Kchula-Rrit Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 The PC files are straight ASCII (text) source codes, this.c, that.s, and such. I was hoping to write source code with the PC and transfer it to the TI for compilation with C99, and so on. When I sent a file from PC to TI using Telco XMODEM protocol, Telco saved it in DF128 format. E/A Editor wouldn't open it, so I looked at it using DM2K's hexadecimal display. The data all looked good, just crammed together with <CR><LF> pairs marking the lines. I sent a file from TI to PC, again using Telco XMODEM protocol. I looked at the file using a 'vi' clone and found a bunch of garbage at the start, and "^M" at the end of each line. After reading through the message-history on this topic, I realized that the garbage was a TI-Files header. After using TI-Dir (something else I forgot I had) to convert it, the file looked OK. My programs can send data at 9600bps, which is what I do for debugging, so I don't really need XMODEM for transfers, except for error-detection. But I wanted to see if things would work in both directions; I'm kind of petty that way. Then I tried using TI-Dir to convert the PC file before sending it to the TI, again with XMODEM protocol. Telco still saved the file in DF128 format, along with the TI-Files header in it. As a result I figured I would just write a "little" program to read the DF128 file and save it to a DV80 file that the E/A Editor can read. Everything seems to work, so I can get on with my plan for world domination... K-R. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Kchula-Rrit said: Then I tried using TI-Dir to convert the PC file before sending it to the TI, again with XMODEM protocol. Telco still saved the file in DF128 format, along with the TI-Files header in it. Are you sure it was TIFILES? TI99Dir prefers the V9T9 format, and converting to TIFILES format is a separate step you have to take after converting it to a TI style file. If the first 10 bytes of the file are the filename, it's V9T9. If it's TIFILES, then it's a proper TIFILES/XMODEM header. Telco should recognize the latter correctly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhataKowinkydink Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tursi said: TI99Dir prefers the V9T9 format I was noticing that the other day - a bit annoying but whatevs, it's a good, useful tool nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Fred added functionality recently... check out v7.1 and look at the configuration options. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 ooh, I'm still on 6.4. Thanks for the note! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Tursi said: Are you sure it was TIFILES? TI99Dir prefers the V9T9 format, and converting to TIFILES format is a separate step you have to take after converting it to a TI style file. If the first 10 bytes of the file are the filename, it's V9T9. If it's TIFILES, then it's a proper TIFILES/XMODEM header. Telco should recognize the latter correctly... Oops. I didn't think to check the converted file before sending it to the TI, just assumed it was TI-FILES. K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 hours ago, InsaneMultitasker said: Fred added functionality recently... check out v7.1 and look at the configuration options. As it happens, I was poking around the Fred's Web site this morning. Looking at some other stuff I saw that he had compiled programs using Win10. I figured it would not work in my Win98 machine since Microsoft (at least used to) actively discourage using older software. Checking the site just now, I found the note saying it should still work on Win98. I'll try it and see. K-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 in tidir there's a 'convert pc file to ti file' use that on your code file to make it display variable 80 object files are display fixed 80 make sure its tifiles and not v9t9 you can convert between the two in tidir as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 I am pleased to report that TI-Dir v7.1a works under Win98, and it did ASCII-text<-->V9T9<-->TI-Files conversions with my test file last night. Just have to do the conversions, one at a time. I converted the test file, sent them to the TI, looked at it there (good). Then I sent it back to Win98, converted it, looked at it (good), then used KDiff to compare them. All went well. Having written the conversion program, I find I probably don't need it. That's OK, I got to fiddle with Tom Bently's TCIO library, which I had not done before. Everything's good, now my world domination scheme can go ahead. Again, thanks to all. K-R. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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