Try this program- 10 REM send contents of mainrom to serial port 11 REM model = M100 100 CLS 105 PRINT" 110 PRINT"open com link to PC" 120 PRINT"19200, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit" 121 PRINT"Xon/Xoff enabled, 98N1E" 135 PRINT"data format hex ascii" 140 PRINT"hit any key when link ready to receive" 150 A$=INKEY$:IF A$=""THEN 150 195 PRINT"sending data to PC via serial" 200 OPEN"com:98n1E" FOR OUTPUT AS 1 205 H$="0123456789ABCDEF" 210 FOR I=0TO32767 215 A=PEEK(I) 220 B=(AAND240)/16:C=AAND15 230 D=B:GOSUB400:D=C:GOSUB400 235 NEXT 290 CLOSE#1 300 PRINT"done!":END 400 E$=MID$(H$,D+1,1):PRINTE$;:PRINT#1,E$;:RETURN
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:09 PM, James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can run it again, but it did run for quite some time, couldn't tell you > how long, because i left it and watch the TV. > > Was my result different to yours? > > I've had hit and miss results with windows and have thus fallen back on > minicom under linux, which seems to handle my serial ports a lot better. I > use my M100 for writing articles for my blog and this is by far the easiest > way of uploading docs from the M100. > > With your typical text capture do the trick? > > James > > > On 21 April 2015 at 01:59, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> did it run for a good long time? like several minutes? >> That is a very different rom. I think we need to get a copy of that one! >> >> Generally, to extract the ROM, it works well to send characters over the >> serial port as 2 byte hex represented data. >> >> ex. binary 255 gets sent as "F" "F" >> >> you can use a serial cable and capture the data using hyperterm or any >> other terminal program. >> >> Think you could get set up to do that? I think I have a program around >> here somewhere to do that. >> A basic program can do it equally, but it is much slower. >> >> Steve >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:47 PM, James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Result 61151 >>> On 21 Apr 2015 1:43 am, "James Zeun" <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm running this program now, entered it via basic >>>> Should it read >>>> 30 NEXTI >>>> or 30 NEXT I >>>> On 21 Apr 2015 1:07 am, "Stephen Adolph" <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ...seems to work just fine. >>>>> >>>>> So, James - so far no smoking gun. REX installs and works to first >>>>> order. I've not done a huge pile of testing mind you. >>>>> >>>>> But it does a lot more than what you are getting. >>>>> >>>>> Would be good to know your checksum. >>>>> >>>>> This program runs forever but eventually it will tell you your ROM >>>>> checksum in base 10. >>>>> >>>>> 5 A=0 >>>>> 10 FORI=0 TO 32767 >>>>> 20 A=A+PEEK(I) >>>>> 25 IF A>65535 THEN A=A-65535 >>>>> 30 NEXTI >>>>> 50 PRINT A >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> >> > > > -- > My retro tech blog and general ramblings > http://bytemyvdu.wordpress.com/ >