Re: introducing peekbot

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Nov 11, 4:46 am, jonnosan <jonno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 10, 6:27 am, winston19842005 <bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>
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> > >> Anyway, when are we going to see support for TI-99 stuff? We always get left
> > >> out :-(
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> > > point me at a TI-99 archive with some interesting images and some
> > > specs and I'll see what I can do...
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> > Most everything is at ftp.whtech.com.http://www.planet-99.net/isa good site, as ishttp://www.tigameshelf.net/
> > As for the specs, perhaps they are on ftp.whtech.com somewhere - there are
> > different formats, V9T9 and PC99 are standard.
> > Both are basically sector dumps of disks, although PC99 is actually track
> > dumps and contains inter-sector stuff as well.
> > File formats are another thing.
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> > I'd be willing to work with you or anyone regarding this as my time
> > permits...
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> > Thanks for the pointers, will look (again, when time permits!)- Hide quoted text -
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> I've poked around a bit but not been able to find any specs for the
> V9T9 or PC99 formats. It doesn't help much that they most common
> extension for these files seems to be DSK :-(

Yes, it is a problem... Usually can be determined by file size. As I
said, PC99 stores tracks, including the control information not
normally present in a sector dump. V9T9 stores sector dumps.

Do you need specs for these particular formats, given they are sector
dumps (with PC99 throwing in control information), or do you need the
TI file specifications themselves?

PC99 is a commercial emulator, and may be hard to find documentation
for, although it does appear to be supported by others.

On ftp.whtech.com, under pc utilities, look for ti99-pc. This is a PC
program written in Qbasic with links to assembly code that basically
converts between TI disks and the PC99 or V9T9 formats - and has an
intermediate format (called TI99-PC disk image file) which is
basically a raw sector dump, if memory serves. This program has
excellent on-line help that may tell you all you need to know... more
than likely it will tell you more than you care to know.