Re: [M100] Hello!

[Ryan Fransen]

Lee, thank you.  That worked!

http://www3.telus.net/ryanfransen/m100.jpg

Thank you so much for the tip, greatly appreciated.  Now on to sorting out 
storage solutions.  I've read about a few different methods for storage on sd 
cards or similar.  I wonder which options are still available and/or 
recommended?

Ryan

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Lee Kelley  wrote:
> 
> At this point probably a full cold restart would do the trick.
> Turn off the memory switch on the bottom for a few minutes then turn it back 
> on then turn on the M100 I think that might just do the trick, assuming it 
> has at least 8k of ram installed and has the OS Rom in it.
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Ryan Fransen  wrote:
>> Hi everyone.  Being new to the group, and as suggested by John, I thought I 
>> would introduce myself.
>> 
>> I recently became the lucky owner of a M100.  This is the first time I've 
>> had a M100, so is a whole new world for me to discover. I couldn't afford 
>> one when they came out - The best I had at the time was a coco.  I am an old 
>> time SW Engineer, and currently have a M1 and a M3 in my collection.  Both 
>> have been fixed up and work beautifully, though I don't get too much of a 
>> chance to use them these days.
>> 
>> The M100 wasn't working at all when I bought it, though I hope to get it 
>> working and both use and write sw for it. I have since replaced the internal 
>> battery, and after giving it a good charge, when I turn the machine on I now 
>> get solid pixels on the display - all on.  At least some progress! I did 
>> find the service manual, though haven't had a chance yet to hook up the 
>> scope and see what I can find out.  Any and all help is greatly appreciated 
>> in getting this up and working.
>> 
>> Once working I will be looking for some advice on best techniques for file 
>> storage/transfer, though step one is to get a working machine.
>> 
>> Thanks everyone. I have enjoyed watching the discussions in this group and 
>> happy to see such a community for a great machine.
>> 
>> Ryan
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "I will never in my lifetime make a film that cannot be seen by the whole 
> family"  Arther P. Jacobs

Re: [M100] Hello / How I added Internal Bluetooth

[Stephen Adolph]

ah, so the line and character delay is a pretty severe limitation but
I can see how that works.

If you plug "bitchin100 getblue" into google you will find my notes on
what I've done with getblue.  It's only a monitor program but it can
bridge BT onto IP which is cool.  I've run across the wan to a TPDD
device pretty reliably.

steve

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Chris  wrote:
> Re flow control:
>
> The chinese bluetooth board is factory set to 9600 / 8bit / Parity None / 1
> stop bit.
> I left it as is as I'm not sure how to change it easily
>
> WINDOWS:
> I set the M102 telcom to match the Bluetooth at 88N1E
> I set Teraterm to match this - works both ways with a 10msec Char and 10msec
> Line delay
> This works fine both ways - I can DL and UL fine.
>
> ANDROID
> On Android I can find NO apps with a msec delay feature.
> Using "Terminal for Bluetooth" I can UL to android fine,
> but DL from Android has loads of skipped bits - no way to add a delay to fix
> it.
>
> There's too much I don't understand about GetBlue - no usable results yet.
> If you have any setup guidelines for GetBlue maybe post here?
> Can I use GetBlue to send and receive to a Telnet BBS via android internet
> connection?
> Other uses?
>
> All the best,
> Chris.
>
>
>
>
>
> M102 to Windows PC running Teraterm or similar
>
>
> On 24 June 2016 at 20:16, Stephen Adolph  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>> do you have any trouble with flow control on this rig?
>> I use GetBlue myself.
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Chris  wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > I have an M102 that I recently bought from ebay.
>> > I want to use my it as a distraction-free writing tool.
>> >
>> > I have added a bluetooth module internally:
>> >
>> > http://www.dx.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299
>> > using this method:
>> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehgradman/sets/72157603124164552/
>> >
>> > Everything works and I can upload and download files wirelessly over
>> > bluetooth via my  windows PC, and partially via my android phone.
>> >
>> > I'm currently looking for the best Android Bluetooth serial app
>> > to sync writing with the cloud.
>> >
>> > The best Android apps so far are:
>> > "Terminal for Bluetooth" by Next Prototypes:
>> >
>> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextprototypes.bluetoothterminal=en
>> > Works, but a but klunky, hard to manage files.
>> >
>> > I've been trying to use
>> > "GetBlue" by Tec-It
>> >
>> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tecit.datareader.android.getblue.demo=en_GB
>> > Expensive, but offers google docs sync (maybe) , TCP-IP and HTML
>> > connectivity - maybe offering wireless Telnet, email and other fun
>> > things.
>> > But I don't have the technical knowledge to understand any of the
>> > network
>> > protocols...
>> >
>> > I might write an android app to offer simple one click file transfer to
>> > the
>> > cloud, Let me know if anyone is interested and what you are looking for.
>> >
>> > Finally: After opening my M102 I am left with 3 small (3mm cubed)
>> > blocks.
>> > They appear to be keyboard holding clips - anyone know where they were
>> > supposed to be on reassembly?!
>> >
>> > Hello and Happy retro-computing to everyone,
>> > Chris.
>
>

