Re: [M100] Backpack drive?!?1

2022-01-28 Thread Mark J. Blair
. That also means that I can cross that project off my list of projects I'll never get around to finishing! LOL It looks lovely. I like how they designed the case. I think I'll order one, even though I already have a perfectly good NADS box. -- Mark J. Blair Blog:https://www.nf6x.net Git

Re: [M100] NADSBox shipping

2019-09-29 Thread Mark J. Blair
I hope you feel better soon, Ken! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] NADSBoxes are ready (not on sale until Tuesday

2019-09-22 Thread Mark J. Blair
Just for the record, I already have a NADSbox, so I won't be competing for one of these. I'm just happy to see a new batch of them venturing out to the world. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] NADSBoxes are ready (not on sale until Tuesday

2019-09-21 Thread Mark J. Blair
That's a lovely sight! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] Recovering in hospital still

2019-08-06 Thread Mark J. Blair
Thanks for the update, and I hope your recovery is speedy! -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Re: [M100] In the hospital

2019-07-24 Thread Mark J. Blair
Good luck to both Ken and Mike! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] forum vs mailing list

2018-09-22 Thread Mark J. Blair
et that I said that. I personally find forums to be more comfortable for this sort of hobby discussion stuff than other platforms, but I do participate in forums, mailing lists, Twitter, and chat-based things like Discord or Slack. But not Facebook. Grrr, I don't like Facebook. -- Mark J. Bl

Re: [M100] Tandy 200 power button replacement

2018-07-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
screen end after assembling the case, rather than trying to cram my big ham fist inside the case to make the connection at the motherboard end. The last piece of plastic to go back on is the plastic cover just below the screen, after connecting the cable. It's still a bit of a clumsy operation.

Re: [M100] Tandy 200 power button replacement

2018-06-29 Thread Mark J. Blair
with very similar styling and functionality, but none with close enough pin or plunger dimensions. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9

2017-08-10 Thread Mark J. Blair
C. The external Zip drives with SCSI interfaces also used a DB25 cable. The internal ones used a 50-pin ribbon cable header. I've never heard of a Zip drive with an RS-232 serial interface. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] 3.5" Media

2017-08-08 Thread Mark J. Blair
assiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Tandy/PDD2%20Software%20Manual.pdf > > http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/systems.htm Fantastic! Thank you very much. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] 3.5" Media

2017-08-08 Thread Mark J. Blair
ot that. I'm not sure if Tandy ever published > something for the TPDD2 like the 26-3808 manual. If they did, I'd love to get > a hold of it. I would also appreciate a copy of that manual. It sounds like it might be very useful for my MicroTPDD project. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New Movie

2017-08-05 Thread Mark J. Blair
me by Rick a > few years back, that is on the top covering the ASUS logo. That is a delightful and esoteric little Easter egg. Well-played! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: [M100] Super ROM/legs

2017-08-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
the ends. That sounds quite plausible. They may have been hand-cut, perhaps against an end stop that wasn't adjusted with extreme care... after all, they're just feet that appear to have been made as an afterthought to be crammed into existing screw hole counterbores. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <

Re: [M100] Super ROM/legs

2017-08-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
ass-filled. From the tool marks, it appears to be rod stock that was sawn to length. Sadly, it's not one of the standard plastic rod diameters carried at McMaster-Carr. It should be easy to print a functional replacement on a 3D printer, or turn a nearly identical reproduction on a lathe if s

Re: [M100] CP/M Expander

2017-07-24 Thread Mark J. Blair
CB on top of the main Woolly PCB. Wow, that little guy is even smaller than the ESP-WROOM-32 module! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: [M100] CP/M Expander

2017-07-24 Thread Mark J. Blair
to the top of my delightfully bloated project list. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: [M100] Announcing: CloudT emulator (EXPERIMENTAL)

2016-08-28 Thread Mark J. Blair
It passes my Standard BASIC Test. Hooray!

Re: [M100] size of programs

2016-06-05 Thread Mark J. Blair
text file (ADRS.DO and NOTE.DO, respectively), and those text files don't exist until you manually create them. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-06-02 Thread Mark J. Blair
it out. Was just wondering where I should be looking. > > From the message that started this long thread a week or so ago: > The tool is written in Python and is available with documentation from > http://trs80stuff.net/tpdd/. > -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-06-02 Thread Mark J. Blair
ike programs know how to perform sector-level copies of TPDD disks? If so, one of them might give us a way to image the utility diskettes. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] REX 4.9 builds (was: Re: New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2)

2016-05-31 Thread Mark J. Blair
image that I want to load and hit , it saves RAM contents to the image marked as current, then loads the image I selected to RAM. Am I doing something wrong? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-31 Thread Mark J. Blair
r though. No need to cold boot > (ideally). Which build would you recommend? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-31 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On May 30, 2016, at 22:29, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > FLOPPY.CO was locking up my machine when I tried using it after doing a > bootstrap from the utility diskette, but maybe it's just incompatible with > having the REX hooks loaded? I haven't tried it with

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-30 Thread Mark J. Blair
installed yet. TS-DOS is certainly nicer; I'm just interested in archiving and spreading around the original utility diskette for purposes of preservation and sharing how things were done in the before time. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-27 Thread Mark J. Blair
ves, then there's a chance. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-27 Thread Mark J. Blair
Of course, I also want to archive the disk and find a way to reproduce it from the image, so that others who have a TPDD without an original utility disk can create a new one. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-24 Thread Mark J. Blair
. Please forgive me for not having examined the new command line tool yet; it's on my radar, but I haven't gotten there yet. Does it (or any other tool I might be able to run on a Mac, or a Windows or Linux machine in a VM), allow block-mode access to TPDD disks? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X &l

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-23 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On May 22, 2016, at 20:45, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > > Ok, I have the TPDD 26-3808. My replacement belts and the utility disk are > missing in my pile, but I'm continuing to dig for them. :) I found my belts and utility disk, so I plan to try out

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-22 Thread Mark J. Blair
placement belts and the utility disk are missing in my pile, but I'm continuing to dig for them. :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-22 Thread Mark J. Blair
sely because I'm distracted by other things, but I do have a TPDD (or is it a TPDD 2? I have to check) so maybe I can help archive a utility disk? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/