Re: [M100] pc8206a

2023-10-27 Thread Tom Dison
Yes On Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 1:33 PM Gregory McGill wrote: > Is this something people might be interested in a repro of? > > Greg > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 4:55 AM Fisher wrote: > >> Jeepers! Me too? >> >> > On Oct 26, 2023, at 11:41 PM, Peter Vollan >> wrote: >> > >> > Does anyone need an NEC

Re: [M100] nec- pc-8401 *b*

2023-09-04 Thread Tom Dison
I think the A and B might refer to what country it was sold in, though it usually is listed as BM. The guide for the BM mentions 240 AC input, so I think it might be the UK. Mine is the PC-8401A-LS that has the larger vertical sized screen so the font isn't squished. On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 6:49 PM

Re: [M100] Cables for my TRS 80 Model 100

2021-11-29 Thread Tom Dison
I love the GuruModern. Even though I know how to make one via Arduino myself, it's become unwieldy as separate components wired together (board, sd-card, etc). I created one with a small LCD that showed the wifi connection and the current BAUD rate, but it was bulky. Especially for my NEC PC-8300

Re: [M100] M100 battery cover

2021-03-11 Thread Tom Dison
Thank you for your service to the community. On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 7:40 PM Gregory McGill wrote: > restocked! I print these so i have as many as needed > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 3:25 PM Robert J. Hutchins < > robert.hutch...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Went to purchase one today – did not find any.

Re: [M100] Husky (and Hunter)

2020-07-23 Thread Tom Dison
I have a 144k version. It's built like a truck. I haven't played around too much with it yet, just verified it was working. On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 10:21 AM Brian Brindle wrote: > I had one for a few years. Primarily used it as a portable terminal. The > charging circuit failed in it disastrously

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Dison
him through it after I >>> figured it out. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 5:28 PM Stephen Adolph >>> wrote: >>> >>>> REXCPM is all SRAM. It does not ship with software installed. You >>>> have to install the REX Manager "

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Dison
Yeah I wound up loading ts-dos 3-4 times. It kept disappearing. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:38 PM Gregory McGill wrote: > I believe Matt had problems transferring the rom file after the program > was loaded without ts-dos or teeny in memory, it crashed without it > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:06

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Dison
And for the record, I now have one of those shiny new Model 100 laptops running CP/M 2.2. Love it! I used Mcomm for the TPDD client. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 2:21 PM Gary Weber wrote: > > Worked like a charm > > Actually I did automatically use the CLEAR statement properly as I did > immediately

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Dison
I have a REX, I'll transfer it, swap devices, restart, and go from there On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 10:38 AM Gregory McGill wrote: > Did you have teeny loaded? or ts-dos? since you need one of them in ram > to install it it should say that too.. btw.. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 8:33 AM Stephen

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Dison
do that? >>> >>> once you have the ROM image loaded into block 0, you can use the same >>> CALL. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:22 PM Tom Dison wrote: >>> >>>> Q

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-29 Thread Tom Dison
image loaded into block 0, you can use the same CALL. > > Steve > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:22 PM Tom Dison wrote: > >> Quick question - in the directions it says install, restart and ensure >> Rex manager is running. I don't see rexmgr. Wi

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders update

2020-06-29 Thread Tom Dison
Quick question - in the directions it says install, restart and ensure Rex manager is running. I don't see rexmgr. With the REX I had to do, call 63012. That didn't work with this. Is there a similar call statement for this? On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 6:38 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > Well, I have

Re: [M100] Off Topic: NEC PC-8500/Starlet

2020-06-27 Thread Tom Dison
As an owner of a Starlet, I have a 32k cartridge that lets me use the full 64k for CP/M. That's the only change I see. I also have the expansion cartridge that lets you connect a monitor and a floppy. I don't have the floppy (yet?), but I do have the monochrome cable and have connected it to a

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders.

2020-06-12 Thread Tom Dison
What kind of term/comm program are you including with CP/M? On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:18 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > it is an issue for LaddieAlpha, Nadsbox and other clients to ensure > support for that. Has nothing to do with REXCPM. REXCPM is a piece of > hardware. > > CP/M contains 2

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders.

