Hello everyone! I recently bought the Backpack-Plus for the M100, and I
LOVE the thing. I want to thank you Jeff Birt/soigeneris for making this
wonderful device to help keep these classic machines alive!
That said, I'm having an issue getting it to work properly on my
REXCPM-powered M100. Fortunately the Backpack works fine on my normal
M100 so I figure the Backpack isn't the issue, but every time I try to
run it on TS-DOS on my REXCPM'd M100, I get a "device not ready" error
albeit after working only once beforehand.
I read the instructions and tried to adjust the timeout/sleep settings
to something like 5 minutes via the CLI, but that didn't affect it. I
also read the "Use with CP/M-100 and REXCPM", but that's just the
initial installation instructions. I also saw the suggestion of using
TS-DOS v4 or higher, but that also didn't have a positive effect.
Finally, a saw the paragraph on page 45 about making sure that the LOOP
switch is set to LOOP in order to ensure TS-DOS keeps the Backpack-Plus
awake, but neither that nor power cycling the Backpack-Plus woke it up.
So I'm at a loss on what I can do to get it working. I went through the
M100 mailing list archive, and it sounds like other REXCPM users haven't
had any issues using the Backpack... so I suspect that maybe I'm doing
something wrong. I'm open to any suggestions, and I thank you ahead of
time for your help!
--- Philippe
- [M100] Backpack-Plus with REXCPM help Philippe Van Lieu
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