Thanks for letting me join the list. I need some help from the resident experts.
I have a M102 with installed DIAL-A-ROM with option F (TS-DOS 4.10) selected. CALL 63013,1 OK. Backpack+ in the serial port seems to work OK. I recently acquired a Brother FB100 of unknown provenance which I was told is an (almost) equivalent to TPDD. It came with a DB9F-DB25M cable with level shift, a power wart, a spare belt but nothing else. The FB100 has 4 unlabeled solder pads in place of dip switches. I plugged the M102 and drive together and powered up both. I put a DSDD disk in, selected TR-DOS from the main menu. Selected F4 (Disk) and got a flash of the access light and a couple sec of motor noise and a not unexpected NOT FORMATTED. Did F5 (Frmt) and got INSERT DISK PRESS "Y" TO BEGIN. I did and then nothing. What did I get wrong? Do I need IPL.BA? Do I need to program the solder pads? What is FLOPPY.CO? Any hope for this or should I toss it in the "It didn't work out pile"? George
