Re: [M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available
Very Interesting Birt! For the NEC PC-8300 the LCD cable is different? My Wish is to make somehow an Adapter, so the old PC-8201 LCD Modules could be connected to NEC PC-8300. As i understand, only the connector is different and PC-8300 LCD utilize 2 newer SMD ICs instead of "Thru Hole" ICs in the PC-8201 -- Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen ExPLIT IT Solutions Pawel Radomychelski -Original Message- From: bir...@soigeneris.com Reply-To: m...@bitchin100.com To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: [M100] T102 KB and LCD cables now available Date: 05/07/23 15:45:18 As I mentioned a few weeks ago I had been hunting for replacement FFC cables for the T102 KB and LCD. Ones of the correct length and pitch are available from Mouser, but the MOQ was 1,000 pieces! After a lot more searching, I found some I could get in smaller quantities. The original cables have an extra strip of 1/8” (3mm) plastic stuck to the back side of each end to make it thick enough for the connector. After some more searching I found some self-adhesive UMHW tape and painstakingly applied it to both ends of each new cable, so they are direct replacement for the original. Of course, the problem still remains that sometimes the connectors themselves go bad and are much too tight and can damage a cable (new or old). I’ll be testing some replacement connectors in the near future. The link to the cables on my website: https://www.soigeneris.com/flat-flex-cables-ffc-for-t102 Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
No, I think it was my fault. I missed out the “ [m100dvi]” you listed at the start of the FF.CFG file on your email Josh. I’m currently making a couple of blank images now to hold saved data & basic program. Thanks again for your help! Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 15:53, Josh Malone wrote: I suspect the issue may be cskew=1 which is missing from my CFG. Grimakis is also using interface=shugart (vs. mine using 'ibmpc') so that will require the different drive number jumpering (effectively swapping 1 and 0 -- LFILES 0 might have worked) Yeah, everyone should use Grimakis's files and ignore what I posted :) -Josh On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 10:45 AM Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Success I copied the CFG files from Grimakis GitHub and they worked!! I’ll now puzzle back and see what I had missed in my original CFG files, but for now I’m really delighted to have it working. Thanks guys for all the help!! Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 15:37, Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: I checked my CFG files and they match and I made sure to keep the file name the same on the img file you provided, but I’m still getting an error. When I just have the Gotek drive installed I get the error “In Drive0 is NOT a SYSTEM DISKETTE” If I configure the Gotek as drive 1 and boot from the floppy, I’m ok until I try and do a directory of drive 1 (LFILES 1) and then I get the error “?AT Error” Puzzling Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 14:51, Josh Malone mailto:josh.mal...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and for responding in here :) Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that. -Josh
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
I suspect the issue may be cskew=1 which is missing from my CFG. Grimakis is also using interface=shugart (vs. mine using 'ibmpc') so that will require the different drive number jumpering (effectively swapping 1 and 0 -- LFILES 0 might have worked) Yeah, everyone should use Grimakis's files and ignore what I posted :) -Josh On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 10:45 AM Gary Wilkinson wrote: > Success > > I copied the CFG files from Grimakis GitHub and they worked!! I’ll now > puzzle back and see what I had missed in my original CFG files, but for now > I’m really delighted to have it working. Thanks guys for all the help!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 8 May 2023, at 15:37, Gary Wilkinson wrote: > > I checked my CFG files and they match and I made sure to keep the file > name the same on the img file you provided, but I’m still getting an error. > > When I just have the Gotek drive installed I get the error “In Drive0 is > NOT a SYSTEM DISKETTE” > > If I configure the Gotek as drive 1 and boot from the floppy, I’m ok until > I try and do a directory of drive 1 (LFILES 1) and then I get the error > “?AT Error” > > Puzzling > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 8 May 2023, at 14:51, Josh Malone wrote: > > > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson > wrote: > >> Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked >> a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so >> must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others >> have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and >> for responding in here :) >> > > Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live > Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments > there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that. > > -Josh > >
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
Success I copied the CFG files from Grimakis GitHub and they worked!! I’ll now puzzle back and see what I had missed in my original CFG files, but for now I’m really delighted to have it working. Thanks guys for all the help!! Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 15:37, Gary Wilkinson wrote: I checked my CFG files and they match and I made sure to keep the file name the same on the img file you provided, but I’m still getting an error. When I just have the Gotek drive installed I get the error “In Drive0 is NOT a SYSTEM DISKETTE” If I configure the Gotek as drive 1 and boot from the floppy, I’m ok until I try and do a directory of drive 1 (LFILES 1) and then I get the error “?AT Error” Puzzling Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 14:51, Josh Malone wrote: On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and for responding in here :) Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that. -Josh
