Marko, I haven't used a voice recorder but had imagined it could be a good alternative. What do you do with / where do you connect the "REM" (remote) line, or do you just let it float unconnected? If floating, do you need to use "voice activated" mode to get the recorder to work only when it senses a data signal (sound), or do you just start the recorder first and then save the program? The small voice recorder I have, at least, does not have a REM line.
Of course, the relative disadvantage of the cassette or digital cassette option would seem to be that programs or data must be recorded sequentially and cannot (at least with many inexpensive voice recorders) be accessed randomly; the file access system is not as sophisticated as one that allows you to access files at will. Best wishes, Anthony On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Marko Peussa <marko.peu...@kolumbus.fi> wrote: > What's wrong with C-cassettes? Unless you have a ton of data, those are a > cheap storage option. > > And if you do not want to use them, you can get a decent drive made out of > any voice recorder (mp3, wav...) that supports high bitrates with low > compression. For example, 48kHz uncompressed wav. > > Then you can use your voice recorder like a cassette drive. It works > surprisingly well. > > Jan-80 <ja...@scarlet.be> kirjoitti 22.11.2015 kello 13.08: > > The NADSbox uses SD-cards, cheap and in abundance available, and quite > modern. Flashdrives are not really cheaper, and technically more complex > (eg, they need 5v, 500mA to operate) to implement. ZIP-drives - operating > over the parallel port - are really a thing from the past, because they are > no longer supported, if they haven't died from the 'click-of-death' > already. Your suggestion, serial-to-usb-to-flashdrive might be possible on > a hardware level, but again, where does the 5V come from? From the Model T? > Its batteries will be depleted in no time. And the formatting? FAT, FAT-32 > or exFAT? All that management has to be crammed into a machine with only 32 > kilobyte of RAM (this message might be bigger tan 32 K!) So, it's better > that when you design a storage system for the Model 100, management is > taken care of outside the machine, and the M100 only communicates, using > the simple and tiny TPDD-protocol. And that's what NADS does. (kinda) > > Of course there are cheaper ways: since the TPDD-protocol is the common > denominator for all M100 storage, you can use any device that emulates a > TPDD, connected with a serial cable. So, there are: PALM, PC - DOS, > Windows, Linux - MAC, Raspberry Pi, ... This list is not complete, but you > get it. Programming is mostly free so code can be adapted to virtually any > device. From that device, you can store on any medium you wish, or you can > use that device as your storage space. Oh, I think it will be very hard to > fill your 2 GB with M100 programs... > > Those webpages, I have seen them too. And some are very impressive. But > most of the time, they use the M100 as a terminal, as a shell to build > something in to, or as a simple keyboard. In none of those cases, you are > using the M100 as the computer it is. In most cases, it is used as a slave > or a donator of parts. That's not what I want. I do want to use the M100 as > a computer in its own right - be it so small - and with modern tech to help > me connect to the modern world, and/or to help with storage. But my model > 100 is never going to be a carcass or a puppet. But I realise, that - and > all the rest - is my opinion. > > A lot of people prefer even to use the M100 itself as storage. That's no > problem if you use a limited amount of programs, and/or don't produce a lot > of files that need secure storage or transfer quick. And then we come to > ROM/RAM expansions like REX, REX+ or QUAD. They are valid alternatives, if > you adapt your way of working around it. > > Bottom line: I think that there are plenty of storage alternatives. > Bitchin.100 website documents most of them. > > Good luck, and ask any question on this list, as long as it is about the > computers we love. ;-) > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > Jan-80 > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:05:24 -0700, John Martin wrote: > > I was thinking if someone can use a NADSBOX or Iomega zip drive with a > Model 100 for storing files. Is it possible to use a USB 2 GB flash drive > with a USB to SERIAL adapter to plug into any M100 compatible port? > > I am not a technical person, engineer or computer programmer. But I am > sure there are more and cheaper options to save files using other kinds of > hardware media. > > I have website pages that show the Model 100 being used for many things. > For example: M100 using Raspberri Pi, M100 using blue tooth to control a > robot on YouTube. > > > > > > >