2020-06-08 Thread Tom Dison
Ah, I see the 4MB is gone On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 7:23 PM Tom Dison wrote: > I didn't see an ordering link. I would like a 4MB version. > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 6:23 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just a note to say I am ready to take ord

Re: [M100] REXCPM orders.

2020-06-08 Thread Tom Dison
I didn't see an ordering link. I would like a 4MB version. On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 6:23 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just a note to say I am ready to take orders for REXCPM! > Information is at the REX wiki. > Model 100 only for now. > 2MB and 4MB available. > Pricing is USD

Re: [M100] Reuse of laddie

2020-05-26 Thread Tom Dison
I like it! On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 13:05 John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > As to enhancements to Laddie I'd like to keep it a command line tool for > my part. > > Tom if you wanted to add a graphical shell that ran it as is we could work > out a (free of charge) license where you could redistribute

Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware

2020-05-26 Thread Tom Dison
give it to someone else without a license - which you and I do not > have. > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:05 AM Tom Dison wrote: > >> Should I not be looking at the source? I was going to add some additional >> features. >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:02

Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware

2020-05-26 Thread Tom Dison
Who manages that Bitchin100 that has the git repository I cloned? On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:38 Tom Dison wrote: > Ok, I’ll delete LaddieAlpha. Sorry about that. > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:31 Tom Wilson wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:

Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware

2020-05-26 Thread Tom Dison
Ok, I’ll delete LaddieAlpha. Sorry about that. On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:31 Tom Wilson wrote: > > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph > wrote: > >> >> Is there a way to comply? I think once we know about a file being shared >> publicly we should take steps to remove it. >> >>

Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware

2020-05-26 Thread Tom Dison
I have to say I really like LaddieAlpha, I have it running on a Raspberry Pi - very ready to install and, and now I have plenty of storage for my Model 200. I did a git clone of it and hterm, and plan to play with the source is both. On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 07:24 Brian K. White wrote: > On

Re: [M100] first REXCPM beta shipment

2020-05-15 Thread Tom Dison
So pumped! On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 16:48 Joshua O'Keefe wrote: > Congratulations, Steve, this is great news for the community! > > > On May 15, 2020, at 2:04 PM, Stephen Adolph > wrote: > > > >  > > Hi folks, > > Well today I shipped the first "beta" REXCPM hardware. Mike Stein has >

Re: [M100] pi-tpdd

2020-05-04 Thread Tom Dison
I’m definitely giving this a go. I have the parts. On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 13:33 Archturiat Baumann wrote: > So with all this COVID-19 self-isolation going on I had a chance to cobble > together a Pi Zero TPDD from https://github.com/rlauzon54/pi-tpdd. It > turned out to be a pretty cool

Re: [M100] Favorite games

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Dison
I published a simple golf game in the Portable 100 Magazine but I can’t find the issue. I’ve looked through all the PDF archives but haven’t found it. On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 15:03 Peter Vollan wrote: > Just to be clear, Tiler, a nice version of Tetris, is on my club 100 web > page. > >

Re: [M100] Building VirtualT

2020-03-31 Thread Tom Dison
Love it! On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 07:29 Ken Pettit wrote: > > On 3/26/20 7:00 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > > > > > > > Don't ask, don't tell :-) > > > > sprintf at least is inherently dangerous and should never be used. > > Should always use snprintf so you're committing to a certain buffer

Re: [M100] REX3?

2020-03-13 Thread Tom Dison
Those floppies drives are rare! On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 00:25 Tim Russell wrote: > I still have one, and a PX-4 as well. Both can also use a battery-powered > serial-connected 3.5 floppy drive, which I also happily still have. > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 13:51 Tom Wilson wrote: > >> Also, if

Re: [M100] REX3?

2020-03-11 Thread Tom Dison
I have about 6, a few with the 64k multiunit for the RAM driver. I have a dual-serial Rpi that provides 4 floppies using Vfloppy and a serial console on the other port. I need to start selling some! On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 14:51 Tom Wilson wrote: > Also, if you're looking for an 8-bit CP/M

Re: [M100] Prepping for CP/M on the Model T

2020-03-08 Thread Tom Dison
I use RunCpm on Linux. I also just installed in on an Adafruit Grand Central M4 Express microcontroller. Just connect a micro-USB connector and use a terminal program like Putty at 9600. It uses a MicroSD card so I can just copy apps to the SD card. On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 13:01 r cs wrote: >

Re: [M100] Web 8201 is moving servers!

