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Welcome to the 2014 Edition of the CTIUG Faire disk.
BETORI & CARTRIDGE MANIPULATOR:
These two folders have TI cartridges and the Manipulator programs.
DIMENSIONS SERIES LINKS:
Internet links to the "Dimensions" video series that was on the
2008 Chicago Faire disk.
HFE-HXC FLOPPY EMULATOR:
The PC program for converting .dsk to .hfe format.
Also does other conversions.
LIBRARIES:
These are Libraries of many disks,such as:
the ALTMAN fairware library (221)
the BCS library (111 files)
the DGC library (49 files)
MODULES (26 files)
the PLATO library(467 files)
TI DISKS (81 files)
and the TIGERCUB library (519 files!)
All have the prefix "lib" to identify them as such,
and are in .dsk format.
NUCLEAR PHYSICS:
A different outlook on Nuclear Physics geometry , called Magic Numbers,
from Blaze Labs, in .PDF format, is included.
TI "DISKS" IN .DSK FORMAT:
Some of these files were on the 2013 Faire disk, but now have been
renamed from *.tidisk to *.dsk for use in the CF7+ (and Nano PEB)
and the HXC Floppy Emulator. These two devices are GREAT for reducing
the number of physical floppies of large collections, and archiving
them on CD/DVD, etc. These two devices, however, use two entirely
differnt ways of organizing files on them, one on Compact Flash, the
other on SD card. In addition, the CF7+ must use the MSW program
"TI99Dir.exe" as the ONLY program that can write to, and read,
Compact Flash cards for CF7+ use. Any other file manager will say:
"card not formatted". The CF card only has to be formatted once, FAT32,
before use with TI99Dir.
The HxC Floppy Emulator from Lotharek, for use in the P-Box, must have
its files converted from *.dsk to *.hfe, with its own MSW program called
"HxCFloppyEmulator.exe". This is its own proprietary format, not just
a simple renaming of the suffex, as I found out by experiment. At least
it can do batch conversions on its own, and any file manager can move
its files.
"Ti99Dir" is included, as well as "HxCFloppyEmulator.exe", in their own
folders for you to experiment with.
(NOTE: Both programs work in Linux on Wine)
All files have been sorted in alphabetacal order into groups of around
25. Navigating higher numbers is cumbersome in the HxC, which can,
however, support levels of directories.
Only the .dsk files from two collections that have been available online
are on this disk, from the "MESS 130" and the "Various 1376" collections,
as: "Split MESS 130" and "Split Various 1376", now Split into
alphabetacal order.
"TI Gameshelf" is darn near all the game files available at this site
in *.dsk format, sorted by type and in alphabetacal order.
The above collections, already converted to .hfe format, for use with
the SD card Floppy Emulator, are available on a seperate disk.
These will probably keep you busy for a while . . .
VIDEOS:
The Chaos series is part 2 of the Dimensions math series that was on
the 2009 Faire disk. It takes up the majority of this DVD, 3.7 gig!
The files are in that newfangled *.mkv format, and have multi-language
subtitles built-in.
VLC video player for MSW is included in the Chaos folder if your
computer cannot play Matroska Video.
A review of the TI Explorer program, by Craig Miller. Shows how
to really see the inside workings of the TI.
Finally, I found one of the "missing" YouTube videos showing the
very rare "Advertizer" cartridge in action. This cartridge was
included on the 2013 Faire disk, along with all available info.
Note: Saved YouTube webpages will not play the video! They are included
for the information about the video. Viewers comments, when listed,
are usually informative.
FIBONACCI:
It wouldn't be a Faire disk without some info about the famed
mathematician's work. Included is an illustration of the
Fibonacci spiral in .JPG format.
E-mail me for requests for earlier Faire disks.
Victor Steerup, President, Chicago TI User's Group
chitiprez@sbcglobal.net