DecAns Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I know nothing about MAME. Could you also explain me step-by-step how to use MAME to run PictureTransfer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 You should not add a "dsk" suffix to the TIFILES; this may encourage people to use them like disk images. Here is a proper disk image. pictrans.dsk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 minutes ago, DecAns said: I know nothing about MAME. Could you also explain me step-by-step how to use MAME to run PictureTransfer? Just about time to learn. Do you use Linux or Windows or macOS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecAns Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 3 minutes ago, mizapf said: Do you use Linux or Windows or macOS? Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 If you have Cygwin, things can be pretty easy. I wrote an installer script for bash (Linux) that may run in Cygwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecAns Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 When we talk about MAME - are we talking about https://www.mamedev.org/release.html ? I downloaded the latest version, but ROM is required. Where to take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Sure, you will find more TI-related information on my Website https://www.ninermame.org/ . The mentioned Cygwin bash script will load and install everything on your drive. We have everything needed on http://ftp.whtech.com/, in particular the ROMs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecAns Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 45 minutes ago, mizapf said: The mentioned Cygwin bash script will load and install everything on your drive Done. Next step - how to mount dsk file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Either you pass the file name on the command line (like "-flop1 mydisk.dsk"), or you open the OSD menu (ScrlLock, TAB), then go to File manager and navigate to the file. BTW, if the floppy sound bothers you, use the "Slider controls" option also in the OSD menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 hours ago, Nick99 said: Attached PictureTransfer, it's a MDOS-program (when it has started, press <Enter/Return> and it will show a help screen with all commands), MAME is the only Geneve emulator I know of. @hloberg has put together a package to download and set up the MAME Geneve emulator, and I guess PictureTransfer may be in that package. PICU 3.63 kB · 3 downloads PICT 8.13 kB · 3 downloads Honestly I don't remember if it is in the Geneve package. but it will be now if not, thanks. FYI: Here's a link to the emulation section of my website that includes the Geneve MAME amongst other packages. https://ti99resources.wordpress.com/emulation/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecAns Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I played with PictureTransfer a bit. I can't figure out why PictureTransfer doesn't understand YAPP files with a height of 424. We need someone who knows how to handle a debugger and who can figure out the reason based on code analysis. It is possible also to check the correctness of the files that DaDither creates using the YAPP program, but I could not find it. But PictureTransfer can work with GIF files. I have updated the program, now it creates GIF files that PictureTransfer processes correctly, including files with a height of 424. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick99 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I have not been able to start YAPP, otherwise I could have seen if that work. For some odd reason even using the latest EXEC to start YAPP from MDOS don't work on my Geneve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 If you hit me up this weekend, I can see what other Picture Transfer images I have that are in MyArt format. MyArt, also released here on AtariAge, had an update for the TIPI mouse, however MAME does not presently support the TIPI mouse so you would need real hardware. If you are using MAME, you would need the bus mouse version of Myart. It should be on whtech, so hopefully someone can point you towards the files. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 11 hours ago, Nick99 said: I have not been able to start YAPP, otherwise I could have seen if that work. For some odd reason even using the latest EXEC to start YAPP from MDOS don't work on my Geneve. To load from the TI or Geneve, in its standard configuration, the file YAPPDSR must reside on DSK1. If the file is not found, YAPP will exit. No idea why that file wasn't just included in the program itself. (this may be the mouse driver?) To confirm, I used my Geneve and EXEC 2.7 to load YAPP. It failed until I copied YAPPDSR to DSK1. The behavior is consistent with the /4a and Geneve. Also, I think YAPP requires the extra 64K VRAM - the docs should confirm this. If all else fails, PM me the relevant files and I will compare them with my copy, when time permits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick99 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, InsaneMultitasker said: To load from the TI or Geneve, in its standard configuration, the file YAPPDSR must reside on DSK1. If the file is not found, YAPP will exit. No idea why that file wasn't just included in the program itself. (this may be the mouse driver?) To confirm, I used my Geneve and EXEC 2.7 to load YAPP. It failed until I copied YAPPDSR to DSK1. The behavior is consistent with the /4a and Geneve. Also, I think YAPP requires the extra 64K VRAM - the docs should confirm this. If all else fails, PM me the relevant files and I will compare them with my copy, when time permits. Thanks, I will see if I can make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 3/13/2023 at 2:54 AM, Nick99 said: I think MAME can emulate the TIPI, but I don't know how to use MAME. I tried G6 interlaced, and it also shows a half image. It can, it requires a real pi set up on the network or using QEMU to emulate the pi on your peecee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago On 3/13/2023 at 2:06 PM, mizapf said: You should not add a "dsk" suffix to the TIFILES; this may encourage people to use them like disk images. My apologies; this seems to be a setting in my Firefox browser; it automatically adds the ".dsk" suffix if there is none. I have to investigate where I can change this. So that's on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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