Welcome Stephen! If possible acquire a REX. It will come with the best DOS, TSDOS in ROM.
There is really only one type of rex available right now for 100/102. What kind of computer do you have? That will dictate the tpdd service to use. -- John. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 8:58 AM Stephen Pereira < [email protected] wrote: > Hello folks, > > This past week, I became the proud owner of a Tandy Model 102 in excellent > shape - 32K RAM, and Multiplan in the Option Socket. > > For the past few days, I’ve been familiarizing myself with it. I can > attach to a terminal emulator on my laptop, and I’ve been able to transfer > ASCII .BA files into the M102 as .DO files, load them into BASIC, and see > them go. I am aware of both the Club 100 site and the Bitchin 100 site, > and I am trying my best to learn about what options might still be > available for extending my machine. > > Recently, while lurking here on the list, I saw the mention of something > called CPM REX that may actually be coming out soon? Please tell me more! > > I am quite confused about the things I see, like Rex, Remem, Sardine, > NADS, and so many DOSs! > > Much of the information I’m seeing seems to be made for folks who already > know what’s going on, so It’s been difficult for me to tell what way I may > want to go - and of course if that device is actually still available any > more. > > So here’s my first call for help: Can anyone point me to a concise > description of what system extensions are actually still available, and > what they do? Also, if it may be best to wait a bit and simply go with > that CPM REX? Thanks in advance. > > In the back of my mind, I wanted to try out machine language… I found that > one can transfer .CO files using XMODEM. Yesterday, I spent time pulling > in a couple of the XMODEM.BA programs from the Club 100 Telecom Library, > and got them each to go. I then attached to my terminal emulator that has > XMODEM transfer capability and I thought that I’d be all set, but no. The > first thing I tried was to transfer XMODEM.CO back up to my laptop, but > when I gave the file name to XMODEM, it abruptly cancelled the upload. The > same thing with both of the XMODEM programs that I tried. I was able to > transfer ASCII files using one of the other encodings, so I know that I had > a good setup. I’m not doing something right, but I cannot figure out what > it might be. > > FYI, the two programs I pulled from the Club 100 Library were: XMODEM.BA > and XMDPW5.BA. I was able to transfer each of them into my system, and > then run the .BA program to create the .CO program. then running the .CO > program was wht gave me the problem in both cases. > > Thanks in advance for any advice or pointers that you may have to offer! > > smp > - - - > Stephen Pereira > Bedford, NH 03110 > KB1SXE > > >
