Thank you for giving it a whirl Jim.  Hopefully it is now "solid".  I have
it running beside me now. ;)
So, you did the BCR hack as well? nice.

I have the "hack" installed on one of my T102s.  Works the same but (1) the
schematic is a bit different and (2) there is a missing ground on pin 5 of
the BCR port of the T102.  So  you need 2 straps instead of one.

I must admit - I really like having a 15 inch LCD hooked up to the T102.
adds a lot.  Too bad most option roms can't use it.

However, one might. I think that ROM2/Cleuseau could be made to work, with
a bit of effort.

Anyhow, that might be the 2021 activity - sorting out how to get ROMs to
work compatibly with VT100.

Steve


On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:47 PM Jim Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Regarding the firmware for the MVT100 video adapter, I have updated the
> > firmware to address the scroll issue with TEXT.   I've done some
> > "designer testing" and it looks good.  Of course I always appreciate
> > test reports, thanks.  Really helps me to conserve time.  ( you would
> > not believe how much time I have been dumping into my projects since
> > Covid).
> > [...]
> > Good luck with the upgrade, and let me know how it goes.
>
> Hooray!  Some brief testing with a few .DO files shows that TEXT works
> great backscrolling even with the label line turned on!  Excellent!
>
> Loading the upgrade worked very well.  The one note I might add is to
> remind people that loading the new firmware reverts the saved config
> settings back to default.  This might be obvious to some but I took a bit
> to clue in - I was baffled (and a little scared) when I brought it back to
> my M100 and it wouldn't output anything after the bootup message!  I'm
> using the BCR hack so it was just a matter of setting the baud rate back to
> 57600; most people will need to set it to 19200 and re-enable the RS232
> signal invert.  (Oh, and if you use the composite output, or even if you
> plan to try it in the future, change it from PAL to NTSC so you won't be
> stuck wondering why it doesn't work...)
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