Where are you getting hung up Peter? Loading the file into the memory file system or launching the CO?
-- John. On Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 10:34 PM Peter Vollan <dprogra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forgive my stupid question, but, I have Rex and TSDOS, how can I > correctly load a binary file such as Starb or Hterm? > > > On 22 July 2018 at 18:59, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > It's very common to use a TPDD (Tandy portable disk drive) client > likeTS-DOS > > or TEENY in concert with a TPDD emulation server like laddiealpha or > mcomm > > to transfer binary files. > > > > Of course first you have to get a client into the system. Tsdos is > typically > > run from an option ROM. Teeny can be loaded via TEENY.EXE or a ascii > > formatted BASIC loader. > > > > I think mcomm can bootstrap in a RAM version of Tsdos. > > > > > > -- John. > > > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 6:21 PM Wayne Lorentz <waynelore...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I recently broke out my old AP-issued Model 100 and have been tinkering > >> with it. > >> > >> I have it hooked up to my computer via a null modem and am able to > >> transfer BASIC files to it. But I'm stumped about how to move a binary > >> file. > >> > >> In my old BBSing days, you just used a file transfer program, like the > >> various XModem programs available for the 100. But the one program > that I > >> can get to work (XMODEM.BA 9216 (02-07-90)), only saves .DO files. > Trying > >> .CO files ends up with an immediate Transfer Aborted message, or > something > >> similar. > >> > >> So, how does one move a binary to a Model 100 over a null modem? > >> > >> The reason I ask is that I'd like to play the lpm game in the Club 100 > >> library. The library notes that its files are not ASCII. The .BA > appears > >> to be tokenized BASIC, and the two support files are .CO's. > >> > >> Which brings up another question: How does one get the lpm game onto a > >> Model 100. The machine reports 29,382 bytes free on boot-up. Once the > >> XModem program is loaded in, it's just 17K. But lpm is 20K. What > sorcery > >> is this? > >> > >> > > >
