lol.

Do any payphones still exist?  And if they do, what in the world is left on
the other side to answer?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Shaun M. Wheeler <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I have used acoustic couplers on my M100 (at a public phone) just to say
> I've done it.
>
> I'll never do it again :)
> On Dec 2, 2015 4:08 PM, "Marko Peussa" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >
>>
>>

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