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] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Ha, cleaned with my disk cleaning kit...
Chris
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Fugu ME100
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
😃
Might need the heads cleaning?
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*From:* M100 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> on
behalf of Chris Kmiec <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:14
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
OK. All the internal voltages on the drive
are good?
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*From:* M100
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
on behalf of Chris Kmiec <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:02
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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 :)
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*From:* M100
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
on behalf of Chris Kmiec
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Saturday, March 24, 2018 23:46
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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
