My setup: Mac OSX laptop FTDI USB serial adapter CoolTerm terminal client (http://freeware.the-meiers.org/) Tandy M102
Connect 102 to USB serial adapter. Open CoolTerm, set to 9600,8,N,1. Select my USB serial port Open TELCOM on 102. Select STAT, set to 88N1E (this is 9600,8,N,1 w/ flow-control enabled) Make sure you can type back and forth between CoolTerm and TELCOM. Note that there will be no "local echo" -- meaning you will see your keystrokes only on the other machine's display. Once basic serial connectivity is established, go back to CoolTerm and select "Capture to Textfile". Choose a file. Back to 102. Open file in TEXT. Select SAVE and save to "COM:88N1E". This dumps the text file to the serial port. Stop capture in CoolTerm and you have your file. Primitive, lots of steps, but.. easy! On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > How about Bluetooth? > > m > > On 11/25/15, Marko Peussa <marko.peu...@kolumbus.fi> wrote: > > This would have been my suggestion, too. After all, "Cloud storage" was > > available already in the 80's... > > > > Here's the current dial-up BBS list: > > > > http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/dialbbs.htm > > > > I would advise to login first using telnet, with something that supports > > VT100 terminal type. Then go to your prerences in the BBS and choose > "tty" > > as terminal type, and set screen lenght to 16 or so. In this way you can > get > > rid of all the fancy stuff. Only then dial in with M100 and message your > > file to yourself as a private message. Then login back with your modern > > computer, or smartphone, by telnet for example. And read your private > > message. > > > > I've had success with Synchronet-based boards, although they do not > support > > the 40 character line width. Others might work as well. > > > > > > > > benjamin.vanderf...@gmail.com kirjoitti 25.11.2015 kello 17.37: > > > >> 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> 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 > > >
