Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Brian White]

The ones I made to put up on arcadeshopper were specifically to provide
reproductions of the originals, because otherwise there is no way to copy
them still, not because it's the best dos.

Also, aren't there utils in the m100sig that require the original dos? They
call routines from the original floppy or flopy2.

I think if you don't specifically want the original disk for one of those
reasons like preservation or dependency, then you don't need any disk at
all, especially for tpdd1 where the bootstrap procedure is not convenient.

-- 
bkw

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 10:48 AM Kurt McCullum  wrote:

> John,
>
> I would agree with you about using a real TPDD for every day use. But I
> they are fund to spin up every now and then.
>
> According to the TS-DOS manual (
> http://www.club100.org/library/doc/tsdos.html)
>  there is such a disk.
> Though I have never come across it. Looks like the boot code along with
> ts-load are the required pieces.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:38 AM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
>
> If people are really excited about using a real TPDD maybe we should be
> making TSDOS boot disks.
>
> I don't see the point of using a real TPDD but I really don't see the
> point of using FLOPPY.CO
>
> I assume such an animal exists?
>
> If it does chances are I have one somewhere.
>
> -- John.
>
>
>

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Gary Hammond]

I am also happy to duplicate and send a disk for the cost of postage for people 
in New Zealand and Australia.


On 30 July 2019 2:19:51 AM Scott Lawrence  wrote:

Okay. I totally dropped the ball on this.  I offered free TPDD2 disks a few 
months back and then got busy on stuff.   I think I still have the emails about 
it, but i'm going to pick this back up right now

i'll send out these for the price of shipping (send me shipping money when you 
receive them.

Who needs TPDD2 Util disks?

(you can send me direct email with your address)
-s

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:58 AM Kevin Becker 
mailto:ke...@kevinbecker.org>> wrote:
Arcade Shopper has them for sale.

https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042



On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco mailto:zx4e...@gmail.com>> 
wrote:

Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk
Drive 2, boxes, full, except  this diskette.

How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.

I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing.

Thanks all people



--
Scott Lawrence
yor...@gmail.com

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Kurt McCullum]

I made one for myself that has TS-DOS for the 100/200 and NEC on it along with 
some utilities that I use for the NEC like LINE and XFER. Memory test utilities 
might be a good idea as well. I have one that came with my SideCar for the NEC 
but I'm sure there are similar ones for the 100 and 200.

Kurt

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:38 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote:
> i can look into that. hm... what else could be put onto an "ultimate" TPDD2 
> floppy? 
> (and yeah, there's a TON of space on that disk!)
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 10:25 AM Kurt McCullum  wrote:
>> __
>> Scott, glad to see you are willing to do this. If I may offer a suggestion. 
>> There is quite a bit of space left on the default TPDD2 system disk. Saving 
>> DOS100.CO  and DOS200.CO  onto that 
>> disk would allow a user to boot Floppy.CO and then use it to load TS-DOS. 
>> Just a thought.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote:
>>> Okay. I totally dropped the ball on this. I offered free TPDD2 disks a few 
>>> months back and then got busy on stuff. I think I still have the emails 
>>> about it, but i'm going to pick this back up right now
>>> 
>>> i'll send out these for the price of shipping (send me shipping money when 
>>> you receive them.
>>> 
>>> Who needs TPDD2 Util disks?
>>> 
>>> (you can send me direct email with your address)
>>> -s
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:58 AM Kevin Becker  wrote:
 Arcade Shopper has them for sale.
 
 https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042
 
 
 
> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco  wrote:
> 
> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk 
> Drive 2, boxes, full, except this diskette. 
> 
> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
> 
> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing. 
> 
> Thanks all people
 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Scott Lawrence
>>> yor...@gmail.com
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott Lawrence
> yor...@gmail.com

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Kurt McCullum]

John,

I would agree with you about using a real TPDD for every day use. But I they 
are fund to spin up every now and then.

According to the TS-DOS manual (http://www.club100.org/library/doc/tsdos.html) 
there is such a disk. Though I have never come across it. Looks like the boot 
code along with ts-load are the required pieces.

Kurt

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:38 AM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
> If people are really excited about using a real TPDD maybe we should be 
> making TSDOS boot disks. 
> 
> I don't see the point of using a real TPDD but I really don't see the point 
> of using FLOPPY.CO 
> 
> I assume such an animal exists?
> 
> If it does chances are I have one somewhere. 
> 
> -- John. 

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[John R. Hogerhuis]

If people are really excited about using a real TPDD maybe we should be
making TSDOS boot disks.

I don't see the point of using a real TPDD but I really don't see the point
of using FLOPPY.CO

I assume such an animal exists?

If it does chances are I have one somewhere.

-- John.

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Scott Lawrence]

i can look into that.   hm... what else could be put onto an "ultimate"
TPDD2 floppy?
(and yeah, there's a TON of space on that disk!)

