[feature] Could you please support EA5 files through url parameters?

[Fabrizio-Caruso]

Could you please support EA5 files through url parameters?

This would allow people to have the emulator on a host, which they do not even manage or own and keep the binaries in their repository (which may also get updates).

This is what I already to thanks to Antonino Porcino's emulators for several computers (C64, Vic20, Laser500, etc) and WebMSX (for the MSX).

For example this is how I can make my games playable online and automatically updated when I update my git repository: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB/blob/master/docs/GAMES.md

I am looking for a similar solution for the TI99.

[Rasmus-M]

Hi Fabrizio,

It should now be possible to load your games by adding a cartUrl parameter, like this:

https://js99er.net/#/?cartUrl=http://tigameshelf.net/Files/Emu/bnp_8.bin

It's using a very basic proxy to download the file, so the URL must point directly to the file (no redirects or other trickery).

Rasmus

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 at 20:56, Fabrizio Caruso @.***> wrote:

Could you please support EA5 files through url parameters?

This would allow people to have the emulator on a host, which they do not even manage or own and keep the binaries in their repository (which may also get updates).

This is what I already to thanks to Antonino Porcino's emulators for several computers (C64, Vic20, Laser500, etc) and WebMSX (for the MSX).

For example this is how I can make my games playable online and automatically updated when I update my git repository: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB/blob/master/docs/GAMES.md

I am looking for a similar solution for the TI99.

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[Fabrizio-Caruso]

Hi Rasmus

Thanks for your reply. It does not work with my EA5 binaries. I tried with: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB/releases/download/trexBETA/XTREX1

and the same URL with just http instead of https.

I get invalid URL.

I build EA5 files so XTREX1 also requires XTREX2 (at the same location).

The location is a direct one (GitHub repository).

Fabrizio

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Hi Fabrizio,

It should now be possible to load your games by adding a cartUrl parameter, like this:

https://js99er.net/#/?cartUrl=http://tigameshelf.net/Files/Emu/bnp_8.bin

It's using a very basic proxy to download the file, so the URL must point directly to the file (no redirects or other trickery).

Rasmus

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 at 20:56, Fabrizio Caruso @.***> wrote:

Could you please support EA5 files through url parameters?

This would allow people to have the emulator on a host, which they do not even manage or own and keep the binaries in their repository (which may also get updates).

This is what I already to thanks to Antonino Porcino's emulators for several computers (C64, Vic20, Laser500, etc) and WebMSX (for the MSX).

For example this is how I can make my games playable online and automatically updated when I update my git repository: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB/blob/master/docs/GAMES.md

I am looking for a similar solution for the TI99.

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[Fabrizio-Caruso]

Your latest solution does not work with EA5 from a GitHub repository.

I tried with: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB/releases/download/trexBETA/XTREX1

and the same URL with just http instead of https.

I get an error about invalid URL.

I use EA5 files so XTREX1 also requires XTREX2 (at the same location). How do I tell your emulator which files it should load when several are required. Do I have to put all XTREX1 in a single binary file? How?

[Rasmus-M]

No it doesn't work with EA5 files since they are not cartridge images (notice that the parameter is called cartUrl). EA5 files need to be loaded onto a disk, then the Editor Assembler cartridge must be loaded, option 5 must be selected, and the name of the first file must be entered. I'm not going to add automated support for that process.

[Fabrizio-Caruso]

Hi,

I have seen that there is a tool to package EA5 images into an auto-loading cartridge (that would require a 32k memory expansion). Would that work with your emulator? How? Would I need to pass some additional parameters for the memory expansion?

Fabrizio

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No it doesn't work with EA5 files since they are not cartridge images (notice that the parameter is called cartUrl). EA5 files need to be loaded onto a disk, then the Editor Assembler cartridge must be loaded, option 5 must be selected, and the name of the first file must be entered. I'm not going to add automated support for that process.

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[Rasmus-M]

There is no need to pass any parameters since 32K is the default. And if the user has disabled it, and if you use the tool I posted on AtariAge to generate the cartridge image, the loader will tell the user if 32K is not enabled, so they can enable it. Note that EA5 files also require 32K.