Yes, that was the drive belt I used also if I recall, made by Russell Industries. I can’t find my old purchase info from eBay, but it was about $9 at the time. (I think Brian mentioned that price as well.) It was so nice to see the drive come to life!
Best wishes, Anthony All on the list: any tips on reliably using the bar code reader? Thanks. I’m threatening to inventory our pantry if I can get it working, though my wife doesn’t think that’s such a practical application... :) On Friday, March 2, 2018, Fugu ME100 <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the one I used. There might be more local equivalents, I think it > was a pretty common VCR belt in the day. > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-5-IC-Flat-Rubber-Replacement- > Belt-for-VCRs-and-More-FRW8-5-NEW-/332567541128?hash=item4d6e91f588 > > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-5-IC-Flat-Rubber-Replacement-Belt-for-VCRs-and-More-FRW8-5-NEW-/332567541128?hash=item4d6e91f588> > 8.5" IC Flat Rubber Replacement Belt for VCRs and More - FRW8.5 - NEW | > eBay > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-5-IC-Flat-Rubber-Replacement-Belt-for-VCRs-and-More-FRW8-5-NEW-/332567541128?hash=item4d6e91f588> > www.ebay.com > Flat rubber replacement belt, for VCRs and other electronic equipment. > Inside circumference: 8.5". | eBay! > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Scotty > Brown <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 2, 2018 04:50 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Bar code reader with REX > > On the TPDD2 belt replacement - did you order something specific (that I > can then also order :) ) ? > > Cheers, > > Scotty > > > On 2/03/2018 14:33, Anthony Coghlan wrote: > > Recently discovered that a few gadgets in my “collection” work well or > > could work with a little effort, and I have been having fun with > > those: an old Apple ImageWriter (a beastly tank, but great through > > the serial port), a TPDD2 that I had never been able to test until I > > replaced the totally deteriorated drive belt over the holidays, and a > > bar code reader for which I was finally able to download the drivers > > (thanks to REX with TS-DOS, and MComm). > > > > The bar code reader puzzles me, though. First, does anyone have > > experience using one with REX installed? Is there any > > incompatibility? Could I be creating a memory conflict between the > > driver and REX? I don’t have much experience with managing machine > > language programs on the M100, or M102 in this case. Just seems that > > when I try to run the bar code reader program “as is” or following the > > instructions in the BCR manual, with REX installed, the computer hangs > > up. Upon restarting, I end up with TS-DOS still in memory (if I > > recall correctly) but not REX Manager. I’ve had very little success > > with BCR - basically read one bar code a handful of times, but the > > device seems to be in perfect shape. ANY tips would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > > Best wishes, > > Anthony > > > > > >
