FYI, the internal modem is only 300 baud.
On 30 November 2015 at 20:02, Anthony Coghlan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>