Re: [M100] Hello / How I added Internal Bluetooth

[Chris]

Re flow control:

The chinese bluetooth board is factory set to 9600 / 8bit / Parity None / 1
stop bit.
I left it as is as I'm not sure how to change it easily

WINDOWS:
I set the M102 telcom to match the Bluetooth at 88N1E
I set Teraterm to match this - works both ways with a 10msec Char and
10msec Line delay
This works fine both ways - I can DL and UL fine.

ANDROID
On Android I can find NO apps with a msec delay feature.
Using "Terminal for Bluetooth" I can UL to android fine,
but DL from Android has loads of skipped bits - no way to add a delay to
fix it.

There's too much I don't understand about GetBlue - no usable results yet.
If you have any setup guidelines for GetBlue maybe post here?
Can I use GetBlue to send and receive to a Telnet BBS via android internet
connection?
Other uses?

All the best,
Chris.





M102 to Windows PC running Teraterm or similar

On 24 June 2016 at 20:16, Stephen Adolph  wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> do you have any trouble with flow control on this rig?
> I use GetBlue myself.
> Steve
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Chris  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have an M102 that I recently bought from ebay.
> > I want to use my it as a distraction-free writing tool.
> >
> > I have added a bluetooth module internally:
> >
> http://www.dx.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299
> > using this method:
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehgradman/sets/72157603124164552/
> >
> > Everything works and I can upload and download files wirelessly over
> > bluetooth via my  windows PC, and partially via my android phone.
> >
> > I'm currently looking for the best Android Bluetooth serial app
> > to sync writing with the cloud.
> >
> > The best Android apps so far are:
> > "Terminal for Bluetooth" by Next Prototypes:
> >
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextprototypes.bluetoothterminal=en
> > Works, but a but klunky, hard to manage files.
> >
> > I've been trying to use
> > "GetBlue" by Tec-It
> >
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tecit.datareader.android.getblue.demo=en_GB
> > Expensive, but offers google docs sync (maybe) , TCP-IP and HTML
> > connectivity - maybe offering wireless Telnet, email and other fun
> things.
> > But I don't have the technical knowledge to understand any of the network
> > protocols...
> >
> > I might write an android app to offer simple one click file transfer to
> the
> > cloud, Let me know if anyone is interested and what you are looking for.
> >
> > Finally: After opening my M102 I am left with 3 small (3mm cubed) blocks.
> > They appear to be keyboard holding clips - anyone know where they were
> > supposed to be on reassembly?!
> >
> > Hello and Happy retro-computing to everyone,
> > Chris.
>

Re: [M100] Hello / How I added Internal Bluetooth

[Stephen Adolph]

Hi Chris,
do you have any trouble with flow control on this rig?
I use GetBlue myself.
Steve


On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Chris  wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have an M102 that I recently bought from ebay.
> I want to use my it as a distraction-free writing tool.
>
> I have added a bluetooth module internally:
> http://www.dx.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299
> using this method:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehgradman/sets/72157603124164552/
>
> Everything works and I can upload and download files wirelessly over
> bluetooth via my  windows PC, and partially via my android phone.
>
> I'm currently looking for the best Android Bluetooth serial app
> to sync writing with the cloud.
>
> The best Android apps so far are:
> "Terminal for Bluetooth" by Next Prototypes:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextprototypes.bluetoothterminal=en
> Works, but a but klunky, hard to manage files.
>
> I've been trying to use
> "GetBlue" by Tec-It
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tecit.datareader.android.getblue.demo=en_GB
> Expensive, but offers google docs sync (maybe) , TCP-IP and HTML
> connectivity - maybe offering wireless Telnet, email and other fun things.
> But I don't have the technical knowledge to understand any of the network
> protocols...
>
> I might write an android app to offer simple one click file transfer to the
> cloud, Let me know if anyone is interested and what you are looking for.
>
> Finally: After opening my M102 I am left with 3 small (3mm cubed) blocks.
> They appear to be keyboard holding clips - anyone know where they were
> supposed to be on reassembly?!
>
> Hello and Happy retro-computing to everyone,
> Chris.

