Thanks James.
Glad its working for you. I do wish the Android version had all the TELCOM functionality of the Windows version but the Android platform has some limitations with serial ports. Its nice to carry a 16 gig TPDD in your pocket.
As a quick FYI, you can create a really small adapter/cable combo by using the slimline db9 to db25 adapters and then a slimline null modem (minus pin 1). I posted a picture of my cable a while back. Its about 9 inches in length and very portable.
Kurt
On Sep 2, 2016 3:18 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote:
Holy cow!!!
It was my cable! Dug out my other bought NULL modem cable and voila!
I'm so utterly chuffed! This is going to make using my TPDD really easy! A cable and my phone!
Awesome! Thank you Kurt, truly this will change how I use my M100. I do a lot of writing and the one hold up with the M100 was transferring text to the internet. Now I no longer need to pack a laptop, it's all on my phone!!
On 1 Sep 2016 4:59 p.m., "James Zeun" <[email protected]> wrote:KurtThat is one thing that Is different. I'm using a cable I made a while back for serial linking to my M100. It does work, but it's not my usual cable. I usually use a null modem cable, 9pin => 25pin. I'll know later tonightOn 1 September 2016 at 15:11, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote:Nexus 5 is fine, I've tested on a Nexus 7 and I think someone of the list has used a 5 so no issues there. If the cable is the same one that you use for the PC then it sounds like the adapter, but let me check the library I am using for serial communications to see.KurtOn Wednesday, August 31, 2016 11:25 PM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote:
Not sure on the brand, but I've used this adapter for several years to link my m100 and Acorn BBC Micro to my windows computer, so I know it works.I'm using a Nexus 5 with android 6.0.1.
On 1 Sep 2016 4:45 a.m., "Kurt McCullum" <[email protected]> wrote:James,No, you don’t need floppy.co. that’s only needed for systems that don’t have DOS in rom such as TS-DOS. Dropping the baud rate doesn’t do anything since TS-DOS will change it to 19200 when you try to go to DISK.Two questions. What type of phone are you using? And what brand of USB to serial converter are you using?Also, does the same USB to serial converter and cable work with the PC version?KurtFrom: M100 [mailto:m100-bounces@lists. bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of James Zeun
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [M100] Android mcommAlright, I tried the cable and at first nothing. I then dropped baud down to 38n1e, which is 300 kbs unless I'm mistaken. THEN i got hex appearing on my phone, but when I load TS-DOS and try to load DISK. It hangs, it does say disk not ready, instead it just sits there.Do I need the floppy.co file? Where do I find it?On 31 Aug 2016 7:38 a.m., "James Zeun" <[email protected]> wrote:KurtNope, no data appears on the screen.I'll try a different cable and let you knowOn 31 Aug 2016 5:28 a.m., "Kurt McCullum" <[email protected]> wrote:James,A couple things to try. First, use the full serial cable just to test the exact same setup that you have working on the PC. If that works, the DB9 to DB25 adapter has the wrong pinout.Second, Do you see any hexadecimal data appear on the mComm screen? If not, this could be caused by a bad cable or an unsupported usb to serial adapter. Do you know the manufacturer of the adapter?KurtFrom: M100 [mailto:m100-bounces@lists. bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of James Zeun
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 4:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [M100] Android mcommAlso should point out, I'm using the same USB to serial adapter that I use on my PC with mcomm.Only difference being that I'm using a db9 to db25 adapter on the end. Instead of a full serial blown cable.On 30 Aug 2016 10:42 p.m., "Kurt McCullum" <[email protected]> wrote:Hi James,There isn't much to using the app. Once it's installed on your Android device, attach your serial cable and press "Start TPDD Service". Once that has started, you should be able to use TS-DOS. Keep in mind that TS-DOS needs the DTR and CTS lines wired to work properly. The Android version is a bit more forgiving than the PC version as far as a cable goes. If you have a working cable for your PC, use it with the Android.I've tested the app with both a FTDI and an old Prolific USB to serial adapter.KurtOn Tuesday, August 30, 2016 12:40 PM, 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 guysMight 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 optionsHit F3 which means "Save"Type CAS:FNAMEwhere FNAME is the filename you want to Save-AsScroll 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 typeCSAVE "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 URLIf you are adding a file from Club100's file archive, it should work.b) Add Plain TextIf you paste text into the Add Plain Text window and click the button it should appear in your cassette files.c) Choose FileThis 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.--
