I still make them from time to time. there are other options as well.
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 2:43 PM Stephen Pereira < stephen.m.pereira...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, and thanks very much for the welcome. > > I get it: “If possible, acquire a REX.” > > How do I go about that? Does anyone on the list make them anymore, or > does anyone on the list have a stash of them, that they might like to sell > one? > > Please let me know ASAP! I’m ready to purchase! > > I use a Macintosh MacBook Pro laptop as my computer, so on the laptop > side, I’ll need a drive emulator that will work on the latest Mac OS X > 10.14.3. > > Thanks again for your attention! > > smp > - - - > Stephen Pereira > Bedford, NH 03110 > KB1SXE > > > On Jan 27, 2019, at 1:40 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > 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 < > stephen.m.pereira...@gmail.com 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 <http://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 <http://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 >> <http://xmodem.ba/> and XMDPW5.BA <http://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 >> >> >> >