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 10:25 AM Kurt McCullum  wrote:

> Scott, glad to see you are willing to do this. If I may offer a
> suggestion. There is quite a bit of space left on the default TPDD2 system
> disk. Saving DOS100.CO and DOS200.CO onto that disk would allow a user to
> boot Floppy.CO and then use it to load TS-DOS. Just a thought.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote:
>
> Okay. I totally dropped the ball on this.  I offered free TPDD2 disks a
> few months back and then got busy on stuff.   I think I still have the
> emails about it, but i'm going to pick this back up right now
>
> i'll send out these for the price of shipping (send me shipping money when
> you receive them.
>
> Who needs TPDD2 Util disks?
>
> (you can send me direct email with your address)
> -s
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:58 AM Kevin Becker 
> wrote:
>
> Arcade Shopper has them for sale.
>
>
> https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042
>
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco  wrote:
>
> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk
> Drive 2, boxes, full, except  this diskette.
>
> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
>
> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing.
>
> Thanks all people
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott Lawrence
> yor...@gmail.com
>
>
>

-- 
Scott Lawrence
yor...@gmail.com

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Kurt McCullum]

Scott, glad to see you are willing to do this. If I may offer a suggestion. 
There is quite a bit of space left on the default TPDD2 system disk. Saving 
DOS100.CO and DOS200.CO onto that disk would allow a user to boot Floppy.CO and 
then use it to load TS-DOS. Just a thought.

Kurt

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote:
> Okay. I totally dropped the ball on this. I offered free TPDD2 disks a few 
> months back and then got busy on stuff. I think I still have the emails about 
> it, but i'm going to pick this back up right now
> 
> i'll send out these for the price of shipping (send me shipping money when 
> you receive them.
> 
> Who needs TPDD2 Util disks?
> 
> (you can send me direct email with your address)
> -s
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:58 AM Kevin Becker  wrote:
>> Arcade Shopper has them for sale.
>> 
>> https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk 
>>> Drive 2, boxes, full, except this diskette. 
>>> 
>>> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
>>> 
>>> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks all people
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott Lawrence
> yor...@gmail.com

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Kurt McCullum]

A couple questions. 
1) What are you planning to do with the boot disk? 
2) Do you have a PC setup with the proper cable for TPPD emulation?

The reason for asking is this. The boot disk allows you to 'boot' or load 
Tandy's TPDD client software onto your computer. This is floppy.co. It works, 
but there are better options. If you don't have any kind of PC connection to 
your model-t then you have two options. First is to get the boot disk and live 
with the limitations of floppy.co. The second would be to load TS-DOS over an 
audio connection to your machine. The MP3 file is in the folder below. If you 
do have a PC connection, you can use mComm to inject TS-DOS into your machine. 
This is just a text file that gets sent over and load TS-DOS into memory. Other 
options are to get REX or a ROM which has TS-DOS on it.

http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=DOS100.CO.MP3=Kurt%20McCullum;

Kurt

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, at 6:50 AM, Paco wrote:
> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk 
> Drive 2, boxes, full, except this diskette. 
> 
> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
> 
> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing. 
> 
> Thanks all people

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Scott Lawrence]

Okay. I totally dropped the ball on this.  I offered free TPDD2 disks a few
months back and then got busy on stuff.   I think I still have the emails
about it, but i'm going to pick this back up right now

i'll send out these for the price of shipping (send me shipping money when
you receive them.

Who needs TPDD2 Util disks?

(you can send me direct email with your address)
-s

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:58 AM Kevin Becker  wrote:

> Arcade Shopper has them for sale.
>
>
> https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042
>
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco  wrote:
>
> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk
> Drive 2, boxes, full, except  this diskette.
>
> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
>
> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing.
>
> Thanks all people
>
>
>

-- 
Scott Lawrence
yor...@gmail.com

Re: [M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Kevin Becker]

Arcade Shopper has them for sale.

https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD2-disk-26-3814/p/141211028/category=28313042
 




> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:50 AM, Paco  wrote:
> 
> Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk 
> Drive 2, boxes, full, except  this diskette. 
> 
> How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.
> 
> I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing. 
> 
> Thanks all people

[M100] TPDD2 boot disk drive.

[Paco]

Hi, recently I bouht a Tandy Portable Disk
Drive 2, boxes, full, except  this diskette.

How can i made for DIY a copy of this diskette.

I'm looking for ebay and Withers website and I dont find any Thing.

Thanks all people

Re: [M100] In the hospital

[Paco]

Hi Kent

I hope you get Wells son and star with us as son as posible.

