Hi Desi,
Desi Villaescusa wrote:
> 1: Is there a good character to add to the end of my BASIC programs when I
> transfer them? ("." is working, but if there is a more apropriate one)
If you're copy/pasting your basic files into putty, you need to press
Ctrl+Z after you pasted (or typed) the BASIC code.
That will send the proper EOF character (ASCII code 26) and you won't
have to kill anything or have an error message.
But be careful to not directly append the EOF to a text file
containing your basic source because if you later try loading it using
TR-Dos and a proper transfer software (mcomm or laddie alpha) that
would corrupt your M100 RAM filesystem (I think recent versions of
laddiealpha would strip it for you but don't quote me on this).
> 2: I take it I need a new USB serial adapter? I probably should be able to
> do more
> than 600 baud??? Recommendations?
I think the problem is your serial cable and or
nullmodem/genderchanger adapter, not the USB-serial adapter. There is
a schematic in the mcomm manual which worked for me.
(you'll find it on this page:
http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=1&order=mod&directory=Kurt%20McCullum
)
You need some pins to be connected, and some others to be unconnected
(I had to drill into my gender changer adapter to make it work at full
speed). If you don't have the correct pin to pin mapping, it will
"kind of work" but you'll have issues at high speed (also on some
machines you may notice the contrast will decrease dramatically as
soon as you connect the cable to the M100).
While searching for the mcomm link, I found this wiki page that may be
useful to you (I didn't tried it) :
http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Diagnose_DTR/DSR_and_RTS/CTS_issues
> 3: Is there a program to de-tokenize an M100 BASIC program? I have found
> some BA files that are tokenized, and I am thinking detokenizing them might
> be the easiest way to transfer them over?
The easiest way would be to use a real TPDD emulator on your PC, like
mcomm or laddiealpha and something like TS-DOS on the M100. A search
on the list will give you everything you need to know about those, but
keep in mind they may not work at all until you have a proper cable.
Good luck!
Eric
PS: I just seen John has replied some of your questions already, but I
already typed this so please excuse the small overlap with his reply
:o) )
