Use a USB->Serial cable dongle and a terminal program. I use the old-school "minicom" program (used to be fairly popular in Linux) from the CLI (which requires installation) in OS X. There should be a GUI based terminal emulator out there as well that should work.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 9:37 AM, <benjamin.vanderf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply everyone. Since the computer has a dial up modem I'm > wondering if perhaps there is some kind of service still around in the > states where I could dial in, upload the file, and then retrieve it from my > modern day mac? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:07 AM, Doug Jackson <d...@doughq.com> wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > I hear you loud and clear, and your health is the number one priority - > May I offer a thought. > > I would be happy to take the orphans off your hands to make them work for > club members - I know I'm in Australia, but I would be happy to haul them > here, make what I can work, and distribute them (with discounted shipping) > > Just so you are aware, I am the owner of DougsWordClocks.com, and I have > all of the appropriate test equipment and reflow soldering gear to make it > work. > > Just a thought :-) > > Doug > > > > > On 11/25/2015 6:36 PM, Ken Pettit wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > Yeah, I've been in and out of the hospital a lot the past several months > and haven't been spending any time on Club100 (or several other things). > I'm WAY behind on even getting to email. > > NADSBox is basically not being sold any more. I have maybe 13 enclosures > left and a handful of PCBs, but each of them has slight issues from where > the China manufacturer had some yield issues. It would take me about 5-6 > hours minimum each to get those PCBs in a workable state (assuming I could > even get them working). Because of this and the fact that leaning over a > lab bench worsens my angina pain, it isn't likely I would be able to get > more NADSBoxes out anytime in the near future. > > I am thinking about a couple of different replacement devices, though > getting them development poses similar issues as the NADSBox. > > Ken > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Michael Caronna < > <mikecaro...@gmail.com>mikecaro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is the NADS box still being sold? I sent an enquiry to club100 a while >> back but never heard back. >> >> -Mike >> >> >> On Wednesday, 25 November 2015, Rob Scrimgeour <aciph...@live.ca> wrote: >> >>> The absolute easiest way is with a NADS box. >>> http://www.club100.org/catalog.html >>> >>> Rob S >>> Victoria, BC >>> Canada >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >From: John Graf <j...@grafs.us> >>> Sender: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> >>> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:05:46 >>> To: Model 100 Discussion<m100@lists.bitchin100.com> >>> Reply-To: Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com> >>> Subject: Re: [M100] Question >>> >>> It would be fun to know the modern answer, too. I've tried various cable >>> converters from serial to USB, without much luck. The last time I made it >>> work flawlessly was with my Mac SE, using the original Mac pin printer >>> cable (which was a null modem cable) back in my newspaper days. The Mac >>> side used Mock Terminal, which we also used to operate our modems. >>> >>> My most recent attempt, some years ago, also successful, was with a >>> serial to USB cable and some version of Z-Term, but on a Mac OS 9 system. >>> Never could make it work with my OS X machines. Using a Terminal emulator >>> on OS X I believe is different than the Terminal software resident on the >>> new Macs. If it can be used as a Comm terminal, I never understood how. >>> >>> Truth be known, while it is fun to use the M100, I've gotten to like my >>> MacBook Pro, on which I run my entire media business, and do all my >>> writing. I even use my old iPad 2 for things like answering this email, >>> though the "screen" keyboard it isn't much good beyond the alphabet. Too >>> many hoops to jump through just to get numbers and other characters. >>> >>> The best solution appears to be those developed by several on this list, >>> like the NADS box, and a couple of other solutions, which escape my memory. >>> If you haven't already, check out Club100.org. >>> - - - - - - - - - - >>> John Graf >>> >>> > On Nov 24, 2015, at 9:46 PM, benjamin.vanderf...@gmail.com wrote: >>> > I was wondering what is the easiest possible way for someone with very >>> little technical knowledge to export text files from a trs 80 model 100 to >>> a Mac OS X laptop? Any help would be appreciated, thanks! >>> >> > > > -- > Kindest Regards, > > Doug Jackson > > <b>Dougs Word Clocks.com Pty Ltd</b> > ACN: 159 352 753 > > 35 Fred Lane Crescent, Gordon, ACT, 2906, Australia > > em: d...@dougswordclocks.com > ph: 0414 986878 > web: www.dougswordclocks.com > >
