Hi George, Yes you can configure the way the date is represented by your backpack sending commands to it when it is in regular serial mode: It's on page 37 of the User Manual, and here's a summary:
To switch between 24-hour and 12-hour time format: set time 24 set time ampm To switch between date formats: set date mdy set date dmy set date ymd Cheers, Gary On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 7:16 PM grima...@gmail.com <grima...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you! > > I typed it in from GitHub. what I found is my Backpack is setup to reply > with dd/mm/yyyy. > > However, Tandy BASIC appears to want the date in mm/dd/yyyy. The RTC.BA > program seems to assume the date will come back in the correct format. > > Does the Backpack have a way to configure the output format? > > In the meantime i altered the program and it works fine! > > Best, > George > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 8:30 PM <bir...@soigeneris.com> wrote: > >> 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> 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> >> 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> 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> < >> 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> *On Behalf Of * >> grima...@gmail.com >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 14, 2023 1:15 PM >> *To:* Model 100 Discussion <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 >> >> >> >>
