On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Peter Vollan <[email protected]> wrote:
> TS-DOS. I have a REXX installed. > Now I am just getting "drive not ready", I have tried LaddieAlpha as well > as dl. > When I declared victory, I had just sent a small text file from the > m100 to the linux laptop. So it did work, briefly. > > I believe drive not ready implies a problem on the "cable check" DSR/DTR line. Maybe the cable is not full null or not fully plugged in. Or maybe the DTR/DSR pin/signal has failed on the adapter or your M100. Another possibility is to run a patched version of TS-DOS which does not check DSR/DTR. My personal opinion is that the DSR check is the dumbest thing ever, so if you can disable it, do. But not everyone agrees with me. The only problem there is finding a patched version. If you make your own cable you can always loop back DTR to DSR at the M100 end of the cable solving the problem forever. -- John.