2020-01-27 Thread Tom Dison
And thanks for including the 8401 and 8500, 2 of my favorites! On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 12:16 Kurt McCullum wrote: > Thanks for maintaining the site Gary! > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, at 9:40 AM, Gary Weber wrote: > > Greetings all! > > I'll be having my web hosting company move the Web 8201

Re: [M100] DIY REX quandry

2020-01-25 Thread Tom Dison
Very interested On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 7:34 PM r cs wrote: > > Also, be advised Steve is getting close to releasing a new REX with the > incredible feature that it can let the M100 run CP/M as well as still being > everything a normal REX is, for sale not diy > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:36

Re: [M100] another program

2020-01-25 Thread Tom Dison
Having worked on “enterprise” software for 20 years I have seen worse - in production! On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 1:49 PM Peter Vollan wrote: > The way one solves that is by having the CASE statements and then a > GOTO catchall for whatever does not get caught. I think you know this. > > On Sat,

Re: [M100] Nc100 was Re: Mcomm

2019-09-26 Thread Tom Dison
y card with a PC? That is, the CP/M-formatted > PCMCIA SRAM card. > > Jon > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2019, 15:54 Tom Dison, wrote: >> >> I have an NC100 and an NC200. With a memory card, you can run CP/M on both. >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 10:56 Willard Goosey wrote

Re: [M100] Nc100 was Re: Mcomm

2019-09-25 Thread Tom Dison
I have an NC100 and an NC200. With a memory card, you can run CP/M on both. On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 10:56 Willard Goosey wrote: > Sounds like the nc100 may be closer to a z88 than m100? > > Interested in z88 but i don't know much about it... > > > Willard > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >

Re: [M100] NADSBoxes

2019-09-13 Thread Tom Dison
Totally psyched! On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 13:08 C.Magaret wrote: > Ken, thanks for your persistence with this. I’m psyched to hear the final > announcement. > > Cheers, > CAM > > > >

Re: [M100] status of the m100

2019-08-31 Thread Tom Dison
I put rubber bands on mine in the early 90's because I wanted to take notes at a 2-week training course I was taking. It would have been way too loud otherwise. Asking the rubber bands was something I have up by myself, I didn't know others did that too. On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 14:44 Peter Vollan

Re: [M100] dual CPU project

2019-07-11 Thread Tom Dison
Jul 11, 2019 at 11:16 AM Tom Dison wrote: > >> I'm interested, especially as I have a M100 and several CP/M laptops. >> >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 10:14 AM Josh Malone wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:31 AM Stephen Adolph >>> wrote: >>> &

Re: [M100] dual CPU project

2019-07-11 Thread Tom Dison
I'm interested, especially as I have a M100 and several CP/M laptops. On Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 10:14 AM Josh Malone wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:31 AM Stephen Adolph > wrote: > > > Board is done and heading to the fab. VHDL is mostly done. > > > > I don't expect this board will be wildly

Re: [M100] Wifi RS232 Trouble

2019-06-13 Thread Tom Dison
FWIW, I have had good luck with mine from https://www.simulant.uk/shop/retro-vintage-computer-wifi-modem-rs232-serial-hayes-compatible . On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 6:08 PM Jason Benson wrote: > I tried testing this modem out hooked up to my modern windows pc through a > serial adapter and using

Re: [M100] CP/M for Amstrad NC200

2019-06-13 Thread Tom Dison
Fortunately, since they can run off AA batteries, I use rechargeable batteries. I have one A/C adapter, but it is UK. I'm not sure they even made US adapters. On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 6:38 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > My NC100 and 200 I got off eBay, where I got most of my other stuff. > > Pretty

Re: [M100] CP/M for Amstrad NC200

2019-06-12 Thread Tom Dison
I have it running on my NC200, it works well, mostly. I also have a NC100 I'm going to put it on. It has a little better support for the 100 than the 200. Some of the graphical apps only work on the 100. On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 6:03 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > Saw this on Facebook (the 8-bit

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-15 Thread Tom Dison
First principles - try, try again. Well done! On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:18 PM Thomas Morehouse wrote: > Victory. > > I bought another USB/serial adapter/cable; usb to RS232. This one (sold > by DTECH) works perfectly. Plugged it in, 102 screen remained normal and > clear. Transferred several

Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain?

