My experience with the WP-2 is that LaddieAlpha works very, very well and supports everything I tried (including the 'copy all files' command). After specifying the com port on the command line, add the parameter '8' so that LaddieAlpha supports 8.2 character filenames (I forget the exact details, but I think I ended up with some filenames padded with spaces if I left it at 6.2 character support). The command would then be something like 'laddiealpha com2 8'.
I don't remember what happened when I tried using the WP-2 with mComm for Windows, but with mComm on the Android platform it definitely has problems. I can copy a file to mComm from the WP-2 (I use this when mobile to back up notes I've taken) but of course they can only be put in the root of mComm's data folder, and I am pretty sure it doesn't work if the filename is longer than 6.2 characters (it's been a long time since I tried, and I keep my filenames to 6.2 for compatibility). Attempting to list the directory or copy files out of mComm into the WP-2 is very limited... as soon as you start to scroll down the list of file names turns into six repetitions of the file name at the bottom of the list, and you can sometimes copy that file into the WP-2, but you can't scroll back up the list, and you definitely can't descend into subfolders. (Having said that, I haven't tried with LaddieAlpha to see if the WP-2 supports folders there - I bet it doesn't.) Another thing to note with the WP-2 is that the file format is proprietary. Model T .DO files are plain ASCII text with the MS-DOS/Windows line terminator sequence (CR LF). While Linux and other Unix-type systems (including MacOS 10.x) use a single LF line terminator in text files, the WP-2 does what the OLD non-Unix MacOS (9.x and older) used to do, and uses a single CR line terminator. On top of that, the .DO files have a proprietary header and embedded formatting information in them (see http://bitchin100.com/files/wp2/wp2format.html). I've made a small shell script to strip that and give you just the text of the file, but you can also save a document as plain text within the WP-2. This will make a .DA file which is plain ASCII, but still with a single CR line terminator, so I have another shell script to turn that back into CR LF (for Model T or Windows compatibility) or single LF (for Linux/Mac/etc)... Actually I have several scripts for handling different cases. They're not complex (leveraging tools like sed and grep) but they have embedded control characters so I can't exactly paste them here in the email. (I'm still hoping to get a personal library folder on club100.org, whoever looks after that...) jim From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt McCullum Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 15:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] status of the m100 I think that LaddieAlpha is a better bet when trying to work with a WP-2. Not having a WP-2 myself, mComm has never been tested with it. I have heard from one person who said it worked, but two others who say it didn't. Odds are it doesn't work properly. If you do go the mComm route, make sure whatever cable you use matches the one in the manual. Kurt On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, at 2:59 PM, Nick Shaner wrote: CloudT looks cool! Thanks for the replies, love reading the forum. Thinking I may have to go TPDD route. I did see a null modem to usb cable and a usb adaptor to use for MComm on android: Would this be an easier way to transfer text? What about a WP-2: is this the same serial transfer as the Model T? Thanks All On Aug 26, 2019, at 10:44 PM, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: An android phone (or TV Box) can be setup with the mComm app to emulate a TPDD emulator. But no known solutions for iPhone. http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Android Here is a picture of what I use 95% of the time. The three floppy disks are there for size comparison. Sadly, the only way to make this portable is with an external battery. I've done that, but I'd rather use my Android phone when I want to go mobile. Kurt <KIMG0062.jpg> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Nick Shaner wrote: Pardon my potential ignorance but could this option be used in conjuntion with an iphone to transfer text from the Model T to, say, the notepad app? I apologize if this is too off topic Still have not found an easy (for me) option for transferring text off of the TRS-80 (am interested in the machine for its portability and the excellent keyboard) > On Aug 26, 2019, at 3:51 PM, Serhiy Sosonniy > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, Willard > If I understand correctly, you digitized all your tapes? Could you maybe > share them? I found it is way more convenient to just connect M100 to a > smartphone by audio cable and upload needed software than to fiddle with > terminal software and cables.
