GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 On 7/12/2024 at 12:21 PM, FarmerPotato said: Technical data manual 2223216-001_TIPC_Technical_Reference_Manual_Preliminary_012183.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Maintenance manual 2223200-001_TIPC_Maintenance_Handbook_020183.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 (edited) 20 hours ago, TheBF said: Like all Forth systems and BASIC dialects it will have its own words for some things, but TurboForth training has you well prepared for the Forth 83 standard words. I don't remember what the editor was like, but you will have 80 columns right off the bat! Playing with f83 today I was able to create my own file using 30 Create-file mikes.blk Successfully. The manual says a stamp will be automatically generated on the far right of line 0 of each screen. You'll need this code when you go to edit the screen. Well I see no code on any screen. Pressing enter when it asks for a code locks up the machine Entering random chars, also ends in a lockup It says you may have to use the word new. But new isn't defined that I can find. So I'm still not sure how to edit a screen The listing works just fine. Edited July 15 by GDMike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 24 minutes ago, GDMike said: Playing with f83 today I was able to create my own file using 30 Create-file mikes.blk Successfully. The manual says a stamp will be automatically generated on the far right of line 0 of each screen. You'll need this code when you go to edit the screen. Well I see no code on any screen. Pressing enter when it asks for a code locks up the machine Entering random chars, also ends in a lockup It says you may have to use the word new. But new isn't defined that I can find. So I'm still not sure how to edit a screen The listing works just fine. When you create a file it is empty. try OPEN KERNEL86.BLK 1 LIST and see what happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 19 hours ago, GDMike said: Sorry but I don't know why my phone does this and put the last person that I replied to in the post.. Anyway pictures of the video card I took apart today. Thank you! It's enough to get the idea of how it operates. This is a more basic card than the TIPC Color Graphics Card I have a manual for. I think that was more of an eval board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 2 hours ago, TheBF said: When you create a file it is empty. try OPEN KERNEL86.BLK 1 LIST and see what happens. Kernel is a com file, but utility.blk shows this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 (edited) 3 minutes ago, GDMike said: Kernel is a com file, but utility.blk shows this And cpu8086.blk shows this on screen 1 Edited July 15 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 22 minutes ago, GDMike said: And cpu8086.blk shows this on screen 1 ok. Looks like progress. Ting says there is a file called KERNEL86.BLK I think it is used to re-make a custom version of Forth83. But most people don't need to do that. So with CPU8086.BLK opened. Do 1 LOAD I will compile the rest of the stuff you might need like it says in those comments. This works like my system, where you load what you need when you need it rather than having everything in memory all the time. This becomes important when you want to save you program as a binary. It keeps that final size small. Pretty cool. Makes me want to get one for DOSBOX. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 (edited) Edited July 15 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Oh. There's a new word. FROM CPU8086.BLK 1 LOAD Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 I found this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Sorry I figured it out... There's not enough room on the disk for all the files.. I found the rest of the files on another disc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Very neat. I would avoid doing a rebuild until you really know the system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 2 minutes ago, TheBF said: Very neat. I would avoid doing a rebuild until you really know the system. I did exactly that...stopped... getting a headache lol.. I believe that's for making a Self bootable floppy system... Otherwise I think I'm supposed to be on the hard drive with all the files.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, GDMike said: I did exactly that...stopped... getting a headache lol.. I believe that's for making a Self bootable floppy system... Otherwise I think I'm supposed to be on the hard drive with all the files.. It literally lets the system re-build itself from the Assembler code up. You can then add extras to the build and it saves it all as a new .com program. But it involves some black magic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 (edited) Brian, I'll have to wait until I get a hd emulator Edited July 16 by GDMike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 When you start compiling from HD, there is no need for a custom kernel most of the time. It compiles so fast it's not worth the trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 2 hours ago, TheBF said: When you start compiling from HD, there is no need for a custom kernel most of the time. It compiles so fast it's not worth the trouble. I just have to clear up the issue where it's asking for the coded screen unlock key... Maybe it has something to do with my time clock not functioning at the moment but I'm going to be working on that card today.. get it cleaned up and a battery put in it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 The ram/clock/io is missing traces from the battery leak that was going on. And I'm not sure that's the only thing going on. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flottmann1 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) from Archiv.org the images were created with Teledisk 2.15 Achiv.org.rar and more Software see here TI_Usergroup https://www.pdp8online.com/ftp/software/TI_PC/ Edited July 18 by Flottmann1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flottmann1 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I search this Graphics Card for the TI Professional Porrtable PC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 This looks just like the daughterboard of the graphics card that I have in my TI Professional Computer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 12 minutes ago, mizapf said: This looks just like the daughterboard of the graphics card that I have in my TI Professional Computer. Yeh, the top card seems to be an add on ramcard? Maybe to add video memory to the ti pro? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, RickyDean said: Yeh, the top card seems to be an add on ramcard? Maybe to add video memory to the ti pro? I total up around 720K... That's including the ram that's on the motherboard as well. I haven't looked into the specs yet been too busy but I wonder what video chip it is... Edited July 19 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 56 minutes ago, GDMike said: I total up around 720K... That's including the ram that's on the motherboard as well. I haven't looked into the specs yet been too busy but I wonder what video chip it is... I'd say this is the graphics chip? I think the datasheet I just added is about the same type of chip, only a diferent manufacturer . UM6845EA-UMC.pdf Edited July 19 by RickyDean added content 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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