teeny works with most, maybe all tpdd servers. I use it almost exclusively with dlplus myself. the dlplus package actually includes teeny and a teeny-installer.
It's actually fairly convenient once you've done it once or twice so you don't actually have to read and think about all the prompts. On Sep 20, 2017 3:44 AM, "Jim Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I put this together this morning. It's a DO file that will create > > TSLOAD.CO on a 100/102. The Windows version of mComm or any terminal > > program can inject this into the laptop by selecting the file and then > > going into BASIC and typing "RUN "COM:98n1e". (19200 Baud) > > This is awesome! This means I can now recover from a cold reset without > having to fetch the disk drive and cable. > > I played around with it a bit today and noticed one thing: the TSLOAD.CO > it creates works fine but is one byte oversize because the value for P2 is > too large by one. With that fixed, the file is written out as the right > size, and you don't need to subtract one from P2 in the FOR loop in line 50 > anymore: > > 50 A=P1:FORI=0TOP2:READB:POKEA+I,B:NEXT > 100 DATA 56400,525,56400 > > > I would have to create and injector for the Android version of mComm to > > Oh please oh please oh please :) > > > make this work. But I tend to agree with John and others that perhaps > > TEENY is a better route for injecting a small TPPD client. TSLOAD may be > > less that 1k in size but it allocates the full size of TS-DOS when > > installed. So you end up loosing 5-6k by loading a loader that is less > > than 1k. > > I have to admit that I had completely failed to notice how much space was > being occupied when I was originally playing around with bootstrapping from > the TPDD2. I had always assumed that having TSLOAD.CO in RAM rather than > the full DOS100.CO was meant to save memory space by loading DOS100.CO > from disk every time, but it seems like TSLOAD.CO reserves space for > DOS100.CO to temporarily load from disk (whereas launching from something > like UR-2 prompts you to temporarily change HIMEM at load-time). Checking > it again by wiping my m100 today, I see I lose 7092 bytes after > bootstrapping TSLOAD.CO from the original disk, which is the size of the > executable plus 6560 bytes. It seems like it would be better if there were > a way to directly bootstrap DOSxxx.CO into a blank model T which only needs > 5700-ish bytes and then you have everything you need on-board. > > You're right, this does kind of stink from a memory usage point of view, > but if you want to run TS-DOS and you don't have a ROM to launch it from, > you don't have many choices... unless TEENY has subdirectory support (ie. > working with mComm). I thought it only understood the actual TPDD/2 drives. > > > I did manage to find TSLOAD for the 200 but I will have to convert that > > later. > > I'm expecting a 200 in the mail (someday), so that'd be super when you get > a chance as I only have the TS-DOS floppy for the 100. Not sure if the > Tandy Utility Disk can load FLOPPY onto a T200 or not. > > > > > > > > jim >
