Seasons Greetings! Good catch, thanks! I’ll update my directory with the file you posted. :-)
Again, thanks, Steve — Greetings from Steve Baker Gravity brings me down... > On Dec 22, 2023, at 12:24 AM, Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Steve, I just noticed that the GoldCard 7.1 rom image is wrong in your > Club100 directory. It's a copy of the DISK+ 3.1 rom. > > However, the hex file is correct. I converted it to a binary and here is a > copy of that: http://tandy.wiki/File:GoldCard_7.1.bin > > -- > bkw > > >> On 1/11/21 19:40, Steve Baker wrote: >> Greetings again Brian and everyone, >>> I would never ask to break something. >>> >>> If it has screws or obvious snaps, and you're comfy then fine, otherwise >>> don't think one second about it. >> My sincere apologies! I didn’t for a moment think that you were asking me to >> break anything; my post was simply me lamenting my emerging but nascent >> skills! The case appears to be quite well stuck together, and I was hoping >> that I might’ve been able to crack it open without needing to hot glue it >> back together (ugh, my glue gun chops are awful!). >> But… I did take a peek at the 256Kb IC cards and sure enough, there’s not >> only a battery compartment that easily unscrewed, but also an on/off switch! >> Pretty cool stuff, so I took some more photos and added two slides into the >> PDF (pages 12 and 13, in particular). This also shows the other 32Kb IC card >> I have (sure enough, it initialized and works!). >> This should be a direct link to the updated PDF with the additional photos, >> for convenience (if this doesn’t work, the link to the folder is in the >> thread, below): >> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=Gold >> <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=Gold> >> Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf&directory=Steve Baker& >> Next for me with the Goldmine (clearly, I like giving things nicknames) is >> in the software; I'd like to figure out more about the ROM Eliminator >> feature chronicled in the article (slide 17). Might they have a precursor to >> REX? While mine is probably not the industrial interface ($100 option) >> perhaps the ability to save and restore Option ROMs is available? >> Onward we go, >> SB >> -- >> Greetings from Steve Baker >> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 6:54 PM, Brian White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I would never ask to break something. >>> >>> If it has screws or obvious snaps, and you're comfy then fine, otherwise >>> don't think one second about it. >>> >>> Thanks for dumping the rom and the pics. >>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:07 PM Steve Baker <stevebake...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> From Brian K. White: >>> >>>> Could you look a little more at the cards? >>>> Do they come apart to see the board inside? >>>> Is the battery permanent or a removable coin cell? >>>> >>>> Does the main unit with the sockets come apart to see that board? >>> >>> Good questions and thoughts @Brian thanks for your follow-up with >>> this! In the next day or two I’ll poke around a little bit. I’m a >>> bit squeamish to crack open stuff, not for fear of discovery but >>> for fear of naively breaking brittle rare stuff! I’ll do my best >>> to do what I can (if I see something I can open and/and detach, I >>> certainly will!). >>> >>> Whatever I’m able to learn on the hardware side, I’ll take >>> additional pictures and update the PDF (and post here letting you >>> and others know). I also happen to have a Tarjeta IC Card >>> MF3132-003T originally for Noritsu machines that I wanted to use >>> in my Tandy WP-2 (sadly, it doesn’t work) so I’ll see if it works >>> in this fella at all. >>> >>>> I love how thin the unit is. >>> >>> Yes, the black plastic case is incredibly thin and I could see how >>> convenient it would be to have it affixed under the Model T >>> (especially if the user has two of those groovy little legs >>> installed as kick-stands of sorts). I’ll probably replace the >>> battery and caps on this particular T102, retr0brite the case, and >>> nickname it Goldmine. ;-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> SB >>> >>> -- >>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 1:17 PM, Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is very cool. >>>> >>>> Could you look a little more at the cards? >>>> Do they come apart to see the board inside? >>>> Is the battery permanent or a removable coin cell? >>>> >>>> Does the main unit with the sockets come apart to see that board? >>>> >>>> I love how thin the unit is. >>>> >>>> -- bkw >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/10/21 5:25 PM, Steve Baker wrote: >>>>> Thanks! Yep, it’s very well-built and I’m looking forward to >>>>> digging into it once I (finally) put together my MVT100 kit that >>>>> you sent me months ago! (I’m perhaps too cautious…) >>>>> By chance, is Mo still associated with King Computer Services >>>>> (that’s one of the companies mentioned in the credits screen)? I >>>>> sent an email to them and attached the PDF too. >>>>> https://www.kingcomputerservices.com/contact.htm >>>>> <https://www.kingcomputerservices.com/contact.htm> >>>>> <https://www.kingcomputerservices.com/contact.htm >>>>> <https://www.kingcomputerservices.com/contact.htm>> >>>>> It’d be great to learn more about the history of this project, >>>>> how long it was on the market, if the manuals are available >>>>> somewhere, etc. (looks like I’ve found my next windmill). >>>>> Cheers and again, thanks, >>>>> SB >>>>> -- >>>>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>>>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>>>> On Jan 10, 2021, at 5:10 PM, Stephen Adolph >>>>>> <twospru...@gmail.com <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com> >>>>>> <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> very interesting! Never seen that before. >>>>>> Well Mo Budlong wrote some very good software, I'm sure it is >>>>>> really a good device. >>>>>> thanks for putting that together! >>>>>> Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 4:06 PM Steve Baker >>>>>> <stevebake...@gmail.com <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com> >>>>>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Quick update on my (previously mysterious) Gold 7.10 chip. I >>>>>> dusted off the corresponding hardware (an interesting case with >>>>>> two 256Kb IC cards that plugs into the system bus) and was >>>>>> able to >>>>>> get it working. It offers two banks of 256Kb storage plus some >>>>>> utilities to format and test IC cards, copy cards, transfer >>>>>> files >>>>>> to/from RAM, and so on. >>>>>> >>>>>> Today I made a quick PDF that has (a) photos of the software >>>>>> running on a Tandy 102, the chip itself, and the IC case and >>>>>> cards; and (b) a two-part article written by Mike Nugget in the >>>>>> Oct/Nov 1988 issues of Portable 100. Thought it might be >>>>>> interesting to read a more robust hands-on review, as I’m just >>>>>> starting to figure out what this does. >>>>>> >>>>>> The PDF is stored here in my Club100 folder: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker&; >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Steve >>>>>> Baker&> >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker&; >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker&;>> >>>>>> >>>>>> … along with the HEX and BX files of the chip itself. Now I’m >>>>>> totally curious about what I have… given the chip has a >>>>>> hand-written label, is this a pre-production version? Or >>>>>> were all >>>>>> of them shipped like this, thereby asserting a relatively low >>>>>> volume (the 512k set had a list price of $550 back in ’88)? >>>>>> Well, >>>>>> it’ll be fun to see what I can do with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers and here’s to a good week, >>>>>> SB >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> — >>>>>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>>>>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- bkw >>> > > -- > bkw >
