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Jurek

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May 10, 2010, 4:38:23 AM5/10/10
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Hi!

I'd like to ask if you could tell me how to run TI-99/4A games from
floppy / tapes images using Win994a or any other emulator? I have never
used a real machine so all I get is a BASIC prompt :-). I've been
searching the Internet for such a simple info but didn't find a bit!

Regards,

Jurek

Guillaume Tello

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May 10, 2010, 5:47:13 AM5/10/10
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Hello,

In Win994a you have "Insert Floppy DSK1", clic on it and select a floppy
image (you can download some).

Then, clic on "Catalog DSK1" to get the directory of the disk.

If you see some files with "pgm" type, then its a program (example
MYPROG pgm)

At the Basic prompt, just type:

OLD "DSK1.MYPROG" (enter)
and you have the file in m�mory.

Then
LIST if you want to view the source code
RUN if you want to execute the program.

Guillaume.

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Jurek

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May 10, 2010, 6:42:16 AM5/10/10
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On 2010-05-10 11:47, Guillaume Tello wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In Win994a you have "Insert Floppy DSK1", clic on it and select a floppy
> image (you can download some).
>
> Then, clic on "Catalog DSK1" to get the directory of the disk.
>
> If you see some files with "pgm" type, then its a program (example
> MYPROG pgm)
>
> At the Basic prompt, just type:
>
> OLD "DSK1.MYPROG" (enter)

After that I get an error:

*WARNING:
CHECK PROGRAM IN MEMORY

*I/O ERROR 50

Any suggestions?

Guillaume Tello

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May 10, 2010, 6:51:36 AM5/10/10
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Jurek a �crit :
This means that the program was not found.
(I hope you didn't type OLD "DSK1.MYPROG"... that was just an example!!)

Guillaume.

Jurek

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May 10, 2010, 12:08:04 PM5/10/10
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No, of course not :-) But I'm sure the program in on the floppy. I can
see all the names in the Disk Catalog.

Just a sec ago I have tried again but with the capital letter and it
sort of works. I don't get any error but after a few seconds I get the
cursor back....

winston19842005

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May 10, 2010, 12:32:13 PM5/10/10
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On 5/10/10 12:08 PM, in article hs9b1a$jn0$1...@news.onet.pl, "Jurek"
<jurek....@onet.pl> wrote:

> On 2010-05-10 12:51, Guillaume Tello wrote:

>> Jurek a �crit :

all devicenames should be CAPITAL, like in the example.
OLD DSK1.filename will load a file named "filename" (see, filenames can be
lower case, but the filename IS case sensitive, meaning "Filename" is a
different file. DSK1 should be capital.)
OLD DSK1.MYPROG will load MYPROG from disk 1.
Quotes are not necessary with OLD.

So if you see a program named MYPROG, enter:
OLD DSK1.MYPROG
not
OLD DSK1.myprog or OLD dsk1.MYPROG

If you got the cursor back without an error, this is when you try:
LIST
or
RUN


Jurek

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May 13, 2010, 7:54:38 AM5/13/10
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Thanks a lot!

opry99er

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May 20, 2010, 4:00:56 PM5/20/10
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Hi Jurek--- hope you got it all figured out!! If you'd like to visit
a very active TI Forum, please come to Atariage.com. Find the
"Programming" forum and we're right there. We love newcomers and I
guarantee you, if there's any questions you have about anything TI
related, the fast and helpful people there will be excited to help. :)

winston...@yahoo.com

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May 23, 2010, 1:03:34 AM5/23/10
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Are you trying to say that we're slow and unhelpful?!?!?! ;)

Bill Garber

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May 23, 2010, 1:15:57 AM5/23/10
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<winston...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dbf83b31-28ac-45e9...@o39g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...

Duh, what??? 8^)


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