blakespot Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I appreciate the response to my earlier thread asking how to get a BASIC program keyed into a textfile running on a TI via the FlashROM99. No real way to do that. What I'm trying to do now is take this BASIC program in a text file on a remote system into a real TI-99/4A and running in Extended BASIC. What I have to work with: - TI-99/4a - PEB w/ 32K, Serial, 5.25" floppy - WiFi232 device - TIMXT term prog on cart (FR99) On an emulator I assume I can just paste the text file into the emulator in TI Extended BASIC and run there, but I want to run on my physical TI and I have no way to write out 5.25" floppies to feed the TI. Thanks! bp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The simplest approach would be via tape.I don't know if the TI can load untokenized code like some other machines though.Even if it does, you still need a tool to turn the program into a properly formatted tape image and wav file.If it can't load plain ASCII, you still need a tokenizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 open emu, say classic99 as i know it has the paste function open ti basic paste text file type SAVE DSK1.FILENAME connect ti to pc with straight through serial cable Either: open timxt on the ti, hyperterm or equivalent on the pc, i use syncterm a lot.. ensure communications are working by typing on both sides, you should see your typing on the oppostite side do xmodem transfer from the pc to the ti and select the classic99\DSK1\FILENAME file that you saved earlier, save to DSK1. or whatever on the TI you have/like.. reset to TI BASIC and type OLD DSK1.FILENAME OR: load hdx server on pc and point file directory to clasic99\DSK1 directory load cfhdxs1 from disk OR xb27 suite copy file with file manager to a local drive open in ti basic Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The simplest approach would be via tape. ... open emu, say classic99 as i know it has the paste function open ti basic paste text file ... Save it to tape. Convert to wav and load from the PC playing the wav file? I've never done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 pretty sure classic99 wont save to tape you'd need to use mess which creates a wav file that you'd have to play into the ti with a tape cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 pretty sure classic99 wont save to tape you'd need to use mess which creates a wav file that you'd have to play into the ti with a tape cable And what happens when you tell it to save to tape... it saves to a tape file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Cool is that a new one on me is it an audio file? Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Cool is that a new one on me is it an audio file? Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk I didn't say it was an audio file. Getting it to a wav is another matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Yes well mess saves to a wav Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Yes well mess saves to a wav Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Does MESS allow you to paste in a BASIC program? If it does, that would be the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I think you need to use his image tool to do that Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Right. MAME has a paste feature, but it is unreliable, since it does not care about the speed at which the characters are accepted (and BASIC does become slower the more lines are entered). For that reason, TIImageTool allows you to save a text file as a BASIC file, and then you can load it in the emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I think you need to use his image tool to do that Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 CS1er supposedly converts a tape file to a wav. The page was not in English, so YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakespot Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 I got TIImageTool running, but I don't see an option to read text file and output a BASIC file. Can someone point me in-app to the right pathway? Thanks. bp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Open a disk image (or create a new one), select Edit->Import from text editor. Then you can copy/paste contents into that window, select "close and save". If it recognizes BASIC code, it will offer to save as text or BASIC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Oh that is cool! I'm working on an XB music program now so that would make it easier to show you guys rather than hand typing or filming it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) plug in a tape drive data cable into a PC audio out http://nivelleringslikaren.eu/ti994a_basic/ paste the program in this page OLD CS1 on the TI it should load in the basic program Edited July 29, 2017 by LASooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakespot Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 So, I finished getting the BASIC program entered in a text editor and I got Classic99 running on Windows. I pasted the text in (pasted fine) and it runs in emulator. I saved it out to a DSK device and a file appears in the DSK directory. Can I send that file to the TI via serial using TIMXT and save it to a physical floppy on the TI and run it in XB? Or will that not work with that file C99 created? Thanks. bp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Yse, it will work. That was one of the primary purposes of using the PC file system - to be able to just XMODEM the files across. (Assuming you didn't change the configuration, TIFILES is the default format. Some people change it to V9T9 format, which won't work. You would know if you did.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakespot Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks for the help, folks! I got the program running on real metal and made my entry to the r/Retrobattlestations BASIC Month competition. I took a video, linked in my Reddit submission: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/6qt6lt/reentered_a_basic_program_i_first_keyed_in_on_my/ Cheers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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