Glad to hear it's working in the 102.. What I have heard is that you have to totally cold boot the 100 to get it to work if you have used any other rom software or bank system with it.. Try that!
Greg On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:31 PM James Keith Houston < james_hous...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Greg, > > I received my REX from you over a week ago, and was able to install the > REX on the M102 just fine, working great, but the M100 wouldn't finish the > "call" command, and I would try reseating, checking the pins, being very > careful to be grounded, so on. Treated the M102 just as carefully, and > voila, REX took perfectly. Set time, date, etc. , after making some command > mistakes. John Hogerhuis and Kevin Laskowski maintained those commands in > Basic were the same in REX, I proved them right!! > > I'm very encouraged about the REX module, on adding more programs, even > Tiny OS files I've found online that some have put on the M100, M102, & > other units. > > I was surprised to learn that Microsoft decided against putting the > original MS Works on the M100, instead putting the low profile ROM files > for productivity. WOW! When I had a retrofitted TRS80 Model 1 in the > 1990's, I had a 8088 to Z80 converter to run MS DOS files, and CoCo's that > emulated Windows, & Apple Mac's plus OS9. > > FreeDOS can be minimized somehow, but REX has a TS-DOS that I need to > re-acquaint with commands, and revisit MS Basic from Radio Shack, which I > had forgotten. > > Thanks, Mr. McGill for providing the REX to breathe new life in my > shop-worn M102. My M100 looks almost new out of the box, but have no idea > what happened with the REX not running the "call" command all the way > through. I'm usually determined to see an install to the very end, but at > least had the M102 to succeed. > > *James Keith Houston* > > 404-259-3453 Cell > > 129 Remington Ln > > Acworth, GA. 30101 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of Gregory > McGill <arcadeshop...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:01 PM > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:* [M100] REX and rom bank > > Had a customer let me know he couldn't get his new REX to work in his 100 > with 'rom bank' I assume any modifications to the option ROM socket would > not work with the REX. Is there exception to this or am I correct? > > Greg >
