Welcome aboard Dave! This is an awesome community here with very helpful and knowledgeable folks so you're in the right place for sure. :-) I'd like to hear more about your packet setup once you're up and running. I pondered trying to do something along those lines myself but there's practically no VHF/UHF packet activity in my area. Are you planning on working that or HF or both?
Looks like the other guys have already hit your specific questions, but as to #5 - I think somebody already pointed you toward the 'member files' area of Club 100 but I wanted to make sure you check out these folders in particular: Ron Wiesen - http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?PHPSESSID=hkgrvrjv6sjko613ap1oil57f5&direction=0&order=&directory=Ron%20Wiesen Randall Shreve - http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?PHPSESSID=hkgrvrjv6sjko613ap1oil57f5&direction=0&order=&directory=Randall%20Shreve I use Ron's LOG program in my shack (if you're reading this, Ron, awesome piece of software - thx!!!). You just can't beat it; I can haul my Linux laptop out into the field and get maybe an hour of logging, tops, provided I remember to dim the screen, or I can pop a fresh set of batteries in the M100 and log contacts all day long. It's a simple matter to shoot the log.do file back across to my 'main' PC when I get home, and I just treat it like any delimited file (it uses the | character) to import it into Excel. Have fun and hope to catch you on the air someday! 73 de KM4WVE / Roger On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Dave Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > > > This is Dave from Utah and I am new to this group and to a “T”. I > purchased two TRS-80 Model 102 with 24K of memory from Ebay and they should > arrive next week. I do a lot of public service Amateur Radio work using > Packet Radio Terminal Node Controllers and have been using a laptop PC. > The really long events require hauling a generator to keep these running > SO….. > > 1. I am hoping to run the packet nodes from a “T” using a terminal > program running 9600 baud with 8,N,1 settings. I believe I will need a > null modem cable to do this and some commands to set the serial port > correctly. > > 2. I would like to carry some DOCs on the 102 with me which means I need > to get files to/from the PC and the 102. I hope to find something easy to > do this. > > 3. How much value is finding and installing the extra 8K of memory? Are > there other ways to extend the file storage? > > 4. I see they have an internal NiCad battery. What happens if it can’t > hold a charge? How hard are they to replace? Where do you get them? > > 5. Any utility programs or other diversions you might recommend? > > > > My first computer was a Commodore 64 That I had for a long time. I then > had an Apple 2 PC with I think 128K of memory. My next PC was an Epson > with a hard drive (cost over $2500 in 1986 dollars). > > > > Thanks for any help you might give me and I am excited to take a trip back > in time….. > > > > Dave > > >
