If using minicom to move over BA/DO files be sure to do ASCII transfers, unless you've loaded sxm.100 or another XMODEM compatible telcom enhancement that is.
- Lee - 909.437.0250 - Destroying technology problems. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > I think what we need is a video showing TS-DOS (preferably in ROM) or > mcomm in action; I don't know why anyone would want to fool with terminal > programs these days (especially at 300 baud ;-) with so many better > alternatives around unless there were a special reason. > > As John pointed out, LaddieAlpha (the 'server')works with all three > platforms. > > For actually logging into a 'NIX system (as opposed to transferring file) > HTERM is a Telcom replacement that uses hardware handshaking to get around > XON/XOFF issues (and run faster). > > BTW, AFAIK you can't transfer 'real' .BA files with terminal programs or > the method below, only plain text .DO versions (although of course they may > be confusingly mislabelled as .BA) That's caused a lot of confusion and > crashes if they're not renamed during the transfer (although I believe > LaddieAlpha also takes care of that issue.) > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Roger Mullins <[email protected]> > *To:* Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 10:59 AM > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Questions regarding Full Null Modem Cables, specif > Serial to USB > > That cable should work fine for you - all I do is go into BASIC on the > M100 and type > > new > load"com:38n1e" > > ...then launch minicom on my Linux box and use 'send file' and select the > .BA (or whatever) file that I've downloaded. Actually I just realized I've > never tried it in reverse but I suppose that would work as well. > > > -Roger > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Paul Bucalo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Roger, what I want to accomplish at this time is what you are doing. I >> download a slew of programs from old archives and I haven't a means of >> getting them into my M100 with the hardware I have now. Today I will order >> the Belkin cable. At $2 bucks and shipping it's worth having around. >> >> I appreciate all the comments and suggestions offered up here. >> Resurrecting my M100 is totally about spending time in the past. I don't >> need this to work for any project or importance. The M100 was my first >> working computer. It was the late 80s. I was a Property and Casualty >> Insurance Agent in a small agency, looking for an automated means of >> contact management. It worked. It worked well. So I look forward to playing >> around with the options given. It's not the destination that I look forward >> to, but how much I can learn on the way there. Forward to the Past! :) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Roger Mullins <[email protected]> >> To: Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> >> Sent: Fri, Apr 28, 2017 3:11 am >> Subject: Re: [M100] Questions regarding Full Null Modem Cables, specif >> Serial to USB >> >> Right, that's what it takes for minicom to work properly. My distro is >> actually a hard drive install of Puppy - I have an ancient HP laptop and >> Puppy was the only one that could find my particular Broadcom wireless >> adapter. >> >> Anyhow, that cable works great for no more than I do with it, which is >> basically transferring downloaded files to my M100. >> >> >> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Daryl Tester <[email protected]> >> Date: 04/27/2017 9:06 PM (GMT-05:00) >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [M100] Questions regarding Full Null Modem Cables, specif >> Serial to USB >> >> Roger wrote: >> >> > I also use Linux, running minicom to communicate with my M100 on >> > ttyd0. From the command line: >> > >> > rm /dev/ttyd0 >> > ln -s ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyd0 >> > minicom >> >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:33:59 -0400, Paul Bucalo wrote: >> >> > You said you are also using Linux. What flavor of Linux are you >> > running that uses ttyd instead of ttyS for serial devices? I only >> > know >> > of BSD/*nix that uses that device designation. >> >> I think he's done that for minicom default reasons, not Linux reasons. >> You can override it (of course) to point at whatever device you like, >> the caveat being that USB serial devices tend to dynamically jump all >> over the place (unless there is some udev magic). >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Daryl Tester >> Handcrafted Computers Pty. Ltd. >> > >
