Is the barcode patch going to be the 'official' interface? I haven't programmed mine yet; how useful is Geoff's terminal in 'normal' 8x40 M100 mode?
I.e. does it handle all the various cursor etc. control codes properly? It's definitely a neat device but you could of course also use an old laptop or whatever running a terminal program that does a correct emulation, although that would presumably require a level shifter. @ Steve: since most level shifters also invert the signal and I assume you're bit-banging the interface, is there any possibility of an option to invert the signals in software? ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Adolph To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [M100] REX & DVI What I think makes sense as a project is to direct efforts towards using the Geoff VT-100 terminal emulator with M100: http://geoffg.net/terminal.html This would be a great complement to M100. I think a great project would be to do some software work to rip into the DVI code, and pull out the video only routines, and rather than drive the DVI over the system bus, drive this "external VGA adapter" via serial. Several of us have started to disassemble DVI code. On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:30 AM James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: That's really disappointing, I wish I had know before I bought it. The whole point of getting the DVI was so that I could continue working on documents at home on a bigger screen. I'd have just as been well to have taken the SD card out of my NADSbox and stuck it in a winblows PC. Anyways I won't let that dampen my spirits! I'll figure something out. Maybe a gotek drive in the DVI? Anyone tried that? I do desperately need a new DVI cable, can anyone help? On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, 12:44 am Stephen Adolph, <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: I agree. I dont think the issue is with rex. On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Gregory McGill <arcadeshop...@gmail.com> wrote: I think the answer is no which is why i put my dvi on the shelf and gave up for a bit On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 4:41 PM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: Does anyone know if tsdos is at all compatible with dvi? Dvi installs software of it's own. Does tsdos support access to the dvi? Can tsdos ram version be coresident with dvi software? If the answer is no then you have to do some serious gymnastics to transfer from pc to m100 using tsdos, and then from m100 to dvi using dvi dos. On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: Would it be possible to copy TR-DOS from the M100 to a floppy? Load it up through the DVI? I've never uninstalled a program, so not sure where F7 comes in to it. Could I not simply KILL the rex manager? I wanted the DVi for typing, but I need the REX for TR-DOS. So I can save my documents to SD CARD or TPDD etc. On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, 12:15 am Stephen Adolph, <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: Unload means deinstall using F7. Not remove REX. REX can stay installed physically...just deinstall rexmgr.ba. On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote: You can select TS-DOS with REX and then unload the REX manager. That way it looks to the M100 like a regular ROM is loaded and the DVI should work just fine from there. Kurt On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Gregory McGill wrote: well transferring files from a pc with mcomm/laddealpha to dvi is facilitated by having rexmgr load tsdos.. On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:46 PM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: Yep. What I would do is make use of the deinstall function on rexmgr when you want to use dvi. Of course I dont know of many option roms that work with dvi anyways. What did you want to do that requires both rex and dvi? On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Gregory McGill <arcadeshop...@gmail.com> wrote: Pretty sure I posted this a while back :) yes they both want the same memory which is a bummer for transferring data between! On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:17 PM Josh Malone <josh.mal...@gmail.com> wrote: That has been my experience as well. It appears that something done by REXMGR interferes with the loading of DVI DOS. The REX can still be used as an option ROM, but REXMGR cannot coexist. On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 4:33 PM James Zeun <james.z...@gmail.com> wrote: Does the REX work with the DVI? Only I'm having serious issues getting my recently acquired DVI to work with my M100. It only seems to function with the REX manger is wiped from memory.
