If you don't have a tsdos option rom you're going to have to bootstrap it one way or another. Bootstrapping through a second client seems like he most ineffient way. Better would be to save a basic loader in memory to bootstrap on demand.
On Sunday, May 22, 2016, Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you clone that tppd-2 disk please? I have a tppd-2 with no disk. The > thing was a doorstop until I found teeny. > > Even the mp3 of ts-dos on the club100 member uploads is of limited use, > because it just runs once and then consumes ram but isn't usable after > that. The directions with it don't say how to save it or install it, just > run it directly from the cassette input. > On May 22, 2016 3:12 PM, "Gary Hammond" <ghamm...@hotmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ghamm...@hotmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Fortunately I do have a working boot/util disk for the TPDD2 and was >> thinking along the same lines. >> >> Was there a boot/util disk for the TPDD? I never got a disk with the >> TPDD’s I have. >> >> >> >> *From: *M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com');>> on >> behalf of Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bw.al...@gmail.com');>> >> *Reply-To: *Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','m100@lists.bitchin100.com');>> >> *Date: *Monday, 23 May 2016 at 5:10 AM >> *To: *Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','m100@lists.bitchin100.com');>> >> *Subject: *Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2 >> >> >> >> Outstanding! This IS great news! >> >> With this maybe at some point we can replicate the util disk that shipped >> with the tpdd but is missing or degraded now, using nothing but a pc and >> the internet (and a real tpdd). >> >> -- >> bkw >> >> On May 21, 2016 10:44 PM, "Gary Hammond" <ghamm...@hotmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ghamm...@hotmail.com');>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> So here’s something different…a tool for talking to a real TPDD from a >> PC. This is the opposite of most of the discussion here on the list. >> >> I have just finished off the first version of a TPDD command line tool I >> have written. >> >> The problem: >> >> The problem I wanted to solve was find an easy way to transfer to a TPDD >> disk, files to and from my PC. It was getting laborious transferring files >> one at a time via telcom or basic over the serial port from the PC, then >> switching over to the TPDD and writing the files back. Even using TSDOS and >> loading up the max amount of programs in the M100’s RAM then transferring >> them as a group via TSDOS is still a time consuming process. >> >> The solution: >> >> I can now connect my TPDD or TPDD2 to my PC, which can be Windows, Linux >> or Mac. I then use the command line tool (TpddTool.py) to perform disk >> based commands using familiar command line syntax. The commands include: >> >> - cp myfile.do 0:myfile.do >> >> - cp 1:myprog.ba myprog.ba >> >> - rm 0:file1.co >> >> - cat 1:myfile.do >> >> - mv 0:wrong.do 0:right.do >> >> - format >> >> - status >> >> - dir 1: >> >> and my favourite: >> >> - cpd filedir 0: (this is used to copy a folder of files to the >> TPDD or copy the bank of a TPDD to a folder all in one go! >> >> The commands also take DOS equivalents i.e., copy, ren, del, type and >> copydir. >> >> >> >> I have tested the software using a TPDD and a TPDD2 with real coms ports >> and USB com port on Wndows 10, CentOS 6 and 7 and Mac OSX (El Capitan). A >> fortuitous side effect of writing a test suite for the API is that I now >> have a great tool for testing a physical TPDD! >> >> >> >> The tool is written in Python and is available with documentation from >> http://trs80stuff.net/tpdd/. The reason for Python was its cross >> platform compatibility, source code that can be easily read and re-used, >> and that it fitted in with some up-skilling I wanted to do for work with >> respect to auto documenting code and the nose test framework. >> >> >> >> Future ideas I have in mind are: >> >> - Set up and test in on the Raspberry Pi. >> >> - A GUI for drag and drop functionality. >> >> - Implementation of the sector based commands so that a true >> disk copy can be performed. It would be a good way to make disk images. >> >> - Create yet another drive simulator to work in the opposite >> direction. It would be good on a Raspberry Pi. >> >> Please post any feedback to myself directly or via the list. >> >> >> >> Enjoy! >> >>
