Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Peter Vollan
The problem is, I do not know why my three other cables did not work, so I am skeptical of just spending money for another one. On 20 December 2017 at 21:49, Brian White wrote: > Get one of these cables (one of the 3 "ideal" ones, ie, get the cables2go > one. You almost

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Brian White
That's reasonable. I only say those are known vs unknown. I ohmed them all out and mapped the actual connections by hand, not merely used them. For various reasons in each case, I don't think you have to worry about your usb-serial adapter, OS, or the dlplus software. That leaves the hardware of

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Joan Leach
Just curious, but why not use 25-pin to 9-pin serial instead of USB? Joan in Reno From: Peter Vollan To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 7:52 PM Subject: [M100] dlplus on linux mint On a positive note, thank you to everyone whose advice

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Jonathan Yuen
Hello, I've used both FTDI and Prolific USB-serial converters but I had to compile the kernel to get them to work. This is going to depend a lot on your Linux distro. I use Gentoo and make my own kernel. I assume mint wants the modules loaded but evertyhing is already prepared. I would

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Peter Vollan
TS-DOS. I have a REXX installed. Now I am just getting "drive not ready", I have tried LaddieAlpha as well as dl. When I declared victory, I had just sent a small text file from the m100 to the linux laptop. So it did work, briefly. On 21 December 2017 at 12:53, John R. Hogerhuis

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: > TS-DOS. I have a REXX installed. > Now I am just getting "drive not ready", I have tried LaddieAlpha as well > as dl. > When I declared victory, I had just sent a small text file from the > m100 to the linux laptop. So

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Peter Vollan
Because, like most modern computers, my laptop does not have a serial port. On 21 December 2017 at 05:35, Joan Leach wrote: > Just curious, but why not use 25-pin to 9-pin serial instead of USB? > > Joan in Reno > > > From: Peter Vollan

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Peter Vollan
Don't worry, though: I still have to use a 9 pin to 25 pin adaptor. My current set up is: USB to serial db9 male --> db9 female to db9 female serial cable ( a "gender changer") ---> db9 male to db25 female --> Model 100 On 21 December 2017 at 05:35, Joan Leach wrote: >

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Ron Lauzon
I use the same hardware set up. But, so far, I have not had an issue with Ubuntu or Raspian. On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: > Don't worry, though: I still have to use a 9 pin to 25 pin adaptor. > My current set up is: USB to serial db9 male --> db9

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread Peter Vollan
I tried that command, but with small letters, and got this: usbserial 45014 1 ftdi_sio On 21 December 2017 at 05:50, Jonathan Yuen wrote: > Hello, > > I've used both FTDI and Prolific USB-serial converters but I had to compile > the kernel to get them to

Re: [M100] dlplus on linux mint

2017-12-21 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: > This last cable that I bought from Amazon, I went through the Tandy > wiki page first. I just decided to get the one will the null modem > built in. Can you list a series of steps that reliably demonstrate a problem?