Yes, someone already wrote such a program and shared it. If you just got a Backpack Drive Plus it is already on the SD card. You can also download it from: https://github.com/Jeff-Birt/Backpack/tree/main/User_Programs
There is an MT version and NEC version. Note that while these have a .BA extension they are really text files, a.k.a. .DO files. It has been the convention to give BASIC programs shared as text files the .BA extension but if you try to load such a file as is BASIC will try to parse it on the fly and it can’t do so fast enough. The file extension needs to be changed to .DO. Load it into RAM, go to BASIC and do: LOAD”FILE.DO”. After it loads do: SAVE”FILE.BA” and it is now a tokenized BASIC file. I’ll get these renamed and include the tokenized version in the future to avoid such confusion. Jeff Birt From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> On Behalf Of grima...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2023 7:19 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] - Backpack Random question - Does a BASIC program already exist to interface with the Backpack to set the clock? I find myself having to Cold start the machine often, but this handy Backpack has a real time clock in it. Would be great to run a quick program that interfaces with the Backpack over serial, issues the TIME, DATE and DAY commands, queries the current system time and date, calculates the delta and then resets the system clock. I started to write the program in BASIC, but I admit I don’t know much about serial communication. I managed to open the COM buffer for output, send the four CR to wake it. However, I then PRINT “TIME”+chr$(13) after that, close the buffer, reopen it for input and then try to get the result. However I only end up with: C # T As if the second PRINT never went through. So rather than continue to rack my brain, I figured I’d ask if it already exists. -George On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 4:44 PM Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com <mailto:mhs.st...@gmail.com> > wrote: It might not be that straightforward; the printer port is partially shared with the keyboard. On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 10:58 AM Alex ... <abortretryf...@gmail.com <mailto:abortretryf...@gmail.com> > wrote: Wire a R2R DAC to the printer port and have the M100 play music Covox style. 😃 On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 14:21 Fisher <nolan...@fisher25.ca <mailto:nolan...@fisher25.ca> > wrote: All it needs in its next version is an 8mm stereo jack, an mp3 player and some jukebox software for the laptop! Too much to wish for? No matter, it’s already a great piece of kit. :-) Sean On Feb 14, 2023, at 8:08 PM, <bir...@soigeneris.com <mailto:bir...@soigeneris.com> > <bir...@soigeneris.com <mailto:bir...@soigeneris.com> > wrote: The Backpack was designed by a friend of mine who wishes to remain private. He sent me one and I thought it was great and encouraged him to make more offering my help. My only part of the design was the case. Jeff Birt From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com <mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> > On Behalf Of grima...@gmail.com <mailto:grima...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 1:15 PM To: Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com <mailto:m100@lists.bitchin100.com> > Subject: [M100] - Backpack Just received my Backpack from Soigeneris. All I have to say, is that I really like the design of it all. It’s relatively compact, it matches the design of the M100, and it runs on a single AA cell. I immediately plugged it in, and got it to work. Pretty much zero configuration needed. I’ve already got REX installed so I was able to load up TS-DOS and be off to the races. Shout out to Soigeneris and to whomever designed and built this device! Best, George
