As an additional cable option, I have this and used it with my M100 no problem. Both with an Android Set-top box and with a Windows PC.
It is a direct connection. No adapters needed. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KYR6B1G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 From: Tom Wilson Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] New (again) Model 100 owner And on cables: I use Amazon. I have several cables in my kit, but the set I use most is just a standard DE-9 serial port and a DE-9F to DB-25M null modem cable. That ends up being pretty long, but that does let me position my 102 pretty far away from my PC when I’m transferring files. I also have a REX installed. That is super handy, as it lets me switch between different application ROMs and save active memory off to flash memory on the REX. With that feature, I don’t need to go back to my PC often, as it keeps the Tandy pretty self contained. On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:43 PM Carlos M. Nunez, M.D. <[email protected]> wrote: To answer the question of what I envision doing with the Model 100… The computer serves two purposes for me, the first being nostalgia. As I mentioned, the Model 100 was my second computer, and I sometimes just like to mess around and mentally time travel to my youth and the formative years in my tech journey. I also like to code a little and mess with hardware a little. I like to write simple programs in BASIC to teach myself things, and I’m learning Assembly Language on my CoCo. I’m also a bit of a tinkerer and maker. I like to build circuits and robots and gadgets, mostly on the Arduino platform. I have recently begun assembling my own PCBs with old school EPROMS that plug into the CoCo cartridge slot and can run programs or hold data. I 3D print a lot of the non-electronic parts I use. All of that being said, I am somewhere between novice and competent in most of the things I’ve listed. Now I have a few more simple questions to get me started… 1. Are there any recommended sources for a null modem cable? I would prefer the PC end to terminate in a USB plug, so I believe it will require a serial to usb converter somewhere. Also, any good online information and/or tutorials that walk through the null modem cable file transfer stuff? 2. Aside from this mailing list, are there any other good Discord servers, subreddits or forums that are active? I am already on the Slabtop Computer Discord server, so looking any others. 3. Is there a new/different OS available for the Model 100? Do you have to swap out the rom chip to do this? Thanks in advance! -- Tom Wilson [email protected] (619)940-6311
