I haven't tried an M100-to-PC connection in ages, and that was done through the use of Disk+. For now, I would like to access the hundreds of .DO, .CO, and .BA files I have downloaded off the Web, now residing on the main Linux workstation in the network. The primary server and NAS are both headless, so my intent is to connect the M100 to a workstation that has access to the server. I can move the file over to that workstation, making it the exclusive 'go-to' for the M100, or copy over from the server only what is needed at the time. Whatever works best, easiest, and for the time being, with the least amount or no cost at all. It would be great to have access to one or more YT videos showing how to use the applications discussed in this thread. At any rate, I will look into what's been mentioned, and I appreciate the cons and pros presented here.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Stein <[email protected]> To: Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Apr 28, 2017 11:33 am Subject: Re: [M100] Questions regarding Full Null Modem Cables, specif Serial to USB 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 To: Model 100 Discussion 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.
