Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Kurt McCullum
Well maybe ? works with a modem connection but with Telnet it disconnects after giving the time. But the link I sent has all the information of the fields. I could build something into mComm to accept a time request from the model-t. A simple Basic program could open up the port, request the

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Donald Kyllo
While the time is being displayed, press the ? to get a description of all the numbers in the string. Don On 10/23/2015 07:09 PM, Kurt McCullum wrote: I just tested this on my T200 with mComm. Works fine. From the file viewer Press ! and then the Telnet URL prompt comes up. Entering

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread John Whitton
For some years, I had a bit of software that I ran on a 486 machine which dialed up NIST via a Hayes modem, and set my Hayes Chronograph. Of course, hoarder that I am , I still have all three. John W. - Original Message - From: "Peter Vollan" To:

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Here's a program to set the time from NADSBox. http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Synchronize_Time_with_your_NADS -- John.

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Donald Kyllo
Here's the description from the modem: DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTOMATED COMPUTER TIME SERVICE (ACTS) The service uses multi-speed modems which should automatically adapt to the speed of the originating modem. All messages are sent using standard

[M100] I would like the Model 100 to be able to connect to a BBS to send / receive emails

2015-10-23 Thread Duane Calvill
I use to use my TRS 80 Model 100 back in the early 1990's to call up the local library. I would call a phone number using the build in modem and TELCOM. mComm (Windows TPDD/TELCOM server) has the ability to create a Telnet session. My intent was to use it to attach to the various BBS systems. But

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Brad Whitlock
For me the most amazing part of this is. that number 1+(303)494-4774 still works.Brad From: Lee Kelley To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [M100] time At one time there was a phone number for

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Josh Malone
Now we just need an Ethernet to serial adapter for the model t :-) On Oct 23, 2015 3:32 PM, "Peter Vollan" wrote: > I have just learned that if you "telnet time.nist.gov", the NIST sends > you a string containing the accurate time and date (UTC of course). It > seems to

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Peter Vollan
Darn it, I wrote it wrong. It is telnet time.nist.gov 13 ... that spits out the cryptic string used by my dialup time setting program. And then disconnects. In about 1991 I used to call BBSs with my model 100, and there were some that came through just fine. Those were the text only ones that did

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Kurt McCullum
mComm (Windows TPDD/TELCOM server) has the ability to create a Telnet session. My intent was to use it to attach to the various BBS systems. But until somebody sets up a BBS for the 40x8 screen size with escape codes specific to the M100, it's a bit pointless. Butif you want to check the

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Lee Kelley
At one time there was a phone number for that and someone won a programming contest for writing a program to do just that. http://www.club100.org/blosxom/contest2010/vollan/nist/nistdo.do Lee On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: > ISTR that there is a way

Re: [M100] time

2015-10-23 Thread Peter Vollan
Um. yes, Lee, that was me. On 23 October 2015 at 14:45, Lee Kelley wrote: > At one time there was a phone number for that and someone won a programming > contest for writing a program to do just that. > http://www.club100.org/blosxom/contest2010/vollan/nist/nistdo.do > > Lee >