This reminds me of a project I've seen recently for the Amiga, where it
uses a FTDI VDIP1 dev board, and plugs into an amiga Parallel port. A
device driver on the Amiga side, and you have a USB Thumb drive based hard
drive for about $40 in parts.
here's more about that project:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=76866
(I need to make one of these)
-s
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Joseph Remy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Haha! I almost mentioned tape! I just received my cassette cable in the
> mail the other day! :D
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Howard Pepper <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> And would most definitely score max retro points ;)
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>
>> On 03/31/2016 08:03 AM, Marko Peussa wrote:
>>
>>
>> CCR-81 cassette drive:
>> - portable, extra batteries available from any shop
>> - storage cassettes available from shops and thrift stores
>> - no need for linux or any software skills
>> - user friendly interface, great for beginners
>> - uses standard cassette drive cable, or alternatively a DIN adapter cable
>> - Large size, not easily forgotten on the coffee shop table
>>
>> ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> kirjoitti 31.3.2016 kello 14.42:
>>
>> between a pi and an android phone.. I pick android.
>>
>> the Pi has some issues
>> 1) it has no safe on/off switch. you can't simply power it down!
>> 2) it is not portable. You will forever be tethered to a power source
>> 3) linux. You have to be linux savvy to use it. period.
>> 4) needs a "non trivial' cable solution.
>>
>> An android phone however... now that is convenient.
>> * fundamentally portable
>> * slick packaging, robust, durable, flexible etc.
>> * built in connectivity options
>> * needs a wireless cable (IE BT)
>>
>> Kurt found a great BT serial module for ~25$
>> A cheap android phone can be easily obtained...we've only built about a
>> billion of those in this world.
>>
>> Anyhow both are neat options. Both work. Both leverage (1) large scale
>> hardware manufacturing (2) large scale software development projects. Both
>> require talented people to do the custom work to bring it together as a
>> storage solution for M100.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 4:39 AM, VANDEN BOSSCHE JAN <
>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I know, the answer is NO. It's not as simple as you hope it
>>> would be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Because you have to realise that the Model T's are, by today's
>>> standards, really primitive computers. There is not even a Disk Operatin
>>> System build in. The only thing that even resembles a DOS, is the
>>> communication with a TPDD. But even if it's dressed up as a disk system, it
>>> basically is a communications protocol over a serial port with another
>>> serial device. Actually, not like a common DOS at all.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Integrating a disk - and of variable size - into that means that you
>>> have to translate the commands from the rudimentary communication protocol
>>> of the Model T towards file commands that apply to this disk/ram device.
>>> No simple task if you have to do it all by yourself, i.e., if there is no
>>> underlying OS to wich you can pass commands to.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have the impression that a lot of people didn't understand what an
>>> engineering masterpiece NADSbox is/was. It translates the TPDD protocol and
>>> creates its own disk-access protocol towards an SD-card, so that this can
>>> even be read by other computers. Basically, he wrote a mini-DOS into a
>>> purpose-build computer. There are not many people in the world who could
>>> have done thàt, I think.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On top of the software, there's the hardware. You need to get the
>>> signals from a serial port, through the translating process, towards an
>>> SD-card or a flashdrive. Again, that is not too simple, though there,
>>> luckily, you can use industry standard components. But you still need a
>>> skilled engineer - like Ken - to put it all together with the controller,
>>> the interpreting and translating software, to make a working unit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The NADSbox did all this, custom made. The price was steep,
>>> understandably, but it was still only the cost of the hardware, I don't
>>> think Ken made any profit from it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Basically, to be able to use any modern storage via a Model T, you need
>>> a computer in between to make it work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To avoid building the computing element from scratch, why not use one
>>> off-the-shelf ? And that's where the Raspberry Pi comes in. This computer
>>> is as powerfull as an iPhone. You have an operating system to handle disk
>>> operations, and you have USB and SD-card ports. The only thing you need now
>>> - and that's still easier said than done - is a link to the serial port of
>>> the Model T, and the translating software. But because you are working in a
>>> real computer, the translating software can be an adaptation of software
>>> that already exists. Like LaddieAlpha.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You see that, by using a Pi, you reduce software and hardware effort
>>> considerably.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am working on using an old Pi as a TPDD. Just like with my DOS
>>> station, I intend to write an article and post it to the Wiki.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Everyone, feel free to correct any gibberish I might have mentioned
>>> above.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * |\ _,,,--,,_*
>>>
>>> * / ,`.-'`' **._ \-;;,_*
>>>
>>> * |,4- ) )_ .;.( `'-'*
>>>
>>> * <---''(_/._)--'(_\_)*
>>>
>>> *Jan Vanden Bossche @ work*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* M100 [mailto: <[email protected]>
>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Duane Adrian
>>> *Sent:* woensdag 30 maart 2016 14:45
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* [M100] Could you use a USB portable flash drive as an
>>> alternative device to stores files on a Model 100 ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was wondering if you could use any USB Flash drive to save files.
>>> Maybe have some software written for it so the Model 100 would understand
>>> it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I heard of the NADSBox and Raspberry Pi. But the NADSBox is expensive
>>> and I am not sure if it is available anymore.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As for Raspberri Pi. It is $35 dollars. I have even seen one for $15.
>>> Even a CHEAP one for $5. But I am not a very technical person or software
>>> programmer or hardware engineer. I am just a basic user and owner of a TRS
>>> 80 Model 100.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any suggestions or opinions that I can get.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Duane A.
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