Those cables are hard to find. However, a good alternative is to buy a modem and connect it to the M100 RS-232 port by a RS-232 cable. Plenty of modems on ebay.
Note also that M100 screen is rather slow, and going for higher speeds may mess up the display, although file transfers should be fine. Another alternative for the really, really hardcore ones is to use an acoustic coupler. These are also available on ebay, but they are a bit expensive. The speed on a coupler is limited to 300 bauds, I think. I have one but haven't had the time to test it yet. Anthony Coghlan <[email protected]> kirjoitti 1.12.2015 kello 4.02: > They seem quite hard to find online. Club 100 lists phone / modem cables as > being available through their catalog (http://www.club100.org/catalog.html) > for about $10 + shipping. I haven't ordered one yet myself, though I'd like > to do so for similar reasons, as well as just for the fun of being able to > logon to a classic BBS with a great little machine... Would bring back > memories of how blazingly fast I thought my 9600 baud modem was in grad > school. :) > > Best wishes, > Anthony > > > > On Monday, November 30, 2015, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply Marko. Since it sounds like I could indeed use the > > modem to dial in to transfer files, I tried to look on eBay to see if I > > could find a modem cable for sale. However I cannot seem to find one, does > > anyone know where I might be able to find one for sale? > > Thanks again for all your help! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Marko Peussa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This would have been my suggestion, too. After all, "Cloud storage" was > > available already in the 80's... > > Here's the current dial-up BBS list: > > http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/dialbbs.htm > > I would advise to login first using telnet, with something that supports > > VT100 terminal type. Then go to your prerences in the BBS and choose "tty" > > as terminal type, and set screen lenght to 16 or so. In this way you can > > get rid of all the fancy stuff. Only then dial in with M100 and message > > your file to yourself as a private message. Then login back with your > > modern computer, or smartphone, by telnet for example. And read your > > private message. > > I've had success with Synchronet-based boards, although they do not support > > the 40 character line width. Others might work as well. > > > > > > [email protected] kirjoitti 25.11.2015 kello 17.37: > > > > Thanks for the reply everyone. Since the computer has a dial up modem I'm > > wondering if perhaps there is some kind of service still around in the > > states where I could dial in, upload the file, and then retrieve it from my > > modern day mac? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:07 AM, Doug Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Ken, > > > > I hear you loud and clear, and your health is the number one priority - May > > I offer a thought. > > > > I would be happy to take the orphans off your hands to make them work for > > club members - I know I'm in Australia, but I would be happy to haul them > > here, make what I can work, and distribute them (with discounted shipping) > > > > Just so you are aware, I am the owner of DougsWordClocks.com, and I have > > all of the appropriate test equipment and reflow soldering gear to make it > > work. > > > > Just a thought :-) > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > On 11/25/2015 6:36 PM, Ken Pettit wrote: > > > > Hey Guys, > > Yeah, I've been in and out of the hospital a lot the past several months > > and haven't been spending any time on Club100 (or several other things). > > I'm WAY behind on even getting to email. > > NADSBox is basically not being sold any more. I have maybe 13 enclosures > > left and a handful of PCBs, but each of them has slight issues from where > > the China manufacturer had some yield issues. It would take me about 5-6 > > hours minimum each to get those PCBs in a workable state (assuming I could > > even get them working). Because of this and the fact that leaning over a > > lab bench worsens my angina pain, it isn't likely I would be able to get > > more NADSBoxes out anytime in the near future. > > I am thinking about a couple of different replacement devices, though > > getting them development poses similar issues as the NADSBox. > > Ken > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Michael Caronna <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Is the NADS box still being sold? I sent an enquiry to club100 a while > >> back but never heard back. > >> -Mike > >> > >> On Wednesday, 25 November 2015, Rob Scrimgeour <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> The absolute easiest way is with a NADS box. > >>> http://www.club100.org/catalog.html > >>> > >>> Rob S > >>> Victoria, BC > >>> Canada > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> >From: John Graf <[email protected]> > >>> Sender: M100 <[email protected]> > >>> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:05:46 > >>> To: Model 100 Discussion<[email protected]> > >>> Reply-To: Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: Re: [M100] Question > >>> > >>> It would be fun to know the modern answer, too. I've tried various cable > >>> converters from serial to USB, without much luck. The last time I made it > >>> work flawlessly was with my Mac SE, using the original Mac pin printer > >>> cable (which was a null modem cable) back in my newspaper days. The Mac > >>> side used Mock Terminal, which we also used to operate our modems. > >>> > >>> My most recent attempt, some years ago, also successful, was with a > >>> serial to USB cable and some version of Z-Term, but on a Mac OS 9 system. > >>> Never could make it work with my OS X machines. Using a Terminal emulator > >>> on OS X I believe is different than the Terminal software resident on the > >>> new Macs. If it can be used as a Comm terminal, I never understood how. > >>> > >>> Truth be known, while it is fun to use the M100, I've gotten to like my > >>> MacBook Pro, on which I run my entire media business, and do all my > >>> writing. I even use my old iPad 2 for things like answering this email, > >>> though the "screen" keyboard it isn't much good beyond the alphabet. Too > >>> many hoops to jump through just to get numbers and other characters. > >>> > >>> The best solution appears to be those developed by several on this list, > >>> like the NADS box, and a couple of other solutions, which escape my > >>> memory. If you haven't already, check out Club100.org. > >>> - - - - - - - - - - > >>> John Graf > >>> > >>> > On Nov 24, 2015, at 9:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> > I was wondering what is the easiest possible way for someone with very > >>> > little technical knowledge to export text files from a trs 80 model 100 > >>> > to a Mac OS X laptop? Any help would be appreciated, thanks! > > > > > > > > -- > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Doug Jackson > > > > <b>Dougs Word Clocks.com Pty Ltd</b> > > ACN: 159 352 753 > > > > 35 Fred Lane Crescent, Gordon, ACT, 2906, Australia > > > > em: [email protected] > > ph: 0414 986878 > > web: www.dougswordclocks.com > >