Receive a strong hug

El mié., 24 jul. 2019 23:02, Kenneth Pettit  escribió:

> Hey Mike,
>
> Pretty much all 8... 10... 12...??  Well I’ve lost count.  But pretty much
> all of my angioplasty procedures were an easy recovery.  Oh, and it isn’t
> actually surgery (or called surgery) for angioplasty ... it’s a fairly
> simple procedure (by comparison) with a tiny puncture, basically just like
> an IV except it goes in an artery instead of a vein.
>
> The only one that really caused me any trouble was last September, and
> that wasn’t actually caused by the angioplasty, it was the horrible
> laceration to my tongue  when they decided under duress to put in a
> breathing tube.
>
> I’m sure you’ll do fine.
>
> Ken
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:48 PM, Mike Stein  wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip & good wishes, Ken; no, this'll be my first operation
> of any kind, which is why I've been a chicken & put it off for 6 months or
> so... ;-)
>
> Good luck with yours!!!
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Kenneth Pettit 
> *To:* m...@bitchin100.com
> *Sent:* Monday, July 22, 2019 11:40 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [M100] In the hospital
>
> Again, thank you everyone for the good wishes.  My operation will be the
> later part of the week it sounds like, possibly as late as Friday.  Just
> waiting for the effects of the blood thinners to wear off.
>
> Mike, good luck on your procedure also.  Have you had this done
> previously?  The most difficult part I think is laying perfectly flat
> during recovery if they enter through the groin.  If they enter through the
> wrist, recovery is a bit easier.
>
> Ken
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 21, 2019, at 8:45 PM, gotoole  wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Best wishes from Gordon. Get well soon.
>
> Regards
>
> Gordon O'Toole
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
>  Original message 
> From: Stephen Adolph 
> Date: 22/7/19 12:43 pm (GMT+10:00)
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] In the hospital
>
> Mike,
> Hope that goes smoothly for you.  I have heard that stents make a great
> difference and recovery is fast.  Best wishes-
> Steve
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 3:00 PM Mike Stein  wrote:
>
>> Best wishes for a successful outcome and improvement in quality of life!
>>
>> Going in for angiogram/angioplasty/stent myself in a couple of weeks...
>>
>> m
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Ken Pettit" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 11:05 AM
>> Subject: [M100] In the hospital
>>
>>
>> > Hey Gang,
>> >
>> > I had to come to the hospital again on Wednesday because of cardio
>> > issues.  After the angiogram yesterday, the Dr. told me I need bypass
>> > surgery, which they will schedule for sometime early next week.  I'm
>> > still hanging out here while waiting, which is kinda why I have time to
>> > send emails on the list :)
>> >
>> > Just wanted everyone to know in case things don't go well and you never
>> > hear from me again, at least you will know what happened. Only a small
>> > chance of that though ... they do a LOT of open heart surgery per day
>> > here (successfully), so they are pretty good at it.
>> >
>> > Ken
>>
>

Re: [M100] REX

[Josh Malone]

Fred,

If this is one of my REX units (shipped with wood spacer and a purple
polka-dot ribbon) then my apologies for your issues. I tested the
spacer sizing in 100, 102, and 200 units and found what seemed like
the right size to prevent over-insertion and "spontaneous removal".
I'd have to check my notes, but I sanded my boards down to a precise
size which I think was 0.048" (~1.2mm). They do require a very firm
insertion into the socket -- you may feel uncomfortable applying that
much force -- but you should feel the board snap into place below the
catch in the pins. If you don't feel a "snap" then it is possible that
the spacer board is too thick for whatever reason. I don't use any
adhesive, etc. on my boards to make it easier to repair them should
anything go wrong, but I've also had one other issue with a user
neglecting to install the spacer which caused damage to the REX and
his M100, so I will be changing to adhesive spacers on my next batch
(which I'm producing the Tandy Assembly).

When you install REX, do you feel it snap into place? Can you send
pictures of the installed REX? (You'll have to find a host for them
since the list doesn't handle attachments; or send them directly to
me)

Brian's work with the new REX PCB and the 3D-printed carrier looks
neat -- I'm following his progress -- so if you continue to have fit
issues one of those carriers might solve your problem, as well.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/aNfjvB1XucSehPGB9

-Josh

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:29 PM Stephen Adolph  wrote:
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> Honestly my first thought here is ... what software are you running and have 
> you ever done a total wipe of rex followed by a reload from scratch of the 
> software?
>
> These symptoms more or less sound like corruption of the directory which can 
> happen on older software loads.
>
> I've tried to catch all the fixes in my last supported software load.  Which 
> is at bitchin100.
> ..Steve
>
>
> On Saturday, July 27, 2019, Fred Whitaker  wrote:
>>
>> I have been having trouble with my REX chip becoming loose and losing data 
>> as a result. The computer also locks up. I was wondering if anyone had any 
>> ideas about better support for the chip corners, instead of a loose piece of 
>> wood under it.
>> I was thinking of trying to find some small diameter thin stick on feet, 
>> about 1/8 inch thick. Has anyone had a similar problem?
>> The problem will be the same with any of the ROM's on similar boards. The 
>> Super ROM that I have is on a similar board but it also has a full length 
>> spacer glued to the bottom of the board.
>> Until I can resolve this issue I am putting my REX chips in storage. This is 
>> only true for the Model 100 and Model 102.