cool, i use it too for some games but never tried for draw i have to try 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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