I can't seem to find TSLOAD.... can someone point me in the right direction?
Tom Wilson [email protected] (619)940-6311 K6ABZ On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:57 PM Joshua O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 10:07 AM Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> file transfer software is at the top of my list. Is TS-DOS the best >> option? Are there any really useful modern custom ROMs that add fixes or >> features, like the Y2K century fix? >> > > The REX should apply a Y2K fix, even if you don't do the hardware mod for > ROM replacement. There are a few other ROMs with application software on > them, most available from the Wiki at > http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REX#Option_ROM_Images_for_Download > with > the exception of SARDOS, which Kurt uploaded to the member library at > http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=nom&directory=Kurt%20McCullum > > I am using the fixed TS-DOS "4.10" (that works with multiple pages of > files) that was posted to the list recently, loaded from TSLOAD in RAM. > I was previously using TEENY because of the RAM footprint of keeping TS-DOS > (a.k.a. DOS100.CO) available at all times, but when Kurt posted a working > TSLOAD the other day I switched to keeping that installed instead. I > couldn't find the program anywhere on the Internet, so it was a great > boon! With TSLOAD, you keep the DOS100.CO on "disk" and just run TSLOAD > to start it off the disk whenever you need the to use the UI. It's a nice > way to limit the weight of the DOS in memory when you don't have a DOS in > ROM. > > As a relatively new user, this was kind of an interesting journey to go > on, especially since all the latest and greatest bits aren't really all in > one place, and while there's heaps of documentation out there it's pretty > fragmented and sometimes assumes a bunch of prior approaches that people > aren't using as much. When my REX shows up, I'll go through it all over > again to learn what ROM I want to use on a primary basis. My T102 is for > using! > > I'm definitely curious what kind of software and ROM loadout folks use on > a daily driver basis. > >>
