Re: [M100] Recognize this cable?

[Roland Anderson]

Hold onto it for a day or two, I have a stack of about 100 PCMCIA cards, I 
might be able to pass one along if I can find one that fits.

From: M100  on behalf of MikeS 

Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 12:28 AM
To: m...@bitchin100.com 
Subject: Re: [M100] Recognize this cable?

I'm sure you're right; it's almost identical to the cable used by an IBM 
ethernet II adapter but there's an extra tiny bump that prevents it from going 
into the socket.

All my PCMCIA modems use different connectors so I think I can toss this cable 
with a clear conscience ;-)

Thanks again,

m
- Original Message -
From: Brian Brindle
To: m...@bitchin100.com
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [M100] Recognize this cable?

That's an old school PCMCIA MODEM telephone cable with A 41H8105 connector. 
You'd cram that huge crazy end into the PCMCIA modem and the other into your 
wall jack.

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 12:00 PM MikeS 
mailto:dm...@torfree.net>> wrote:
Thought I'd ask here if anyone recognizes/wants this cable before it hits the 
trash; kinda looks like it might be for a PDA of some kind.

m

Re: [M100] Hello! (John R. Hogerhuis)

[Roland Anderson]

Totally understand, and I'll keep it to myself.

Thanks again, I was already pretty excited to find another "small computer that 
runs on cheap batteries", that's been my obsession for a long time, and then 
finding out there are a few ways to interface with my other favorite device has 
me pretty stoked. That and the fact that this thing does a serial console 
connection so easily, that's going to be a lot of fun too. Wondering how it 
took me so long to finally try one.

From: M100  on behalf of John R. Hogerhuis 

Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 12:57 PM
To: m...@bitchin100.com 
Subject: Re: [M100] Hello! (John R. Hogerhuis)



On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 9:05 PM Roland Anderson  
wrote:
Sorry again about all that, long story short my mail relay gave me a bounceback 
and I thought I had hit a bad address, but turns out it was just my awful 
excuse of a mail server being weird. Thank you again for sending me a copy, I 
really appreciate it.

Would it bother you if I upload it to the PalmDB archive site? It's a pretty 
unique piece of software, I'd hate for it to get lost somehow.

Roland

No thank you :-) I have not granted any license to redistribute DLPilot.

That said everyone who has hit me up about getting a copy in recent years has 
gotten one. I give out probably 2 copies per year.

-- John.

Re: [M100] M100 Hello!

[Roland Anderson]

First off, I just fixed my list preferences so that I'll be able to reply 
correctly next time but these probably won't show up on the correct thread. 
Forgive my millenial inexperience with mailing lists.

Daryn, thank you! I did run across the DLPilot page, and I actually read yours 
as well the other night - was that your Tungsten W in the picture? Love the 
keyboards on those, I used a C for a long time. I'm hoping to hook mine to a 
Palm M100 personally, partly because I think it would be funny, but because 
I've got stacks of them lying around and they're kind of awful for actual use.

On that note, if anyone else would like a Palm at some point to use as storage, 
let me know. A few years ago I bought a hundred or more from eBay lots hoping 
to clean them up and get them into the hands of someone who would use them, but 
really all they're doing is taking up space the geckos in my garage would 
rather have for their parties.

Anyway, appreciate the reply and I'm excited to learn more about this thing, I 
can see this quickly becoming my next obsession. Nothing quite like an old 
portable with good community backing, and I'm impressed with how much is still 
out there for an oddball computer like this.

Re: [M100] Hello! (John R. Hogerhuis)

[Roland Anderson]

Sorry again about all that, long story short my mail relay gave me a bounceback 
and I thought I had hit a bad address, but turns out it was just my awful 
excuse of a mail server being weird. Thank you again for sending me a copy, I 
really appreciate it.

Would it bother you if I upload it to the PalmDB archive site? It's a pretty 
unique piece of software, I'd hate for it to get lost somehow.

Roland


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Today's Topics:

   1. M100 repairs (LCD, keyboard) (David Plass)
   2. Re: M100 repairs (LCD, keyboard) (Brad Grier)
   3. Hello! (Roland Anderson)
   4. Re: Hello! (Daryn Hanright)
   5. Re: Hello! (John R. Hogerhuis)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:09:24 -0400
From: David Plass 
To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com
Subject: [M100] M100 repairs (LCD, keyboard)
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I couldn't resist a recent M100 on ebay listed as "not working". The main
issue was a dead contrast pot, which I have temporarily worked around and
ordered a hacky replacement.

The polarizing film is also very bubbly and no amount of smoothing made it
stay flat on the LCD. Is there a known replacement for the film?

Most importantly, I noticed about a half dozen non-functional keys. After
disassembly I discovered corrosion on their diodes. Upon closer
"inspection", said diodes disintegrated.

So my second question is: Is there a particular diode I should replace
them with? I have tons of 1N4148s, which look like a match (and
electrically drop about the same voltage), but I can't find a spec for
those diodes on the m100 schematics.

Thanks
-David
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:43:44 -0600
From: Brad Grier 
To: m...@bitchin100.com
Subject: Re: [M100] M100 repairs (LCD, keyboard)
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RE: the polarizing film -- Jeff Birt (on this list) suggested
https://3dlens.com/

I have some, just haven't got to my project that needs it yet :D and with
the onset of spring, that one may sit for a bit.

--Brad

On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 2:10?PM David Plass  wrote:

> I couldn't resist a recent M100 on ebay listed as "not working". The main
> issue was a dead contrast pot, which I have temporarily worked around and
> ordered a hacky replacement.
>
> The polarizing film is also very bubbly and no amount of smoothing made it
> stay flat on the LCD. Is there a known replacement for the film?
>
> Most importantly, I noticed about a half dozen non-functional keys. After
> disassembly I discovered corrosion on their diodes. Upon closer
> "inspection", said diodes disintegrated.
>
> So my second question is: Is there a particular diode I should replace
> them with? I have tons of 1N4148s, which look like a match (and
> electrically drop about the same voltage), but I can't find a spec for
> those diodes on the m100 schematics.
>
> Thanks
> -David
>
>
>

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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:58:24 +
From: Roland Anderson 
To: "m100@lists.bitchin100.com" 
Subject: [M100] Hello!
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Hi, my name is Roland, figured I'd introduce myself. I'm 30 and live in Texas. 
By day I climb towers and run cable, and I spend the rest of my time hanging 
out with my wife and seven dogs while trying to fix the stacks of broken 
computers, radios, and cars I've accumulated in a huge garage. I've been 
eyeballing these T100's for years and finally got my hands on one at HamFest 
this week in the form of an 8201A.

I have a question for y'all - I am the world's hugest hoarder of PalmOS 
devices, and I would absolutely LO

[M100] Hello!

[Roland Anderson]

Hi, my name is Roland, figured I'd introduce myself. I'm 30 and live in Texas. 
By day I climb towers and run cable, and I spend the rest of my time hanging 
out with my wife and seven dogs while trying to fix the stacks of broken 
computers, radios, and cars I've accumulated in a huge garage. I've been 
eyeballing these T100's for years and finally got my hands on one at HamFest 
this week in the form of an 8201A.

I have a question for y'all - I am the world's hugest hoarder of PalmOS 
devices, and I would absolutely LOVE to get my hands on a copy of DLPilot. I 
can't seem to track down the author and it seems like that was a project that 
might've lost interest about the time Palm handhelds became extinct. Would any 
of you know how I could get a copy?

Thanks and nice to meet you guys, it's cool to see a community like this and 
I'm excited to get into the T100/derivative world.

Roland KI5VCT