I was starting to work on an Arduino-based SD card alternative to NADSbox. I got lost trying to get the TPDD communications protocol working on it, then I lost time to work on it due to life getting in the way of hobbies. This would have been a DIY device you could build that would cost a bit less than NADS but require more effort on your own part, and without much of the T's DOS integrations.
-s On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't MCOMM the best alternative going? > > you need > * android phone > * serial cable or BT adapter > * MCOMM app loaded on phone. > > > given the universality of android.....going to be hard to beat that > approach. > > > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 5:34 PM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd not heard of this device, sounds pretty interesting. Do we have any > idea > > on cost? Or when it might be available? > > > > I have a TPDD, not checked to see if it works yet. > > > > On 26 Mar 2016 9:11 p.m., "Jan-80" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> NADS isn't cheap, I know. I didn't buy it, not because I couldn't, but > >> because I didn't have the use for it. > >> There are plenty of alternatives, mostly based on emulating the Tandy > PDD. > >> For some inspiration, see > >> http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Model_T_File_Transfer > >> Basically, a lot of computing devices with a number of OSses can > emulate a > >> TPDD, and can be used to store files, and to exchange these with other > >> computers. > >> > >> Anyway, you surely knew this. > >> > >> There is a new development going on, that basically will re-unite all of > >> the NADSbox functionality, but will not be based on a unique design, but > >> will be based on the famous raspberry Pi. This little 35$ computer will > >> provide the processing power, and a little Pi-hat card will provide the > I/O. > >> Some programming and voilà, a functional and powerfull TPDD emulator, > with > >> extra functions. > >> > >> This was announced a few weeks/months(?) ago. I am looking forward to > it. > >> I hope it will as good as it imagine it to be. Haha! > >> > >> -- > >> Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > >> Jan-80 > >> > >> On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:21:40 +0000 (UTC), Duane Adrian wrote: > >> > >> As an owner of a TRS 80 Model 100. Is there another alternative than > >> using a NADSBox. > >> I am sure there can be another alternative in storing files, besides > >> floppy disk and tape media. > >> Any suggestions. Alot of Model 100 users do not have the MONEY to buy > the > >> NADSBox. Plus it is hard to get one if someone needs to get one. > >> Ken is a regular of this list, but has busy periods and life intrusions > >> like the rest of us. > >> > >> I think the NADS run has completed, and it was deemed uneconomical to > make > >> another run. Probably best to consult the list archive for that > reasonably > >> recent discussion. > >> > >> > -- Scott Lawrence [email protected]
