Nick99 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, mizapf said: Sorry, my fault. There is a file missing on the disk image (ARKF). The file defines the playfield. (As I said, I barely remember my own game. I intended to load the screens from disk.) arkan.dsk 360 kB · 4 downloads Yes, it works! I like Arkanoid so this will be played often. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, Nick99 said: I intend to do the upgrade, sat down today trying to find the instructions but didn't find it. I've seen it but don't remember where. I have the memory chip so as soon I get my hands on the instructions I will carefully make the upgrade, and also change the battery. http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/geneve/geneve32k.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 38 minutes ago, Nick99 said: I intend to do the upgrade, sat down today trying to find the instructions but didn't find it. I've seen it but don't remember where. I have the memory chip so as soon I get my hands on the instructions I will carefully make the upgrade, and also change the battery. I'm sure the instructions are in one of the 9640NEWS folders on ftp.whtech.com. The other option, is to call (Telnet) Wolhess's BBS at mytbox99.ddns.net, port 61643 on his BBS, and do a search for 32K on his file search. You should be able to find it that way. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Nick99 said: Yes, it works! I like Arkanoid so this will be played often. Thanks! But you did notice that there is no game in terms of scoring, next level etc. ? This was just my first attempt to see whether it would be working. It somewhat deserves to be finished at some time, I have to admit. The file time stamps (1995-1996) show that this was the time when I picked up my first full job as scientific assistant at the university. So it seems that the reason why I stopped working at it was that the hobby had to stand back for my profession. Some time later, however, I started my project of implementing a simple TCP/IP stack for the Geneve. This took longer than I was able to use an analog modem at our telephone network; we switched to ISDN. Thus, this project was not finished either; at least I was able to ping my Geneve from my PC (I got echo responses). Edit: For some more fun, you can edit the screen in ARKF. (from the source code, translated by me) /* Read the screen from arkf * = initial ball position # = wall 1x 2x 3x 4x hits before block is deleted ------------ A B C D ! red E F G H ! green I J K L ! magenta M N O P ! yellow Q R S T ! blue U V W X ! gray = = undestroyable */ The ARKF file looks like this: ################ # # # AAAAAAAAAA # # EEEEEEEEEE # # IIIIIIIIII # # MMMMMMMMMM # # QQQQQQQQQQ # # # # # # * # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # So you may have some more fun with own designs. Edited January 22, 2021 by mizapf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, GDMike said: http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/geneve/geneve32k.html I did both, the battery holder replacement, and 32K upgrade a few months back, I didn't screw anything up with that particular challenge, just look at where your lead will run, as you don't want it shorting out around a cap or battery +line. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, GDMike said: http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/geneve/geneve32k.html I'm glad Ron added pictures when he published the instructions. If I remember correctly, my original write-up was via the old list server and used ASCII characters to show the socket and orientation. I think I made a mistake with the orientation that was corrected in a subsequent message. to this day I always have to think twice about where pin 1 is located 19 minutes ago, GDMike said: where your lead will run, as you don't want it shorting out around a cap or battery +line Excellent advice. If the Geneve is in a case, it is also important to ensure the wire is not crimped/broken when closing the case. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, InsaneMultitasker said: I'm glad Ron added pictures when he published the instructions. If I remember correctly, my original write-up was via the old list server and used ASCII characters to show the socket and orientation. Still on Ninerpedia: https://www.ninerpedia.org/wiki/Geneve_CPU_Memory_Upgrade 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick99 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 @mizapf thanks for the how to modify the background in Arkanoid and the link to ninerpedia, I enjoy it without score and different levels, it let me relax my mind. I have a lot of plans for the future in my head, so Arkanoid is like meditation for me. ? @GDMike and @BeeryMiller, thanks! I will start the today and see if I have all that is needed for the upgrade, if so then it will be done today. