Welcome Matt, I have be a member and reading the wealth of info available through the Model-T community for over a year. I have found enough on-line info to keep me busy for weeks straight. But only play and learn a few hours per week now. If you are patient enough to read through it all, almost EVERYTHING you could want to know is available. I am in of favor the new group on Facebook as Public out-reach, Not as the repository of info.Club 100 has been doing a great job collecting and preserving this knowledge for years. I hope it continues to be the GO-TO spot! Sharing the information from the Club 100 site and mail list repositories on other groups doesn't harm anyone.Starting a Yahoo or other group could help spread the word about these wonderful little machines. Any how: THANK YOU!! Bruce James for helping to spread the word! The name of the group is: Retro portable pcs and Palm tops wince It can be viewed at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/858125747631200/ I am not saying you should use the site, but I am saying I can't see any harm in people doing so. BTW: It is NOT specifically dedicated to M100 or Model-T computers. Perhaps there should be a Facebook group that is? But it might reach more people that are unaware of the Model-T if it ISN'T a Model-T specific group! >end
Steve Ranft Savage, MN Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 07:46:56 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [M100] Null Modem Cable Hi folks, I am brand-new to both the mailing list and to Model T ownership. I did not become aware of these machines until just a few months ago when I was watching some vintage computer reviews on Youtube and came across a video review of the Model 100. I became fascinated enough with the machine that I finally purchased one off of ebay and have been absurdly distracted by it since it arrived earlier this week (much to the chagrin of my wife). Anyway, I have been spending a great deal of time on the club website in order to learn the best way to get started with the machine and determine what the best setup might be for a newbie like myself. While I continue working through that process, I thought that a good starting point might be a null modem cable so that I can connect with my Linux-based netbook. I already have an unused USB-to-serial cable, and a DB25 male connector, so I went out on Amazon in search of a DB9 female connector. I discovered that the price of the connector was almost the same as a completed null-modem cable and was wondering if a prefabricated cable (such as this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000083K2R/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3QIIL8OEWJF44&coliid=I36MV5UPCCATS9&psc=1) would work with a Model 100, or if the cable described on the club website is wired in a way that is different than these prefabricated cables. Thank you in advance for any direction that you can provide to me. J Matt Edwards
