Ha! I just saw your reply! Thanks all the same buddy!
On 30 Aug 2016 8:33 p.m., "James Zeun" <[email protected]> wrote: > John, as the title of my email suggests. was asking about Kurt's Mcomm > android app. > > On 30 Aug 2016 7:52 p.m., "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:20 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey guys >>> >>> Might sound silly, but could someone walk me through using this app. >>> I've got the TS-dos rom installed via Rex. But it says disk isn't ready, >>> when I try to access disk drive. >>> >> There's no virtual TPDD drive in CloudT. >> >> You can launch TS-DOS but at this point pretty much TS-DOS is only useful >> for RAM file management since it's not connected to any kind of disk drive. >> So you can use TS-DOS to rename and kill RAM files. >> >> I may eventually add a TPDD emulation that will back to Google Drive >> and/or browser local storage. >> >> In the meantime, the way to get your files into and out of CloudT is the >> "fake cassette" >> >> So if you're in TEXT and want to save a text file, just save it to >> cassette. >> >> Hit LABEL to see your options >> Hit F3 which means "Save" >> Type CAS:FNAME >> where FNAME is the filename you want to Save-As >> >> Scroll CloudT to bottom of screen, you should see your cassette file pop >> up there. >> From the list you can download to local which should let you "share" the >> file with Google drive (assuming you have that App installed). >> Alternatively, if you are logged into Google Drive (there's a button >> right under the main window for that), once your file pops up in the fake >> cassette list, you can click the cloud upload button and that will save >> directly to your Google Drive. >> >> >> If you're in BASIC and you want to save a file, you type >> >> CSAVE "FNAME" >> where FNAME is the name you want to save the BA file as. >> >> To load files into CloudT, you have a few options: >> >> a) Add URL >> If you are adding a file from Club100's file archive, it should work. >> b) Add Plain Text >> If you paste text into the Add Plain Text window and click the button it >> should appear in your cassette files. >> c) Choose File >> This should let you pick a file from your local machine. On Android, I >> think it should let you pick from Google Drive by launching the Google >> Drive app. Not sure about that. It's system dependent >> (Android/iOS/OSX/Windows/Linux) what Choose File does. >> d) Use Google Drive file picker to stage a file. This will pop up the >> Google Drive web interface from which you can select a file. >> >> Whichever method you choose, the file if successfully processed will >> appear at the bottom of the page (at present, at least, you will need to >> scroll down to view the list). >> >> Once it is in the list, you can use CLOAD to load the file into the Model >> 100 file system just as if the file were on cassette. The file at the top >> of the list will be the next one to load when you type CLOAD. >> >> Most applications can pull files from cassette. If you're not typing >> CSAVE/CLOAD from the prompt you generally need to prefix the filename with >> CAS: >> >> >> Let me know if any of that doesn't make sense. Probably the next big >> thing I'll do on CloudT is to add HTML5 / Angular Material fanciness. And >> then, documentation. At this point the UI is rough, undocumented but >> functional. >> >> -- John. >> >
