Can't guarantee I'll find time to have a good look at it (can't even find my Android phone at the moment ;-) but I'm definitely interested if you want to send me a beta JIC.
m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt McCullum" <[email protected]> To: "Model 100 Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 7:26 PM Subject: [M100] Beta Testers needed > I'm about a week or two away from having a beta version of mComm for the > Android phone platform. I've got a rough version running right now but > I've still got some work to do on deleting and renaming files. I've > tested it with both an FTDI usb to serial adapter and several very old > Prolific USB to serial adapter. Neither tye requires drivers since they > are included with the latest Android OS. Both plug into the bottom of my > phone through a micro USB to standard USB adapter. The cable is a > standard USB to 9 pin serial port, run through a slimline 9 pin Male to > Female Null modem cross over adapter, and then run through a standard 9 > to 25 pin adapter. It works really well. > > Here's the goal for the beta version > Full TPDD1 support > List/Read/Write/Delete and Rename files (Almost done) > Full support of the Sardine dictionary. (Done) > Support for loading TS-DOS through the Ultimate Rom or Sardine Rom (Done) > Support for loading the Ram version of Sardine through the Ultimate Rom > (Done for 200, missing files for 100 & NEC 8201) > > Once the beta version is stable I will add TPDD2 directory support. > > Obviously to test this you will need an adapter to go from Micro USB to > regular USB. Those are really cheap on ebay. If ordered from the US they > are about $1.60 and from China it will cost you less than a buck but you > have to wait for shipping. You will also need to know how to side load > an Android APK install file since I don't want to put it up to the > Google Play store until it's ready. Email me if you are interested. > > Kurt
