Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 109, Issue 22

2020-01-22 Thread Stephen Adolph
Not just yet, the sound bite is "all of REX, + enabling CP/M" plug and play, 4MB of total storage. M100 and T102 On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:16 PM Jim Williams wrote: > Thanks Stephen. > Is there a description of REXCPM somewhere? > Definitely interested in one; I can put my current REX (still

Re: [M100] Club100: Can I help?

2020-01-22 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Sorry James I had intended to direct my response to Charles. Though it's probably applicable to everybody. -- John. On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:49 PM James Zeun wrote: > I'll have to look at the Wiki, would be happy to contribute where I can. I > don't mind watching YouTube, but I feel there are

Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 109, Issue 22

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
but you get the > point: this is exceptional. > > So let me offer to help; let me repay my debt to those who have contributed > to the legacy from which I have profited. Let me know what I can do. (I'm > good at flying leaps...) > > -CH- > -- next part

Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 109, Issue 22

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
Thanks Stephen. Is there a description of REXCPM somewhere? Definitely interested in one; I can put my current REX  (still running 4.8) in my backup M100. > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:40:45 -0500 > From: Stephen Adolph > To: m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: Re: [M100] Current version

[M100] Mikrokolor ?

2020-01-22 Thread James Zeun
I was just reading the wiki about this device. Has anyone seen one of these in the wild? I couldn't seem to find any actual photos.

Re: [M100] Converting document to BASIC file

2020-01-22 Thread Brian K. White
On 1/22/20 6:54 PM, Daryl Tester wrote: On 23/1/20 2:02 am, Jim Williams wrote: Doh... I renamed the game file extension from .bas to .ba, loaded it into Virtual-T... and it appears to run without errors! I think it was discussed on the list recently that Virtual-T does the conversion

Re: [M100] Converting document to BASIC file

2020-01-22 Thread Daryl Tester
On 23/1/20 2:02 am, Jim Williams wrote: Doh... I renamed the game file extension from .bas to .ba, loaded it into Virtual-T... and it appears to run without errors! I think it was discussed on the list recently that Virtual-T does the conversion automagically for you. On the Model 100 itself

Re: [M100] Club100: Can I help?

2020-01-22 Thread James Zeun
I'll have to look at the Wiki, would be happy to contribute where I can. I don't mind watching YouTube, but I feel there are plenty of people on there without adding my voice. Besides I prefer contributing to the written word, while attention spans seem ever bent on shrinking to that of a gold

Re: [M100] Club100: Can I help?

2020-01-22 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
As long as you're having fun with it, and sometimes sharing the fun with the rest of us, I'd say you're doing your part as a member of the community. These days youtube is a great way to share the hobby. If you do something tricky or interesting you could try your hand at that. We always need

Re: [M100] Converting document to BASIC file

2020-01-22 Thread Peter Vollan
FYI arcadeshopper.com has the 8K RAM modules for the model 10x. On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 07:32, Jim Williams wrote: > > Doh... I renamed the game file extension from .bas to .ba, loaded it > into Virtual-T... and it appears to run without errors! > > Which is great, but leaves me without a

Re: [M100] Club100: Can I help?

2020-01-22 Thread James Zeun
Well said, likewise I'm hoping to cover more in Model 100 material on my blog. If for nothing else than to keep a record of my activities and maybe get others interested in this great computer. James On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, 9:29 pm Charles Hudson, wrote: > In December of 2018 I got my first M100,

[M100] Club100: Can I help?

2020-01-22 Thread Charles Hudson
In December of 2018 I got my first M100, which was my first TRS-anything. I remember I posted on VCFED asking for advice on how to care and feed the little monster. I remember Mike Stein pointing me to Club100 and to Bitchin100. I remember all the help and advice you people have given me along

Re: [M100] RS232 to TTL

2020-01-22 Thread Jonathan Yuen
Hello, This is how I connect a Raspberry Pi to my M100, the little board even looks the same. You can get 5v from the Pi GPIO bus, and the tx, rx, and gnd. It seems to do OK with the M100 almost RS-232 levels. It doesn't handshake though, but I just run at slower speeds if I'm using the

Re: [M100] Current version of Virtual T? Rex2?

2020-01-22 Thread Stephen Adolph
HI Jim, The newest version of REX, REXCPM, is nearing completion. Just sorting out the last details for manufacturing a reasonable quantity now. ..Steve On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:27 AM Jim Williams wrote: > I just realized that, after a hard drive crash awhile back, I have > LaddieAlpha on my

[M100] RS232 to TTL

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
I've been working on my Raspberry Pi recently, trying to connect it to an Adafruit FONA cellular module. The primary communication has been through TTL serial between the two. Recently, I reluctantly switched to USB connection, for speed, which freed up the serial pins on the Pi and on the

[M100] Converting text document to BASIC file

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
Okay, as I mentioned in the email I just posted, I've been fafiated*, and just dug out Virtual-T. I came across an old basic program listing (not my own) I'd like to try installing on my M100. It's 8K, so it should fit, but it's in text format, meant for another system The original code dates

Re: [M100] Converting document to BASIC file

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
Doh... I renamed the game file extension from .bas to .ba, loaded it into Virtual-T... and it appears to run without errors! Which is great, but leaves me without a project. Not really; I need to reformat it for the 40 column screen, add in an option to exit mid-game, things like that. Oh...

[M100] Current version of Virtual T? Rex2?

2020-01-22 Thread Jim Williams
I just realized that, after a hard drive crash awhile back, I have LaddieAlpha on my desktop, but not Virtual-T. So I corrected this by creating a shortcut, but I noticed the datestamp on the Virtual-T executable is 2013. Upon running it, I discover it's version 1.5. Is this the current