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
I checked my CFG files and they match and I made sure to keep the file name the same on the img file you provided, but I’m still getting an error. When I just have the Gotek drive installed I get the error “In Drive0 is NOT a SYSTEM DISKETTE” If I configure the Gotek as drive 1 and boot from the floppy, I’m ok until I try and do a directory of drive 1 (LFILES 1) and then I get the error “?AT Error” Puzzling Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 14:51, Josh Malone wrote: On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and for responding in here :) Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that. -Josh
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson wrote: > Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked a > question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so > must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others > have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and > for responding in here :) > Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that. -Josh
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and for responding in here :) Sent from my iPhone On 8 May 2023, at 12:09, Josh Malone wrote: I recently converted a DVI for Tandy collector. There was a fellow on this list (I think) who had compatible images but in the end, the collector I was doing the conversion for supplied working images on a drive. I've posted it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfH6ro03RoDosoi5P2CNwRaErn-vftOV/view?usp=share_link The image, however, is only part of the trick: you also need lines in FF.CFG and IMG.CFG (You are running "FlashFloppy" on your Gotek, right?) FF.CFG: interface = ibmpc host = unspecified pin02 = nc pin34 = nc And IMG.CFG: [m100dvi] cyls=40 heads=1 secs=18 bps=256 h=0 Then make sure all your DVI images use filenames ".m100dvi.img" so that they pick up the geometry from IMG.CFG. Good luck! -Josh On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 6:50 AM Gary Wilkinson mailto:gpwilkin...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi, This is the first time I've used a mailing list, so appologies if I've not done it correctly! I've been trying and failing to add a gotek to a DVI. Has anyone achieved this, and if so could you give me some pointers? I think one of the main issues is that I don't have a disk image. I tried to convert the DVI.TD0 disk image on the Club 100 library to a .IMG file without success.
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
You beat me to it! I was just setting up a git repo of the files I used and got working. https://github.com/Grimakis/Tandy-DVI-Gotek/tree/main One thing I will note, without adding a cskew=1 in my IMG file, I did not get it to work. On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:09 AM Josh Malone wrote: > I recently converted a DVI for Tandy collector. There was a fellow on this > list (I think) who had compatible images but in the end, the collector I > was doing the conversion for supplied working images on a drive. I've > posted it here: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfH6ro03RoDosoi5P2CNwRaErn-vftOV/view?usp=share_link > > The image, however, is only part of the trick: you also need lines in > FF.CFG and IMG.CFG (You are running "FlashFloppy" on your Gotek, right?) > > FF.CFG: > > interface = ibmpc > host = unspecified > pin02 = nc > pin34 = nc > > > And IMG.CFG: > [m100dvi] > cyls=40 > heads=1 > secs=18 > bps=256 > h=0 > > Then make sure all your DVI images use filenames ".m100dvi.img" > so that they pick up the geometry from IMG.CFG. > > Good luck! > > -Josh > > > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 6:50 AM Gary Wilkinson > wrote: > >> Hi, This is the first time I've used a mailing list, so appologies if >> I've not done it correctly! I've been trying and failing to add a gotek to >> a DVI. Has anyone achieved this, and if so could you give me some pointers? >> I think one of the main issues is that I don't have a disk image. I tried >> to convert the DVI.TD0 disk image on the Club 100 library to a .IMG file >> without success. >> >
Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
I recently converted a DVI for Tandy collector. There was a fellow on this list (I think) who had compatible images but in the end, the collector I was doing the conversion for supplied working images on a drive. I've posted it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfH6ro03RoDosoi5P2CNwRaErn-vftOV/view?usp=share_link The image, however, is only part of the trick: you also need lines in FF.CFG and IMG.CFG (You are running "FlashFloppy" on your Gotek, right?) FF.CFG: interface = ibmpc host = unspecified pin02 = nc pin34 = nc And IMG.CFG: [m100dvi] cyls=40 heads=1 secs=18 bps=256 h=0 Then make sure all your DVI images use filenames ".m100dvi.img" so that they pick up the geometry from IMG.CFG. Good luck! -Josh On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 6:50 AM Gary Wilkinson wrote: > Hi, This is the first time I've used a mailing list, so appologies if I've > not done it correctly! I've been trying and failing to add a gotek to a > DVI. Has anyone achieved this, and if so could you give me some pointers? > I think one of the main issues is that I don't have a disk image. I tried > to convert the DVI.TD0 disk image on the Club 100 library to a .IMG file > without success. >
