Thank you Ken! Greatly appreciated. I uploaded the four ROM images to the member uploads folder, and when I convert these into .BX then I’ll post those too. :-)
http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker&; <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker&;> Cheers and again, thank you!! Steve -- Greetings from Steve Baker “Gravity brings me down…” > On Dec 19, 2020, at 4:09 PM, Ken Pettit <petti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll get it approved now. > > On 12/19/20 1:08 PM, Steve Baker wrote: >> Hello — yes, cool! I’m sure my club100 account request will be approved >> sometime soon; in the meanwhile feel free to upload wherever. Sorry I don’t >> yet know how to convert these into .BX files (I’m sure it’s a simple file >> conversion) or I would’ve sent those instead. Thanks! >> >> — >> Greetings from Steve Baker >> Gravity brings me down... >> >> >>> On Dec 19, 2020, at 3:45 PM, Gregory McGill <arcadeshop...@gmail.com> >>> <mailto:arcadeshop...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I can upload to ftp.whtech.com <http://ftp.whtech.com/> as well >>> lmk >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 8:05 AM Steve Baker <stevebake...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> The ROM2S1 process worked like a charm. I now have what appear to be valid >>> HEX files of the four chips that I can extract (and I’ll receive my TL-866 >>> in a few days to extract the NEC one that I can’t read on my T102). >>> >>> I submitted a member registration form for club100.org >>> <http://club100.org/> in hopes of creating a member upload folder where I >>> can store these. What I have ready is: >>> >>> disk31.hex … Disk+ (aka Disk 4) ver 3.1 >>> gold71.hex … appears to be a custom ROM with “Gold” written in thin sharpie >>> and “7.10” in large regular sharpie >>> supr18.hex … Super ROM from PCSG ver 1.0 (this image is widely available >>> already) >>> plan10.hex … MS Multiplan 1.0 (this ROM is also widely available, grabbed >>> just for fun) >>> >>> Fingers crossed my account is approved, and thanks again for the tips on >>> how to do this! >>> Steve >>> >>> -- >>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Steve Baker <stevebake...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This is fantastic — thanks! >>>>> >>>>>> That would be, >>>>>> >>>>>> http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/ROM2S >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/ROM2S> >>>>> >>>>> I will download and setup the rom2s1.do file later today. This community >>>>> continues to amaze me with how much has been done and made available for >>>>> folks to use. Thanks!! >>>>> >>>>> For transfers I’ve been using mComm 2.5 as my go-to TPDD emulator, run >>>>> inside Windows emulated with Parallels on my Mac, using a USB to RS232 >>>>> cable adapter. I do have a working TPDD1 which I use on occasion for >>>>> floppy backups, but for day to day activity, saving and sending files >>>>> back and forth, etc. I use the above setup. (One of these days I’ll >>>>> explore the Mac-native options, but this works well and I’m in the >>>>> emulator every so often for work stuff anyway, so it’s convenient enough >>>>> and it’s rock solid.) >>>>> >>>>> Again, thanks! >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>>>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 10:49 AM, Brian White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 9:29 AM Steve Baker <stevebake...@gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> Hello again, and thanks for your response! >>>>>> >>>>>>> For any NEC rom (meaning, does NOT need a pinout adapter like all the >>>>>>> 100/102/200 roms do) you could get a bare TL-866 from ebay. >>>>>> >>>>>> This sounds awesome… I ordered one and it should arrive by Monday, and I >>>>>> look forward to learning how to use this tool and find out how to grab >>>>>> the image! >>>>>> >>>>>>> For any of the 100/102/200 roms it gets a little more complicated. You >>>>>>> either need to be able to remove the chip from the pinout adapter, or >>>>>>> get a DIP test clip (28 or more pins) (and some wires and a DIP-28 >>>>>>> socket just to hold the free ends of the 28 wires), or use software to >>>>>>> have the M100/200 read it and copy it out to the serial port. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This also sounds awesome — especially by using software to have the T102 >>>>>> read it and copy it out to the serial port. What software in particular >>>>>> should I use? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That would be, >>>>>> >>>>>> http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/ROM2S >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/ROM2S> >>>>>> >>>>>> And the serial cable: >>>>>> http://tandy.wiki/Model_T_Serial_Cable >>>>>> <http://tandy.wiki/Model_T_Serial_Cable> >>>>>> >>>>>> And a serial terminal app on a modern pc. For Windows I'd say probably >>>>>> TeraTerm >>>>>> https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/ >>>>>> <https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/> >>>>>> On linux I use minicom. I'd probably use minicom on mac too though I >>>>>> don't know if there's something more convenient on mac. >>>>>> >>>>>> I apologize, this could use a bit more help and direction than "use this >>>>>> comm program" but that'll have to be later. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think there might be an app that writes directly to a file via TPDD >>>>>> too, instead of using a terminal program to capture plain text. I might >>>>>> be inventing that, I'll have to look around. That wouldn't be >>>>>> necessarily fewer or easier steps just different. But it would mean >>>>>> setting up a tpdd emulator and installing a tpdd client on the t102, >>>>>> which is just a handy thing you're going to want in general anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> bkw >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Again, thanks! >>>>>> Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>>>>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 17, 2020, at 12:59 AM, Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com >>>>>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12/16/20 8:02 PM, Steve Baker wrote: >>>>>>>> Cool, happy to help with the exploration! >>>>>>>> Just getting into the hardware side of things, and I don’t have a NEC >>>>>>>> to try out the R2/Clu chip. Thoughts on how I could dump this? Or a >>>>>>>> gadget I could order to help me do that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For any NEC rom (meaning, does NOT need a pinout adapter like all the >>>>>>> 100/102/200 roms do) you could get a bare TL-866 from ebay. >>>>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/233816729184 >>>>>>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/233816729184> >>>>>>> The software is free and easy. (or at least, I could tell you what to >>>>>>> do exactly.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For any of the 100/102/200 roms it gets a little more complicated. You >>>>>>> either need to be able to remove the chip from the pinout adapter, or >>>>>>> get a DIP test clip (28 or more pins) (and some wires and a DIP-28 >>>>>>> socket just to hold the free ends of the 28 wires), or use software to >>>>>>> have the M100/200 read it and copy it out to the serial port. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Or I mail it to someone who would know what to do with it? (I have a >>>>>>>> small set of operational T102s, two non-functional T200s, and an >>>>>>>> awesome T. WP-2, but alas no NECs. >>>>>>> I would do it. But I would also walk you through using the TL-866 if >>>>>>> you want to try getting into that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any thoughts on the Gold v7.10 chip? Is that of any interest? I would >>>>>>>> be happy to install that into a T102 and see what happens when I call >>>>>>>> 63012, in the name of science! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> bkw >>>>> >>>> >>> >