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I translated the comments in the source file, just if someone is interested how TIC programming on the Geneve looks like. arkanoid.c 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, mizapf said: I translated the comments in the source file, just if someone is interested how TIC programming on the Geneve looks like. arkanoid.c 12.47 kB · 7 downloads Think it could be recompiled with Clint's C on the TI-99 (if you haven't already)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 There are references to the Geneve TIC library, in particular functions that use the XOPs. If you look inside the code, you should see that I used lots of 9938 features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, mizapf said: There are references to the Geneve TIC library, in particular functions that use the XOPs. If you look inside the code, you should see that I used lots of 9938 features. thought so. Anyway, the basic code is still there so it might make a good template. I think I'll put it on my 'to do before the frozen death of our universe' list were all my other projects go sitting, waiting to be to looked at again (remember me, the MULE for TI you started in 2004? Hello, Hellllo.) ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, hloberg said: thought so. Anyway, the basic code is still there so it might make a good template. I think I'll put it on my 'to do before the frozen death of our universe' list were all my other projects go sitting, waiting to be to looked at again (remember me, the MULE for TI you started in 2004? Hello, Hellllo.) ? I believe @OLD CS1 has a project-in-process in this particular direction (Arkanoid) for the TI. . .we just have to prod him a bit to keep him working on it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, hloberg said: thought so. Anyway, the basic code is still there so it might make a good template. I think I'll put it on my 'to do before the frozen death of our universe' list were all my other projects go sitting, waiting to be to looked at again (remember me, the MULE for TI you started in 2004? Hello, Hellllo.) ? If my memory serves me right, there was a good reason why some of my projects were left unfinished, and it was not only my job. During that time in the mid-90s, I basically knew nobody with a Geneve, apart from two or three people here in Germany. You sometimes met those people at our TI-Treffen, but if the only person who was interested in finishing the game was yourself, well, then there were a lot of ways to downprioritize your project. It took some more years before we started to meet on newsgroups and the first list servers. The situation that we have today is one that I would have never expected twenty years ago. It could easily fuel the Infinite Improbability Drive (at least viewed from that time ago). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, mizapf said: The situation that we have today is one that I would have never expected twenty years ago. It could easily fuel the Infinite Improbability Drive (at least viewed from that time ago). I think this last year could get us to Antares and back a few times over. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 A lot of my projects end up in the 'black hole of incompleteness' usually because I get all excited about doing something then find out the 15 reasons why it won't work or at least not as I gloriously had envisioned it. So I found putting the project down for a while always gives me a fresh prospective. Unfortunately that 'fresh prospective' may take years. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Something occurred me, shouldn't we be putting all these Geneve post in the new sub-forum we created for the 99/8, tomy tutor etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, hloberg said: Something occurred me, shouldn't we be putting all these Geneve post in the new sub-forum we created for the 99/8, tomy tutor etc? nope geneve isn't in that list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 5 hours ago, hloberg said: Something occurred me, shouldn't we be putting all these Geneve post in the new sub-forum we created for the 99/8, tomy tutor etc? I think there are enough Geneve related posts to justify a new sub-forum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Sure, it should be in Geneve forum of its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I'd vote for adding the Geneve to the mentioned subforum. We currently have some traffic concerning the Geneve, but this is not always the case. It would also fit the description "stand-alone system with TMS99xx", we already have the 99/8 and 99/2 in there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, mizapf said: I'd vote for adding the Geneve to the mentioned subforum. We currently have some traffic concerning the Geneve, but this is not always the case. It would also fit the description "stand-alone system with TMS99xx", we already have the 99/8 and 99/2 in there. I agree. Geneve seems to run hot & cold. Things got stirred up recent but that is not always the case. Renaming the other sub-forum "Other system with TMS99xx" to more broadly include everything else NOT TI-99/4 but not so broad to include almost systems like the MSX & Coleco would be a good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I prefer keeping things as they are, but if the Geneve is going to be separate, I would really prefer to see a Geneve Only area and if it is possible, to start moving topic threads over to the specific Geneve thread if it does not break links, etc. Beery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 It should be either left mixed in the TI section or have its own.. not mixed in with 'other' incompatible systems. imho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 A agree with that. I'm already confusing ti-99/4A ideas with Geneve when I go hunting, I always have to reasure that I'm in the rt spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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