Arcadeshopper has several variations of DVI cable, including two types
support the M100 (I made them all).
Unfortunately he doesn't have the items listed and described on his site
very clearly. I gave him pics and descriptions for each item but what he
put up on his site is partially jumbled and wrong.
That page linked below has a picture of a one-piece 100-only cable, and
a one-piece 102-only cable, and a written description of the three piece
100/102/200 cable kit.
If you have a Model 100, and don't have anything else, then your
simplest option is to get a 100-only cable.
That looks like this:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jpMZDomVrEdCzwxU6
And is in bags labeled "100", like that one in the pic on arcadeshopper.
If you have anything else besides a 100, or think you might some day, or
just because you want, you could get a 3-part cable kit that supports
everything, 100, 102, and 200. That looks like this:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SfL5cGaXUBDmwnzE9
Those are in bags labeled "100 102 200"
Note, in that kit, that male-male adapter is special. That's where the
"twist" happens, so if you get that, don't assume that you can just lose
that part and swap in any other normal male-male cable. It's just two
connectors soldered back to back, but what's not obvious is how it
intentionally messes up the pin mapping. Pin1 on one connector does not
connect to pin1 of the other connector.
Anyway just tell Greg you want a 100 DVI cable or a 100/102/200 DVI cable.
You can also buy all the parts and follow the directions I wrote up
which someone else already linked at tandy.wiki There' slinks to buy the
parts and pics to follow all together there. I tried to make it as
thorough as I could, but maybe the directions could still be improved
for clarity. Hopefully the pics trump any amount of unclear wording.
... huh, I see I haven't updated that with the 3-part cable directions.
Well that one is actually simpler to make, even though it's more pieces.
These pics should be enough to re-create the cable, and show how to use
it for all 3 models.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jy1hXhc3aSbkcaFr6
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bkw
On 11/9/19 5:03 PM, Chris Oliver wrote:
OK all — received the boot disk (from Arcadeshopper — thank you Brian
White!). Now one final issue. I have a Model 100. Apparently there
is a socket adapter that you need, which inserts on the bottom of the
unit inside the ROM compartment. I already have the DVI interface
cable, but of course now I don’t have the socket adapter. I’m seeing
this on Arcadeshopper, but I’m not seeing how this directly supports
the Model 100 without the adapter:
https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/Disk-Video-Interface-cable-kit-for-Models-100-102-200/p/141211030/category=28313042
Any guidance on bridging this final gap? Do I need an adapter, or
does the above cable kit somehow work?
Many thanks to all —
Chris
On Oct 26, 2019, at 5:11 PM, Chris Oliver <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
All,
I hate to be (likely) the 100th person asking for this — but I just
picked up a Model 100 with DVI, and I’m told that folks on this list
have the ability to generate 5-1/4” system disks for the DVI. Is
anyone willing/able to create one for me? Happy to pay for the
service and shipping, to make it worthwhile.
I see the files themselves at:
http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/DVI%20boot%20disk%20files
But physically creating the floppy from the .dat file is above my pay
grade — esp. given that I only have a Tandy Coco to work with (and
I’m guessing the disk format is different between the Model 100 and
the Coco).
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