2019-04-10 Thread Tom Dison
A serial port normal does supply power, so it does produce a drain. On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 12:09 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > fwiw, I usually see the LCD change it's bias when I plug in serial. > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 1:03 PM Kurt McCullum wrote: > >> Is your current USB to serial adapter an

Re: [M100] Tera Term help

2019-03-29 Thread Tom Dison
Yeah, I just did that same thing, and added a cheap Null-Modern adapter in-line and all was good. I keep an set of male-male and female-female Null-Modern l adapters, plus a bunch of gender adapters around just in case. So far I've connected M100, Epson PX-8, Cambridge Z88, Amstrad NC200 running

Re: [M100] Going online?

2019-03-27 Thread Tom Dison
I definitely agree with you, that's what I use my RS232-Wifi for. I've connected to several telnet BBS's that way, but they're want much activity. I also know there is a Plato project, Irata Term (or something like that). > I think there is > clearly a need for this again: a low speed dialup bbs

Re: [M100] ebay seller

2019-02-26 Thread Tom Dison
y, and that's if > they are even willing to try it. I suggest bubble wrap on the unit itself, > AND loose peanuts around that, to try to absorb all bumps and bangs. > > This is all not to say that it's terrible *project*, only to say that it's > a terrible *computer*. :) > If it

Re: [M100] ebay seller

2019-02-26 Thread Tom Dison
There is a model 600 for sale at a good price on eBay, but I'm kind of hesitant. It seems to be quite the oddball model in the series. Does anyone have experience with it? On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 6:34 AM Stephen Adolph wrote: > I'm just surprised that something as minor as attribution got you

Re: [M100] Tandy 200 RAM modules

2018-08-26 Thread Tom Dison
Check eBay. There is a gentleman who makes them and sells them on Ebay. I bought 2 earlier this year and they work great. On Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 09:59 Fugu ME100 wrote: > There is also a single RAM version with an easier to solder SOIC part. > https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/naMPAS3A > >

Re: [M100] Ask a silly question

2018-07-24 Thread Tom Dison
Don't forget the Video part. Many moons ago I had a DVI with a model 100 and a monochrome monitor. Suddenly you had 80-column text. Combined with the extra storage of a floppy I felt like I was in heaven. On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 2:26 PM wrote: > Oh! Well I've owned my M100 for years now and I had

Re: [M100] tpdd mcomm setups

2018-07-23 Thread Tom Dison
Thanks so much! On Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 12:20 PM Gregory McGill wrote: > same place.. www.arcadeshopper.com/wp I'm temp out of stock but more are > being made > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:17 AM Tom Dison wrote: > >> And where do I find a Rex? I've really been looking

Re: [M100] tpdd mcomm setups

2018-07-23 Thread Tom Dison
included > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:56 AM Tom Dison wrote: > >> So I don't need any software installed on my M200 for one of these? I >> have a TPDD but haven't been able to find a utility disk to use it. >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 10:56 AM Gregory McGill &g

Re: [M100] tpdd mcomm setups

2018-07-23 Thread Tom Dison
So I don't need any software installed on my M200 for one of these? I have a TPDD but haven't been able to find a utility disk to use it. On Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 10:56 AM Gregory McGill wrote: > I am putting together a few MCOMM TPDD setups using android tv boxes, good > rs232 cables and a null

Re: [M100] TPDD Utility Disk

2018-05-29 Thread Tom Dison
I’m just wondering if that is good > enough or if there is some special boot sector magic necessary. > > On May 29, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Tom Dison wrote: > > I don't believe you can create one with a PC floppy controller. I'd buy a > copy off of someone is I could. For now, I'm p

Re: [M100] TPDD Utility Disk

2018-05-29 Thread Tom Dison
I don't believe you can create one with a PC floppy controller. I'd buy a copy off of someone is I could. For now, I'm planning on using the python library on Linux box connected to the drive to create the disk. I'd much rather just have the floppy. On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 2:31 PM Kevin Becker