I found it tucked away on Club 100.  It's a fun little game to have in a
REX memory image.  I also found some images of the original packaging for
the cassette which is kinda cool too.  I might have to keep my eye on eBay
for one.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Kevin Becker <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd really like a copy to try.  The Color Computer community seems to be
> pretty fast and loose with old copyright abandonware but I don't know what
> people's thoughts are about it here.
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Chris Kmiec <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Unless there are any objections, I can share the .CO file here.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Kevin Becker <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is this available somewhere? I’d be curious to try an official Tandy
>>> video game on the M100.
>>>
>>> - Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 25, 2018, at 7:54 AM, Chris Kmiec <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> One thing I did manage to do last night though was to load one of the
>>> original cassette programs - a game called Starblaze 100 by Tandy from
>>> 1983. First time I've used a cassette to load a program in probably 30
>>> years!
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 6:47 AM, Chris Kmiec <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ha, cleaned with my disk cleaning kit...
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Fugu ME100 <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 😃
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Might need the heads cleaning?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris
>>>>> Kmiec <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:14
>>>>>
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive...
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a little above my pay grade :) I'm a software guy, and have
>>>>> learned just enough hardware skills to be dangerous. I'm spending my
>>>>> limited skills and time on troubleshooting the DVI original drive with
>>>>> blown caps while waiting for a replacement...
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Fugu ME100 <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> OK.  All the internal voltages on the drive are good?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris
>>>>> Kmiec <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:02
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive...
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that's the issue as the drive responds to commands, and
>>>>> I can see the head move. When trying to format a blank disk, it actually
>>>>> goes through the motions, and gets to the last track, before it fails.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 6:57 PM, Fugu ME100 <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I/O Error generally means the drive is not being seen on the serial
>>>>> port.  Does the serial port on the machine work?  Can you check it out 
>>>>> make
>>>>> sure it is working? Link to a PC and use TELECOM to a terminal program or
>>>>> try the new mcomm out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Could be a bad TPDD cable I had problems with mine it was not making
>>>>> good contact into the drive, I had to have it just in the right position 
>>>>> to
>>>>> work.  I stopped using it after that :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris
>>>>> Kmiec <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 24, 2018 23:46
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive...
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I have REX, with TS-DOS, and also tried the installation/bootup
>>>>> procedure from the manual. Didn't work either way - I/O Error. I looked
>>>>> over the board, and don't see anything obvious. Everything cleaned, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> My "big score" with a DVI, TPDD, and M100 has had an issue with every
>>>>> single component... At least it came with a ton of cables, manuals, and
>>>>> disks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless somebody can suggest anything else I can try, I'm giving up on
>>>>> the TPDD for now, too many things I'm working on, including getting the
>>>>> drive in the DVI to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Brian White <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The "M100SIG" archive contains a few programs just for dealing with
>>>>> the incompatibility of different dosses. There is at least one or two
>>>>> programs just for loading and unloading the dvi dos and a tpdd dos so you
>>>>> can switch between them without actually wiping and reinstalling each 
>>>>> time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is (on p. 7 of the TPDD2 Manual) a cryptic related reference
>>>>> that the utility disk can’t be used with a computer in conjunction with 
>>>>> the
>>>>> DVI, so maybe these can’t all be used at once,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> bkw
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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