ColorComputerStore Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I just built a TI99 Flash board with the Git instructions. Now I need to fill it with cartridges. I noticed some files I downloaded of games came in two parts with one file extension G and another with C. Do I need a tool to combine them? Next question... some games are disk based I like, but this board only handles cartridges. Is there an emulator/tool that can dump what is in memory to a cartridge format? I understand that a program that needs to write to a disk would be ruled out, but one that just loads the game... would that be do-able? Ditto for tape games. Also saw some BASIC games that looked interesting. Assuming some of them were made in the non-TI BASIC that allowed for compiling, can we take the compiled game and also dump to a cartridge format? Thanks for helping this new TI user. I'm coming from other retro platforms so a bit learning curve for me. Oh, and I am keen to have some developer/programming tools on my Flash Card. Obviously TI Extended BASIC Cart. What else would work on this board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Welcome. first you should read this - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/267055-new-to-the-group-ti-994a-faq-hardware-and-software-resources-read-first/And to address your direct concerns, this - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/253095-flashrom-99-finalgrom-99-image-repository-532018/As for disk image and Tape programs to cart, there are a number of tricks people have pulled off over the years using other devices like a GRAM KRACKER and an UBERGROM Cartridge. If your program can be listed in BASIC or extended BASIC then it should be able to compile to EA5 then be converted to BIN as long as it adheres to some rules regarding the compiler. I myself don't know the specifics for each case but searching the forums may turn up the info you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Is it a FlashROM99 or a FinalGROM99 you have built? You need the latter in order to run TI Extended BASIC Cart or any other cart that requires GROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I just built a TI99 Flash board with the Git instructions. Now I need to fill it with cartridges. I noticed some files I downloaded of games came in two parts with one file extension G and another with C. Do I need a tool to combine them? Next question... some games are disk based I like, but this board only handles cartridges. Is there an emulator/tool that can dump what is in memory to a cartridge format? I understand that a program that needs to write to a disk would be ruled out, but one that just loads the game... would that be do-able? Ditto for tape games. Also saw some BASIC games that looked interesting. Assuming some of them were made in the non-TI BASIC that allowed for compiling, can we take the compiled game and also dump to a cartridge format? Thanks for helping this new TI user. I'm coming from other retro platforms so a bit learning curve for me. Oh, and I am keen to have some developer/programming tools on my Flash Card. Obviously TI Extended BASIC Cart. What else would work on this board? Flashrom99 will only run up to 32k ROM files.. FinalGROM99 will do the G (grom) files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColorComputerStore Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 I built the FlashROM99. Sorry for not stating that clearly. OK, ran into a new problem... I was so focused on the building the hardware that I never considered to look at the software building side. I assumed it was just a matter of downloading a BIN and flashing the ATMega, pop it in, pop in CD Card and rejoice. Just looked at the software steps and my head is spinning.... install Python (never done that).... install XDT99 (never done that)... compile/build, etc etc.. Ouch, my head hurts. lol I'm going to look over the original thread... in the meantime... is there a baby-level tutorial on the software side. lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The bins are located in the pinned topic flashROM99 bin files all ready to load on your sdcard The image for the atmel is already included in the git there's no need to recompile it Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColorComputerStore Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 OK, got the BINS, loaded the games, built the board, flashed the HEX. Plugged it in, and the TI showed the normal boot screen. LED didn't light up. So something is very wrong. I was really beaten-down. I posted more details to the original post that announced the TI Flash 99 . But it might be so old that nobody replies. I really need help. Can anyone help me trouble shoot the issue? Thanks! Carlos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I don't have a flashROM99 , I looked over your board, nothing strikes me. I hate the "Invisitrace" coating. You said you have verified the trace continuity... I heard eprom burners also have chip testing built-in??? We know not all SD cards are compatible ... I quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 he got this working.. just didn't update this post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 he got this working.. just didn't update this post I'm glad to hear it. Thanks for the update, because the last two words in his last post were a little depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I'm glad to hear it. Thanks for the update, because the last two words in his last post were a little depressing. always works better if you load the hex file properly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.