Thanks for testing that Greg. That tells me mComm is failing to find the loader 
file for TS-DOS 100. Have you tried TEENY for the 100 to see if that works?

Kurt

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:
> yeah soon as i hit ok it bombs out on the android box back to the home 
> screen.. nothing sent here's the software about page on my device:
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gxfhxqy5V3Y9rkLe7
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 8:52 AM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote:
>> __
>> That's a good sign. One more thing to try.
>> Go to TELCOM
>> STAT 98n1E <ENTER>
>> TERM <ENTER>
>> F2 
>> LOAD.DO <ENTER>
>> 
>> Now go to mComm and push the load DOS button, select TS-DOS 100 and press 
>> OK. You should see all the loader code come into TELCOM. It takes quite a 
>> bit longer this way but when done press F2 to stop the download. At that 
>> point, you should be able to load that DO into BASIC and run it.
>> 
>> If that doesn't work, then there is something in v9 of Android that is 
>> preventing mComm from opening one of the files stored in it's resource files 
>> folder. If that's the case, then I've got some work to do.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020, at 8:44 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:
>>> that works fine.. was able to go in and go to modem vm and then back to tpdd
>>> 
>>> tpdd works fine, it's just the push function.. 
>>> 
>>> Greg
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:18 AM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote:
>>>> __
>>>> Something to try to see if things are working.
>>>> 
>>>> Go to TELCOM
>>>> STAT 98n1E <ENTER>
>>>> TERM <ENTER>
>>>> <ENTER>
>>>> <ENTER>
>>>> 
>>>> At this point you should get a message that says you are in virtual modem 
>>>> mode. If you don't see this message, something is definitely not working.
>>>> 
>>>> Remember to exit out of the virtual modem mode with
>>>> TPDD <ENTER>
>>>> 
>>>> Then exit TELCOM.
>>>> 
>>>> Kurt
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, at 8:02 PM, Gregory McGill wrote:
>>>>> ok great, yes with other android boxes it worked fine.. just this new one 
>>>>> is the issue.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:45 PM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> __
>>>>>> Greg,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I just finished some testing. I was using a v6 Android TV box, with an 
>>>>>> FTDI usb to serial adapter. On the other end was my NEC 8201.
>>>>>> With mComm running, I pressed the Load Dos button and selected TS-DOS 
>>>>>> NEC. Then I went to Basic and put the command in that was on the TV 
>>>>>> screen and hit enter. Then I pressed OK on the TV screen (clicked with a 
>>>>>> mouse). mComm started sending and TS-DOS was loaded on my device.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't have a 100 or 102 here but I was able to use TELCOM and download 
>>>>>> the loader for TS-DOS by selecting a different version from mComm. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> At this point I'm not sure what is happening on your end. I'll see if 
>>>>>> there is any way to catch the error and display it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'll keep you posted.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kurt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:
>>>>>>> yep..also it works for browsing with ts-dos.. just not to push it to 
>>>>>>> another 100/200
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:51 AM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> __
>>>>>>>> Okay thanks. That rules out a bad cable so it's definitely something 
>>>>>>>> with the Android mComm. I've got my dev machine with me but limited 
>>>>>>>> cables. I think I've got enough to test but I've got to dig it out of 
>>>>>>>> some boxes.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Kurt
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, at 8:41 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:
>>>>>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> same one i've been using all the time with many other boxes also 
>>>>>>>>> works fine on my 102 with windows mcomm
>>>>>>>>> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AHYJWWG/ 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Greg 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:39 AM Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> __
>>>>>>>>>> Greg,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I'll have to check that. Unfortunately most of my equipment is in 
>>>>>>>>>> storage right now due to being in the middle of a move.
>>>>>>>>>> I do have an NEC 8201a that I may be able to test with. I'll get 
>>>>>>>>>> back to you on it.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Quick question. What type of USB to serial adapter are you using?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Kurt McCullum
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, at 8:19 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Trying to push ts-dos from mcomm android 181 on a android 9 tv box 
>>>>>>>>>>> i just got. whenever i hit ok to send the file it just seems to 
>>>>>>>>>>> crash mcomm and jumps out of it.. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Greg 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 

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