[M100] Hello / How I added Internal Bluetooth

[Chris]

Hi all,
I have an M102 that I recently bought from ebay.
I want to use my it as a distraction-free writing tool.

I have added a bluetooth module internally:
http://www.dx.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299
using this method:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehgradman/sets/72157603124164552/

Everything works and I can upload and download files wirelessly over
bluetooth via my  windows PC, and partially via my android phone.

I'm currently looking for the best Android Bluetooth serial app
to sync writing with the cloud.

The best Android apps so far are:
"Terminal for Bluetooth" by Next Prototypes:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextprototypes.bluetoothterminal=en
Works, but a but klunky, hard to manage files.

I've been trying to use
"GetBlue" by Tec-It
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tecit.datareader.android.getblue.demo=en_GB
Expensive, but offers google docs sync (maybe) , TCP-IP and HTML
connectivity - maybe offering wireless Telnet, email and other fun things.
But I don't have the technical knowledge to understand any of the network
protocols...

I might write an android app to offer simple one click file transfer to the
cloud, Let me know if anyone is interested and what you are looking for.

Finally: After opening my M102 I am left with 3 small (3mm cubed) blocks.
They appear to be keyboard holding clips - anyone know where they were
supposed to be on reassembly?!

Hello and Happy retro-computing to everyone,
Chris.

Re: [M100] We don't bite (often)

[Howard Pepper]

Anita,

I took my "Model T" on my last full Mediterranean cruise when I was 
in the Navy, late August 1986-March 1987.  I powered it with one 6VDC 
lantern battery for the entire time.  I mostly wrote small BASIC 
programs on it, to help pass the time after I got off shift, before 
bed.  The great thing about it was the small size.  I could easily stow 
it in my bunk locker (our beds, or "racks" were actually lockers.  They 
were about eight or ten inches deep, and the lid (with your three inch 
thick mattress) would lift up, giving access to several divided 
compartments and a drawer).


After we got back, I wrote a small loan payment calculation program 
on it in BASIC, and took my Model T with me when my wife and I went to 
buy a new car.  Really helped us nail exactly what we could (and could 
not) afford.


It was then, and still is, a classic little machine ;)

Howard


On 06/24/2016 12:56 PM, Anita wrote:

Hi everyone,

I've been here for a while now, reading. I'm just re-subscribing under a new 
email address.

I got into computers in high school in the early 80s, and have been recently 
taking a look back at the things I missed first time around, and came across 
the M100. Bought one off eBay and have been trying to write a few programs. 
Seems a classic little machine. I imagine it would have really been something 
to have!

Great to have such a friendly, knowledgeable board too.

Cheers, Anita



Sent from my iPad


On 24 Jun 2016, at 8:05 am, "John R. Hogerhuis"  wrote:

Hello Model T'ers:

I've noticed several new subscriptions to the list lately.

Welcome all! We endeavor to be a friendly, mostly on-topic list dedicated to 
the Model 100 and work a-likes.

When you get a chance please introduce yourselves. How did you come to the 
hobby, how do you use your model T, and of course if you are having trouble 
getting started please ask.

Cheers,

-- John.

Re: [M100] We don't bite (often)

[Anita]

Hi everyone,

I've been here for a while now, reading. I'm just re-subscribing under a new 
email address.

I got into computers in high school in the early 80s, and have been recently 
taking a look back at the things I missed first time around, and came across 
the M100. Bought one off eBay and have been trying to write a few programs. 
Seems a classic little machine. I imagine it would have really been something 
to have!

Great to have such a friendly, knowledgeable board too.

Cheers, Anita



Sent from my iPad

> On 24 Jun 2016, at 8:05 am, "John R. Hogerhuis"  wrote:
> 
> Hello Model T'ers:
> 
> I've noticed several new subscriptions to the list lately.
> 
> Welcome all! We endeavor to be a friendly, mostly on-topic list dedicated to 
> the Model 100 and work a-likes. 
> 
> When you get a chance please introduce yourselves. How did you come to the 
> hobby, how do you use your model T, and of course if you are having trouble 
> getting started please ask. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- John. 
>