Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
thanks... I learn as I go!.. ed# Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Monday, October 30, 2017 Jim Brain wrote: On 10/30/2017 10:35 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: Jim I thought all TI computers had one? But I am new to TI's never owned one when were new... just dealing with one in a museum environment now. The only produced home machine, the 99/4(a), did not, but there is a prototype HexBus adapter. The 99/2 and 99/8 I believe both had the bus, as does the TI 74 and TI 95 (the physical conn is different, but the bus is the same) Jim
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
On 10/30/2017 10:35 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: Jim I thought all TI computers had one? But I am new to TI's never owned one when were new... just dealing with one in a museum environment now. The only produced home machine, the 99/4(a), did not, but there is a prototype HexBus adapter. The 99/2 and 99/8 I believe both had the bus, as does the TI 74 and TI 95 (the physical conn is different, but the bus is the same) Jim
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
Jim I thought all TI computers had one? But I am new to TI's never owned one when were new... just dealing with one in a museum environment now. In a message dated 10/30/2017 8:25:17 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On 10/30/2017 9:32 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > ok .. does this mean I can put lots of ti 99/4 software on thesd > card for people to play with in the museum? > Ed# Do you have a HexBus interface for the 99/4a? I thought all of them had it?
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
On 10/30/2017 9:32 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: ok .. does this mean I can put lots of ti 99/4 software on the sd card for people to play with in the museum? Ed# Do you have a HexBus interface for the 99/4a? Jim
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
ok .. does this mean I can put lots of ti 99/4 software on the sd card for people to play with in the museum? Ed# In a message dated 10/30/2017 7:06:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:14:41 -0500 Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech... > > At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing > it I saw an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40). > While I was investigating, the exhibitor (MillipedeMan aka Mark), > told me the machines were frustrating to use, as TI only supported > one communications method on the unit, a proprietary protocol called > HexBus, and produced very low quantities of very few peripherals that > work on the bus. Most frustratingly, they never producing a mass > storage device in any appreciable quantity, and there was no other > way to save programs written on the unit. > > Mark did note there was an eBay seller liquidating units, so I bought > a 2 unit combo from eBay before I left the show. > > Sadly, Summer happened, but I was finally able to get to the unit, > and started working on an SD-based mass storage device for the unit. > It was an interesting journey to learn a new protocol. > > The (development in progress) result is HEX-TI-r, the HexBus SD drive: > > GitHub source code is here: https://github.com/go4retro/HEXTIr > > Video of unit operating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5ahVCRdvM > > I don't have a project page up yet, but will work on that. > > Jim > Nice work, Jim. Thanks for the effort you've put into this. jbdigriz
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:14:41 -0500 Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech... > > At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing > it I saw an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40). > While I was investigating, the exhibitor (MillipedeMan aka Mark), > told me the machines were frustrating to use, as TI only supported > one communications method on the unit, a proprietary protocol called > HexBus, and produced very low quantities of very few peripherals that > work on the bus. Most frustratingly, they never producing a mass > storage device in any appreciable quantity, and there was no other > way to save programs written on the unit. > > Mark did note there was an eBay seller liquidating units, so I bought > a 2 unit combo from eBay before I left the show. > > Sadly, Summer happened, but I was finally able to get to the unit, > and started working on an SD-based mass storage device for the unit. > It was an interesting journey to learn a new protocol. > > The (development in progress) result is HEX-TI-r, the HexBus SD drive: > > GitHub source code is here: https://github.com/go4retro/HEXTIr > > Video of unit operating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5ahVCRdvM > > I don't have a project page up yet, but will work on that. > > Jim > Nice work, Jim. Thanks for the effort you've put into this. jbdigriz
Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive
> On 29 Oct 2017, at 17:14, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > > In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech... > > At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing it I saw > an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40). While I was > investigating, the exhibitor (MillipedeMan aka Mark), told me the machines > were frustrating to use, as TI only supported one communications method on > the unit, a proprietary protocol called HexBus, and produced very low > quantities of very few peripherals that work on the bus. Most frustratingly, > they never producing a mass storage device in any appreciable quantity, and > there was no other way to save programs written on the unit. > > Mark did note there was an eBay seller liquidating units, so I bought a 2 > unit combo from eBay before I left the show. > > Sadly, Summer happened, but I was finally able to get to the unit, and > started working on an SD-based mass storage device for the unit. It was an > interesting journey to learn a new protocol. > > The (development in progress) result is HEX-TI-r, the HexBus SD drive: > > GitHub source code is here: https://github.com/go4retro/HEXTIr > > Video of unit operating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5ahVCRdvM > > I don't have a project page up yet, but will work on that. Wow! Many years ago I bought a CC-40 on ebay for pennies, boxed NOS. I forgot about it for over a decade and found it again recently looking for other things, this could be an excuse to get it out and see if it still works :) Cheers, — Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards