Re: [M100] SARNEC.CO

[Kurt McCullum]

Yes it is. The ROM version is in the SARDINE and SARDOS ROMs but the Ultimate 
ROM-II has a way to load the ram version. The M100 and T200 versions have been 
found but not the NEC. I throw the question out every 6 months to a year just 
in case it turns up. Been asking for years though so my hopes are not high that 
it will turn up.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 5:32 PM, D10D3 Data wrote:
> I'm looking for it too, but mostly just to have everything I can find for my 
> 8201A. I haven't used Sardine on my M100, is it very useful? It's a spell 
> checker right?
> -Jason
> 
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:34 PM Kurt McCullum  wrote:
>> __
>> Just asking again in case someone has recently unearthed a crusty old 
>> floppy, buried in deepest corner of their garage while doing some COVID-19 
>> clean up, with this file on it. It's the RAM version of Sardine for the NEC 
>> which is used by the Ultimate Rom-II.
>> 
>> Kurt

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Russell Flowers]

Probably why your mother was so tough on you as a kid.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM Ken Pettit  wrote:

> On 4/1/20 4:01 PM, Charles Hudson wrote:
> > Just a word to "me":
> >
> >   Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;
>
> You know, I think I actually *was* born with a soldering iron in my
> hand.  Or was it a keyboard?  I keep forgetting.
>
> Ken
>
>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[B4 Me100]

I agree nothing like trying and learning.

As they say Slow is Pro.  I would do one cap at a time and check
underneath each cap to clean up any mess left due to leakage.  Try not to
heat the traces too much the boards are really cheap and low quality,
lifting a track is quite a possibility with too much heat.

I have been soldering forS. well longer than I care to remember and I
still mess things up sometimes so have a go it can be very rewarding to
bring it back from the brink :) Working with a few kV next to your hands
does concentrate the mind wonderfully - the 5V stuff is so relaxing, fun
days!

On 1/4/20, 7:55 PM, "M100 on behalf of Joshua O'Keefe"

wrote:

>
>> On Apr 1, 2020, at 6:02 PM, Josh Malone  wrote:
>> I think it's a skill every vintage collector should have the
>>opportunity (but not obligation) to learn without fear of ridicule or
>>gatekeeping.
>
>30 years ago I was taught soldering in tech school.  I'm still
>ham-fistedly *dreadful* at it, but I absolutely agree it's a valuable
>skill that should not inspire fear or trepidation in the beginner.  Even
>a hack-job level of soldering skill can save projects and preserve aging
>technology.
>
>My recap kit just came in today.  I'm not good at this, have never been
>good at this, but I'm eager to extend the life of my 102 which has become
>a constant daily companion.
>
>If I can recap a board, absolutely anyone can.

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Joshua O'Keefe]

> On Apr 1, 2020, at 6:02 PM, Josh Malone  wrote:
> I think it's a skill every vintage collector should have the opportunity (but 
> not obligation) to learn without fear of ridicule or gatekeeping.

30 years ago I was taught soldering in tech school.  I'm still ham-fistedly 
*dreadful* at it, but I absolutely agree it's a valuable skill that should not 
inspire fear or trepidation in the beginner.  Even a hack-job level of 
soldering skill can save projects and preserve aging technology.

My recap kit just came in today.  I'm not good at this, have never been good at 
this, but I'm eager to extend the life of my 102 which has become a constant 
daily companion.

If I can recap a board, absolutely anyone can.

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Daryl Tester]

On 2/4/20 10:55 am, Ken Pettit wrote:


  Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;



You know, I think I actually *was* born with a soldering iron in my hand.  Or 
was it a keyboard?  I keep forgetting.


You'll know when you type on the wrong one. :)

I did something similar to Josh - when I was an impoverished teen and couldn't 
afford a solder stand,
I used to rest my mains powered iron on the corner of my desk.  One time it had 
swung around from
the weight of the cord by 180 degrees, and I reached for it and picked it up 
without looking ...

Stay safe!
  --dt

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Josh Malone]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 8:26 PM Ken Pettit  wrote:

> On 4/1/20 4:01 PM, Charles Hudson wrote:
> > Just a word to "me":
> >
> >   Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;
>
> You know, I think I actually *was* born with a soldering iron in my
> hand.  Or was it a keyboard?  I keep forgetting.
>
> Ken
>

I stepped on a heated one in my bare feet as a very small child, and was
thusly granted my super power. :-P

But, seriously, I've been soldering for probably 30 of my 42 years and only
feel like I actually "got good" at it about 3 years ago. I suspect that in
another 3 years I'll feel that way, again. You never stop learning and
improving -- but you have to start somewhere. To that end, I'm hoping to
set up the first Tandy Assembly "Learn to Solder" exhibit at this year's
show -- assuming it happens. I think it's a skill every vintage collector
should have the opportunity (but not obligation) to learn without fear of
ridicule or gatekeeping.

-Josh

-Josh

Re: [M100] Saving a ".BA"

[D10D3 Data]

Thanks guys. I can make copies and backups easily enough with my REX, I was
just wondering if there was a way in BASIC. I'm good.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:44 PM Tom Wilson  wrote:

> Or if you have a Rex, you can just back up that bank periodically.
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:23 PM John R. Hogerhuis  wrote:
>
>> " if I want to save a back-up of a program before I make changes can I
>> only do it as a .DO"
>>
>> Natively, yes.
>>
>> You can rename the program, but there is no way to copy it without
>> loading some special program to do it, or save/load from external.
>>
>> So to duplicate a file with a stock machine you'd need to save as a DO,
>> LOAD" it, then save it as a new file name.
>>
>> Which means you have to have enough space for the original, the tokenized
>> program + ASCII format. Then you can delete the ASCII file and have just
>> the two tokenized copies.
>>
>> If you simply need to take backups of RAM on occasion and you have a
>> serial cable and a PC you can consider my utility TBACK.EXE . It can
>> backup/restored the full RAM in about 9 seconds
>>
>>
>> -- John.
>>
>>> --
> Tom Wilson
> wilso...@gmail.com
> (619)940-6311
> K6ABZ
>

Re: [M100] SARNEC.CO

[D10D3 Data]

I'm looking for it too, but mostly just to have everything I can find for
my 8201A. I haven't used Sardine on my M100, is it very useful? It's a
spell checker right?
-Jason

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:34 PM Kurt McCullum  wrote:

> Just asking again in case someone has recently unearthed a crusty old
> floppy, buried in deepest corner of their garage while doing some COVID-19
> clean up, with this file on it. It's the RAM version of Sardine for the NEC
> which is used by the Ultimate Rom-II.
>
> Kurt
>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Ken Pettit]

On 4/1/20 4:01 PM, Charles Hudson wrote:

Just a word to "me":

  Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;


You know, I think I actually *was* born with a soldering iron in my 
hand.  Or was it a keyboard?  I keep forgetting.


Ken

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Tom Wilson]

Yeah, the negative polarity part is important. In the 80s, those barrel
jacks all had negative on the center pin, which is backward from what you’d
expect. That changed at some point, and center positive is common now. So
if you get a universal power adapter, make sure to flip the polarity. (Some
come with a 3” adapter cable for that purpose.)

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:47 PM Peter Vollan  wrote:

> Before you go nuts and start recapping the thing, you should just
> leave it plugged in overnight. To do this, you will of course need a
> DC power adaptor: 6 volts DC, negative polarity.
>
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 12:41, me  wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought
> capacitors.
> >
> > Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
> > or near doa. When will I learn?
> >
> > I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
> > posted.
> >
> > On 4/1/20 12:36 PM, B4 Me100 wrote:
> > > Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a
> tune
> > > upS.
> > >
> > > Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead)
> and
> > > some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
> > > YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This
> should
> > > give you a very stable board to start exploring.
> > >
> > > The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
> > > caused by bad caps.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
> > > 
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in
> its
> > >> pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
> > >> them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display
> slowly
> > >> fading.
> > >>
> > >> Huh?
> > >>
> > >> I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the
> same
> > >> thing.
> > >>
> > >> The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the
> basic
> > >> display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
> > >> know where to start on fixing it.
> > >>
> > >> Hints?
> > >>
> > >
>
-- 
Tom Wilson
wilso...@gmail.com
(619)940-6311
K6ABZ

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Peter Vollan]

Before you go nuts and start recapping the thing, you should just
leave it plugged in overnight. To do this, you will of course need a
DC power adaptor: 6 volts DC, negative polarity.

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 12:41, me  wrote:
>
>
> I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought capacitors.
>
> Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
> or near doa. When will I learn?
>
> I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
> posted.
>
> On 4/1/20 12:36 PM, B4 Me100 wrote:
> > Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a tune
> > upS.
> >
> > Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead) and
> > some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
> > YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This should
> > give you a very stable board to start exploring.
> >
> > The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
> > caused by bad caps.
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its
> >> pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
> >> them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly
> >> fading.
> >>
> >> Huh?
> >>
> >> I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same
> >> thing.
> >>
> >> The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic
> >> display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
> >> know where to start on fixing it.
> >>
> >> Hints?
> >>
> >

Re: [M100] Saving a ".BA"

[Tom Wilson]

Or if you have a Rex, you can just back up that bank periodically.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:23 PM John R. Hogerhuis  wrote:

> " if I want to save a back-up of a program before I make changes can I
> only do it as a .DO"
>
> Natively, yes.
>
> You can rename the program, but there is no way to copy it without loading
> some special program to do it, or save/load from external.
>
> So to duplicate a file with a stock machine you'd need to save as a DO,
> LOAD" it, then save it as a new file name.
>
> Which means you have to have enough space for the original, the tokenized
> program + ASCII format. Then you can delete the ASCII file and have just
> the two tokenized copies.
>
> If you simply need to take backups of RAM on occasion and you have a
> serial cable and a PC you can consider my utility TBACK.EXE . It can
> backup/restored the full RAM in about 9 seconds
>
>
> -- John.
>
>> --
Tom Wilson
wilso...@gmail.com
(619)940-6311
K6ABZ

Re: [M100] Saving a ".BA"

[John R. Hogerhuis]

" if I want to save a back-up of a program before I make changes can I only
do it as a .DO"

Natively, yes.

You can rename the program, but there is no way to copy it without loading
some special program to do it, or save/load from external.

So to duplicate a file with a stock machine you'd need to save as a DO,
LOAD" it, then save it as a new file name.

Which means you have to have enough space for the original, the tokenized
program + ASCII format. Then you can delete the ASCII file and have just
the two tokenized copies.

If you simply need to take backups of RAM on occasion and you have a serial
cable and a PC you can consider my utility TBACK.EXE . It can
backup/restored the full RAM in about 9 seconds

-- John.

>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[D10D3 Data]

It's pretty daunting at first, but hang in there. You are lucky to have
found such a good support base for such an old machine. We are stronger
together my fellow nerds.
-Jason

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:01 PM Charles Hudson  wrote:

> Just a word to "me":
>
> Take a deep breath and repeat "I can learn to deal with this," until you
> begin to see that is true.  Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;
> you are just on the low end of a learning curve.  The rate at which you
> progress is immaterial; you are going where you want to go.
>
> At some point the knowledge you gain by participating in this fascinating
> activity - and it is fascinating or we wouldn't be hearing from you, would
> we? - will serve to protect you from the dishonest and the merely ignorant;
> you'll know better.
>
> One day you may turn the tables and get a great deal on something that is
> sold as "unworking", "for parts only", and you will know what is wrong and
> how to fix it, maybe just by turning a dial..
>
> You are fortunate to have acquired a Model 100; in its own right one of
> the most remarkable computers in Radio Shack / Tandy history.  This one
> needs some TLC; probably a set of capacitors and a new NiCd battery, as has
> been suggested.  The parts aren't very expensive and if you do the work
> yourself it will cost less than a meal at a restaurant.
>
> Depending on where you live you may find assistance from someone more
> knowledgeable who shares the interest or makes a second income from
> repairs.  And you can count on cogent advice from the dedicated forum of
> Model 100 enthusiasts, the Bitchin' 100.
>
> So screw up your courage; ask a lot of questions, take your time, accept
> that frustration and failure are part of learning, but do it.  If I can do
> it, you can do it, believe me.
>
> -CH-
>

[M100] Saving a ".BA"

[D10D3 Data]

I find that when I open a .BA file in BASIC I can't save it as a .BA. It
took me awhile to realize that I didn't actually need to save changes to
the file due to the miracle of static ram, but if I want to save a back-up
of a program before I make changes can I only do it as a .DO? Saving a
program as a .BA, even with a new file name, gives me an FC error.
-Jason

[M100] Just got my 100

[Charles Hudson]

Just a word to "me":

Take a deep breath and repeat "I can learn to deal with this," until you
begin to see that is true.  Nobody is born with a soldering iron in hand;
you are just on the low end of a learning curve.  The rate at which you
progress is immaterial; you are going where you want to go.

At some point the knowledge you gain by participating in this fascinating
activity - and it is fascinating or we wouldn't be hearing from you, would
we? - will serve to protect you from the dishonest and the merely ignorant;
you'll know better.

One day you may turn the tables and get a great deal on something that is
sold as "unworking", "for parts only", and you will know what is wrong and
how to fix it, maybe just by turning a dial..

You are fortunate to have acquired a Model 100; in its own right one of the
most remarkable computers in Radio Shack / Tandy history.  This one needs
some TLC; probably a set of capacitors and a new NiCd battery, as has been
suggested.  The parts aren't very expensive and if you do the work yourself
it will cost less than a meal at a restaurant.

Depending on where you live you may find assistance from someone more
knowledgeable who shares the interest or makes a second income from
repairs.  And you can count on cogent advice from the dedicated forum of
Model 100 enthusiasts, the Bitchin' 100.

So screw up your courage; ask a lot of questions, take your time, accept
that frustration and failure are part of learning, but do it.  If I can do
it, you can do it, believe me.

-CH-

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[John Gardner]

The "engineered-rot" affecting capacitors was already visible in the 80s.

But nothing lasts forever - By all means replace the caps;  if the replace-

ments don't last 30 years,  well,  what a surprise..."8)

  ...




On 4/1/20, Gregory McGill  wrote:
> I'm actually amazed at how many of my "vintage computers" still work.. also
> vintage arcade games from the 1970s that work with the caps all dried out
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:05 PM Jeffrey Birt  wrote:
>
>> B4 Me100,
>>
>> A year or so ago I did a video showing how to replace the capacitors and
>> backup battery on a M100. This is the link to part 2 where that work was
>> done, in Part 1 I was tracking down a RAM module failure. In the
>> description
>> is a color-coded list of capacitors, part numbers and locations on the
>> PCB.
>> Note that in this video I swapped in a super cap instead of a battery,
>> but
>> this was just an experiment. For other M100 repairs and used a NiMh
>> battery
>> and still have a few extra on hand too.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/IGTdNMx1V1w
>>
>> Soldering is not difficult, but it is a skill that requires practice.
>> Don't
>> practice on something you care about. Find an old junk PCB and practice
>> on
>> that. If it is something you don't want to mess with feel free to drop me
>> an
>> email about repairing it for you
>>
>> Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!)
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: M100  On Behalf Of B4 Me100
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:50 PM
>> To: m...@bitchin100.com
>> Subject: Re: [M100] Just got my 100
>>
>> There are a few folks on the list that sometimes will repair units, they
>> might be able to offer more hands on help - although with the current
>> situation that might be difficult.
>>
>>
>> On 1/4/20, 12:40 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought
>> >capacitors.
>> >
>> >Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
>> >or near doa. When will I learn?
>> >
>> >I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
>> >posted.
>>
>> 
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Gregory McGill]

I'm actually amazed at how many of my "vintage computers" still work.. also
vintage arcade games from the 1970s that work with the caps all dried out


On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:05 PM Jeffrey Birt  wrote:

> B4 Me100,
>
> A year or so ago I did a video showing how to replace the capacitors and
> backup battery on a M100. This is the link to part 2 where that work was
> done, in Part 1 I was tracking down a RAM module failure. In the
> description
> is a color-coded list of capacitors, part numbers and locations on the PCB.
> Note that in this video I swapped in a super cap instead of a battery, but
> this was just an experiment. For other M100 repairs and used a NiMh battery
> and still have a few extra on hand too.
>
> https://youtu.be/IGTdNMx1V1w
>
> Soldering is not difficult, but it is a skill that requires practice. Don't
> practice on something you care about. Find an old junk PCB and practice on
> that. If it is something you don't want to mess with feel free to drop me
> an
> email about repairing it for you
>
> Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: M100  On Behalf Of B4 Me100
> Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:50 PM
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Just got my 100
>
> There are a few folks on the list that sometimes will repair units, they
> might be able to offer more hands on help - although with the current
> situation that might be difficult.
>
>
> On 1/4/20, 12:40 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
>  wrote:
>
> >
> >I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought
> >capacitors.
> >
> >Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
> >or near doa. When will I learn?
> >
> >I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
> >posted.
>
> 
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Ron Lauzon]

Owning vintage computer equipment is really no different than owning a vintage 
car.

You can't go to the local auto repair shop to get it fixed because they won't 
have the tools or the parts.
Speaking of parts, you can't go to your local auto parts shop because they 
don't have the parts (for the most part).

You will have to learn how to maintain the electronics to keep it running, just 
like someone who owns a 1931 Ford Model A will have to learn how to maintain 
the car.

That's the reason why I won't even consider buying some vintage computing 
equipment: I don't have the skill and I don't have the time to learn.

But in working with vintage (and retro) computing equipment has taught me a 
great deal and expanded my knowledge about computers in general.

But if you are unwilling to acquire the knowledge, you would probably be better 
off using modern hardware with software emulators.
-- 
Weblog: http://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/

TRS-80 Pocket Computer 2 - TRS-80 Pocket Computer 4 - TRS-80 Model 100/102 - 
Tandy 1100FD - Commodore 64 - TRS-80 Model 4P - Tandy 1400LT
RC2014 (Mini and Pro) - Altair-Duino with TI Silent 700 - VT320 
terminal/Raspberry Pi 0
Some people like to work on old cars.  But old computers are cheaper and don't 
require a big garage.



On 4/1/20 3:40 PM, me wrote:

>>
>> I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought capacitors.
>>
>> Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead or 
>> near doa. When will I learn?
>>
>
>

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Joshua O'Keefe]

> On Apr 1, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Ken Pettit  wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
> 
> Okay, this is good information.  Then I need to figure out what is different 
> between NEWDOS autobaud and regular TS-DOS autobaud.

To add some further twists to this: if I have DOS-ON and issue a LFILES 
command, I get a hang, with no visible I/O. If I open and close COM:98n1d and 
then issue LFILES, I get some visible RX/TX...and then a hang.

All of the above done with delay off.

Also, just loading a page of DISK (F4) seems a little slower than vanilla, as 
though that outer loop you mentioned is still adding some overhead even in non 
delay mode.  It's subtle but noticeable.

And just by way of comparison, yes, vanilla TSDOS (and SARDOS, which I like 
because it's the other rom besides NEWDOS with the shift-arrow fix) exhibits 
none of this.

Let me know if there's more I can report to help!

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Jeffrey Birt]

B4 Me100,

A year or so ago I did a video showing how to replace the capacitors and
backup battery on a M100. This is the link to part 2 where that work was
done, in Part 1 I was tracking down a RAM module failure. In the description
is a color-coded list of capacitors, part numbers and locations on the PCB.
Note that in this video I swapped in a super cap instead of a battery, but
this was just an experiment. For other M100 repairs and used a NiMh battery
and still have a few extra on hand too.

https://youtu.be/IGTdNMx1V1w

Soldering is not difficult, but it is a skill that requires practice. Don't
practice on something you care about. Find an old junk PCB and practice on
that. If it is something you don't want to mess with feel free to drop me an
email about repairing it for you

Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!)

-Original Message-
From: M100  On Behalf Of B4 Me100
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:50 PM
To: m...@bitchin100.com
Subject: Re: [M100] Just got my 100

There are a few folks on the list that sometimes will repair units, they
might be able to offer more hands on help - although with the current
situation that might be difficult.


On 1/4/20, 12:40 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
 wrote:

>
>I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought 
>capacitors.
>
>Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead 
>or near doa. When will I learn?
>
>I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you 
>posted.


>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Brian K. White]

On 4/1/20 3:40 PM, me wrote:


I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought 
capacitors.


Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead 
or near doa. When will I learn?


Learn this now: There is no such thing as a 35+ year old electrolytic 
cap that is still good, or certain to be good for long, and everything 
has them.


Any and every electronic thing you buy that is that old today, it 
doesn't matter if it was tested perfect yesterday, it could still be 
dead tomorrow or next month, because everything has those caps in them, 
and they are all drying out or leaking or breaking down inside because 
of simple time.


So, if you want to be sure something vintage works, then you have to 
search exclusively for things that have already been re-capped, or be 
willing to have them re-capped yourself.


But expecting them to work without that, today, is just not a reasonable 
expectation any more. Many units, maybe even most units, are still 
working, but they are all still just as old and the clock is running out 
on all of them. It's only luck that some still work well without having 
been re-capped.


--
bkw


I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you 
posted.


On 4/1/20 12:36 PM, B4 Me100 wrote:

Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a tune
upS.

Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead) and
some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This 
should

give you a very stable board to start exploring.

The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
caused by bad caps.


On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
 wrote:


Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its
pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly
fading.

Huh?

I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same
thing.

The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic
display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
know where to start on fixing it.

Hints?






--
bkw

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[B4 Me100]

There are a few folks on the list that sometimes will repair units, they
might be able to offer more hands on help - although with the current
situation that might be difficult.


On 1/4/20, 12:40 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
 wrote:

>
>I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought
>capacitors.
>
>Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
>or near doa. When will I learn?
>
>I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
>posted.


>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[Gregory McGill]

I have cap "kits" at arcadeshopper.com also batteries

Greg

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:41 PM me  wrote:

>
> I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought
> capacitors.
>
> Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead
> or near doa. When will I learn?
>
> I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you
> posted.
>
> On 4/1/20 12:36 PM, B4 Me100 wrote:
> > Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a tune
> > upS.
> >
> > Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead) and
> > some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
> > YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This
> should
> > give you a very stable board to start exploring.
> >
> > The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
> > caused by bad caps.
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its
> >> pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
> >> them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly
> >> fading.
> >>
> >> Huh?
> >>
> >> I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same
> >> thing.
> >>
> >> The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic
> >> display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
> >> know where to start on fixing it.
> >>
> >> Hints?
> >>
> >
>

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[me]

I have never soldered a thing in my life. Nor have I ever bought capacitors.

Add this to a pile of retro gear 'tested' before I bought it to be dead 
or near doa. When will I learn?


I'll have good luck if I can find time for this. If I do, I'll keep you 
posted.


On 4/1/20 12:36 PM, B4 Me100 wrote:

Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a tune
upS.

Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead) and
some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This should
give you a very stable board to start exploring.

The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
caused by bad caps.


On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
 wrote:


Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its
pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly
fading.

Huh?

I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same
thing.

The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic
display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
know where to start on fixing it.

Hints?

Re: [M100] Just got my 100

[B4 Me100]

Part of the fun is fixing the 100:)  It sounds like it just needs a tune
upS. 

Couple of things to look at are the internal NiCd (most likely dead) and
some of the caps have possibly failed.  There are a few great videos on
YouTube on how to replace both the NiCd and re-cap the board.  This should
give you a very stable board to start exploring.

The fading display is indicative of a bad -5V supply which is generally
caused by bad caps.


On 1/4/20, 12:28 PM, "M100 on behalf of me"
 wrote:

>
>Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its
>pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put
>them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly
>fading.
>
>Huh?
>
>I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same
>thing.
>
>The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic
>display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't
>know where to start on fixing it.
>
>Hints?
>

[M100] DVI shakedown

[Charles Hudson]

Thanks, Kevin and Brian, for your responses; you've answered a lot of my
questions.

I did order the 3-part cable so I could use it with both the 100 and the
102.  I do not have a 200, and I recall answering that question when I put
in my order with Arcade Shopper, so I think I have the right disk.  In any
case the copy I made was later used to boot the system again so whatever I
have is working as well as need be.

I'm glad to have ordered the cable rather than try to make it; I saw the
twists and took the easy way out.  I'll go back and verify operation with
the 102 now that I know more.

Thanks again for all your help.  I'm both surprised and pleased at how
useful the DVI is.  An eBay purchase; you never know...

-CH-


Virus-free.
www.avg.com

<#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

[M100] Just got my 100

[me]

Excitedly, put off eating my sandwich to open my box. The T came in its 
pleasure carrying pouch. I ran upstairs to fetch fresh batteries, put 
them in , and got welcomed by a 'low battery' light. The display slowly 
fading.


Huh?

I brought it upstairs with me with four more fresh batteries to the same 
thing.


The screenshots on the ebay page showed the device working and the basic 
display. I thought it was safe. But, now, I have a device that I don't 
know where to start on fixing it.


Hints?

[M100] SARNEC.CO

[Kurt McCullum]

Just asking again in case someone has recently unearthed a crusty old floppy, 
buried in deepest corner of their garage while doing some COVID-19 clean up, 
with this file on it. It's the RAM version of Sardine for the NEC which is used 
by the Ultimate Rom-II.

Kurt

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Kurt McCullum]

Joshua,

Still somewhat of a mystery. It's something in TS-DOS with the DOS-ON active. 
It doesn't happen on the NEC when in Bank 1 (Banks 2 and 3 have the problem). 
Not sure about the 200. But definitely the 102 has the issue. Keep in mind that 
I doubt the creators of TS-DOS intended it to be used that way due to lack of 
disk space. You can run an un-tokenized basic file with no issues. But it 
tokenizes on the way in which takes more time.

Kurt

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote:
> Thanks, Kurt, I look forward to trying this out tonight. Just curious, what 
> wound up being behind that EOF issue you were talking about earlier? I love a 
> good debugging story.
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum  wrote:
>> 
>> For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm 
>> written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should 
>> install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.
>> 
>> You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be using. 
>> I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.
>> 
>> I'd be interested in any bug reports.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Kurt McCullum]

This is what I managed to cobble together when I did my delayed versions. (Keep 
in mind I could be wrong)

TS-DOS uses the M1 / FDC switching to get the directory name. Since a real TPDD 
will not respond to switching into FDC mode, TS-DOS has to have a timeout. It's 
in that area where adding a delay makes TS-DOS happy.

Kurt

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Ken Pettit wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
> 
>  Okay, this is good information. Then I need to figure out what is different 
> between NEWDOS autobaud and regular TS-DOS autobaud.
> 
>  Ken
> 
> 
> On 4/1/20 10:03 AM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:51 AM Ken Pettit  wrote:
>>> Yeah, I was planning to try it tonight also using NEWDOS on the M100 to see 
>>> if I can replicate the issue Joshua was having.
>> 
>> Hi Ken,
>> 
>> I built a little BASIC wrapper to set COM:98n1d (akin to what John used for 
>> WiModem dialiing, but without the dialing) before launching NEWDOS, and I am 
>> getting consistently good connections. I think what I ultimately was running 
>> into was autobauding, even though I was using a solid wired connection. If I 
>> could make a wish, it would be for a NEWDOS with autobaud NOPped out! Maybe 
>> I should go learn 8085...
>> 
>> 

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Ken Pettit]

Hi Joshua,

Okay, this is good information.  Then I need to figure out what is 
different between NEWDOS autobaud and regular TS-DOS autobaud.


Ken

On 4/1/20 10:03 AM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:51 AM Ken Pettit > wrote:


Yeah, I was planning to try it tonight also using NEWDOS on the
M100 to see if I can replicate the issue Joshua was having.


Hi Ken,

I built a little BASIC wrapper to set COM:98n1d (akin to what John 
used for WiModem dialiing, but without the dialing) before launching 
NEWDOS, and I am getting consistently good connections.  I think what 
I ultimately was running into was autobauding, even though I was using 
a solid wired connection.  If I could make a wish, it would be for a 
NEWDOS with autobaud NOPped out!  Maybe I should go learn 8085...

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Joshua O'Keefe]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:51 AM Ken Pettit  wrote:

> Yeah, I was planning to try it tonight also using NEWDOS on the M100 to
> see if I can replicate the issue Joshua was having.
>

Hi Ken,

I built a little BASIC wrapper to set COM:98n1d (akin to what John used for
WiModem dialiing, but without the dialing) before launching NEWDOS, and I
am getting consistently good connections.  I think what I ultimately was
running into was autobauding, even though I was using a solid wired
connection.  If I could make a wish, it would be for a NEWDOS with autobaud
NOPped out!  Maybe I should go learn 8085...

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Ken Pettit]

Yeah, I was planning to try it tonight also using NEWDOS on the M100 to 
see if I can replicate the issue Joshua was having.


Ken

On 4/1/20 9:35 AM, Gregory McGill wrote:

awesome!

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:07 AM Joshua O'Keefe 
mailto:maj...@nachomountain.com>> wrote:


Thanks, Kurt, I look forward to trying this out tonight.  Just
curious, what wound up being behind that EOF issue you were
talking about earlier?  I love a good debugging story.


On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum mailto:ku...@fastmail.com>> wrote:


For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version
of mComm written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install
package. This should install on most flavors of Linux. It was
built using Linux Mint.

You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will
be using. I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.

I'd be interested in any bug reports.

Kurt


http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Ken Pettit]

Hey Kurt,

That's okay, unless you just want to.  I found them in /usr/share/mcomm

Ken

On 4/1/20 9:41 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
the .deb is for the Debian package installer. I can upload the 
individual files in a zip if that is more helpful.


On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 9:02 AM, Ken Pettit wrote:

Hey Kurt,

Thanks!  Umm, where is the .deb trying to install this?

Ken


On 4/1/20 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of 
mComm written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. 
This should install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using 
Linux Mint.


You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be 
using. I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.


I'd be interested in any bug reports.

Kurt

http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Kurt McCullum]

the .deb is for the Debian package installer. I can upload the individual files 
in a zip if that is more helpful.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 9:02 AM, Ken Pettit wrote:
> Hey Kurt,
> 
>  Thanks! Umm, where is the .deb trying to install this?
> 
>  Ken
> 
> 
> On 4/1/20 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
>> For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm 
>> written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should 
>> install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.
>> 
>> You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be using. 
>> I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.
>> 
>> I'd be interested in any bug reports.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Gregory McGill]

awesome!

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:07 AM Joshua O'Keefe 
wrote:

> Thanks, Kurt, I look forward to trying this out tonight.  Just curious,
> what wound up being behind that EOF issue you were talking about earlier?
> I love a good debugging story.
>
> On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum  wrote:
>
> 
> For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm
> written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should
> install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.
>
> You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be
> using. I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.
>
> I'd be interested in any bug reports.
>
> Kurt
>
>
> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python
> &
>
>

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Joshua O'Keefe]

Hi Ken,

Here's what the guts of the deb look like:

$ dpkg -c mComm_1.2_all.deb 
drwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt 0 2020-04-01 08:04 ./
drwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt 0 2020-04-01 07:27 ./usr/
drwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt 0 2020-04-01 07:27 ./usr/bin/
-rwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt   142 2020-04-01 07:27 ./usr/bin/mcomm
drwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt 0 2020-04-01 07:28 ./usr/share/
drwxrwxr-x kurt/kurt 0 2020-04-01 07:28 ./usr/share/mcomm/
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt  5791 2014-05-23 14:55 ./usr/share/mcomm/DOS100.CO
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt  5588 2014-05-23 14:55 ./usr/share/mcomm/DOS200.CO
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt  5821 2015-04-21 03:46 ./usr/share/mcomm/DOSNEC.CO
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt  4957 2017-11-09 10:05 ./usr/share/mcomm/SAR100.CO
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt  5009 2015-03-07 01:43 ./usr/share/mcomm/SAR200.CO
-rw-r--r-- kurt/kurt105624 2014-11-19 03:00 ./usr/share/mcomm/mcomm.dic
-rw-rw-r-- kurt/kurt  8186 2020-04-01 06:31 ./usr/share/mcomm/mcomm.py
-rw-rw-r-- kurt/kurt 28530 2020-04-01 06:46 ./usr/share/mcomm/tpdd.py

> On Apr 1, 2020, at 9:03 AM, Ken Pettit  wrote:
> 
>  Hey Kurt,
> 
> Thanks!  Umm, where is the .deb trying to install this?
> 
> Ken
> 
>> On 4/1/20 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
>> For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm 
>> written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should 
>> install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.
>> 
>> You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be using. 
>> I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.
>> 
>> I'd be interested in any bug reports.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;
> 

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Joshua O'Keefe]

Thanks, Kurt, I look forward to trying this out tonight.  Just curious, what 
wound up being behind that EOF issue you were talking about earlier?  I love a 
good debugging story.

> On Apr 1, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum  wrote:
> 
> 
> For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm 
> written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should 
> install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.
> 
> You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be using. I 
> used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.
> 
> I'd be interested in any bug reports.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Ken Pettit]

Hey Kurt,

Thanks!  Umm, where is the .deb trying to install this?

Ken

On 4/1/20 8:36 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of 
mComm written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. 
This should install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux 
Mint.


You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be 
using. I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.


I'd be interested in any bug reports.

Kurt

http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Brian K. White]

On 4/1/20 11:36 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of 
mComm written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This 
should install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.


You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be 
using. I used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.


I'd be interested in any bug reports.

Kurt

http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;


Thank you!

--
bkw

[M100] Python (Linux) version of mComm

[Kurt McCullum]

For those interested, I just uploaded an installer for a version of mComm 
written in Python. It is contained in a .deb install package. This should 
install on most flavors of Linux. It was built using Linux Mint.

You will need to set permissions to whatever serial port you will be using. I 
used an FTDI USB->Serial adapter for mine.

I'd be interested in any bug reports.

Kurt

http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=mComm_1.2_all.deb=Kurt%20McCullum/mComm%20Python;

Re: [M100] DVI shakedown

[Brian K. White]

On 4/1/20 10:33 AM, Charles Hudson wrote:
Got the DVI cleaned and reassembled recently and ordered the OS disk and 
cables from Arcade Shopper.  Today I made my first attempt at a connection.


Dug  out a Commodore 1084 CRT which has an RCA video input and tried to 
connect to a Model 102, but couldn't figure out where to connect.  I 
have the RS DVI manual but it only mentions connecting to the Model 
100.  Suggestions?


There are several types of cable at arcadeshopper.
If you got a one-piece cable with the DIP plug for a 100, then that 
cable only wirks on a 100.


There are also cables that only fit 102, and a cable that fits 102 and 
200, and a 3-part kit that supports everything 100, 102, and 200.


If you got the 3-part cable kit, then it's obvious what to do, because 
it can't be connected any other way. There is one cable part that is a 
female-to-female 40-pin cable, and a little male-male adapter (which 
isn't just a gender-changer, it swaps wires around, don't try to use it 
as a gender-changer for any other 40-pin cables like to a hard drive!)
You plug the long cable into the DVI, plug the adapter on the free end, 
plug that into the 102.


Lots of pictures of the different cables and how they connect here
http://tandy.wiki/Disk/Video_Interface:_Cable

If you don't have the 3-part cable, or the dedicated T102 cable or the 
102/200 cable, then maybe you have the parts to build one of the several 
versions shown there.




So I switched to the Model 100.  Following the startup procedure from 
the manual I got as far as issuing the BASIC command SCREEN 1,1 and got 
an "FC" error.  Back to square one.


I made a video of the process of booting up the dvi.
It's a bit slow at first because I was reading the manual for the first 
time myself.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jy1hXhc3aSbkcaFr6





Shut down everything and checked the cable connection to the Model 100, 
which was apparently loose.  Reconnected, powered up, loaded DOS, reset 
the M100 and this time the drive loaded Disk BASIC.


Ran a few programs on the CRT, used the backup utility to create another 
system disk and checked that off my list.  This is a whole new ballgame 
with the M100 backed by a CRT and twin disks.


Ok you don't need that video ;)

Do you have a 200? And did you get the 100 or the 100/200 version of the 
disk?


If make backups of the 100/200 disk on a 100 or 102, the backup disk is 
a bad disk. It will work, but only on 100 & 102. The problem is it will 
*look* like a 100/200 disk because it has *.200 files on it, and it will 
*look* like a good copy because it will boot fine on your 100 or 102, 
but the copies will not boot on a 200. That will make someone think they 
have a bad dvi or bad drives or bad 200 some day.


Anyone buying these disks, I suggest if you don't have a 200, then don't 
get the 100/200 version of the disk. And if you do have a 200, then get 
the 100/200 version of the disk, and only use the 200 to make copies of it.



--
bkw



Thanks, all, for your help.

Next: communication with the Model III and Model 4.

-CH-



 
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--
bkw

Re: [M100] DVI shakedown

[Kevin Becker]

I don't have a DVI but the m102 should connect to the System Bus
connector on the back.
On Wed, 2020-04-01 at 10:33 -0400, Charles Hudson wrote:
> Got the DVI cleaned and reassembled recently and ordered the OS disk
> and cables from Arcade Shopper.  Today I made my first attempt at a
> connection.
> 
> Dug  out a Commodore 1084 CRT which has an RCA video input and tried
> to connect to a Model 102, but couldn't figure out where to connect. 
> I have the RS DVI manual but it only mentions connecting to the Model
> 100.  Suggestions?
> 
> So I switched to the Model 100.  Following the startup procedure from
> the manual I got as far as issuing the BASIC command SCREEN 1,1 and
> got an "FC" error.  Back to square one.
> 
> Shut down everything and checked the cable connection to the Model
> 100, which was apparently loose.  Reconnected, powered up, loaded
> DOS, reset the M100 and this time the drive loaded Disk BASIC.
> 
> Ran a few programs on the CRT, used the backup utility to create
> another system disk and checked that off my list.  This is a whole
> new ballgame with the M100 backed by a CRT and twin disks.
> 
> Thanks, all, for your help.
> 
> Next: communication with the Model III and Model 4.
> 
> -CH-
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
>   Virus-free. www.avg.com
>   
>   
> 

[M100] DVI shakedown

[Charles Hudson]

Got the DVI cleaned and reassembled recently and ordered the OS disk and
cables from Arcade Shopper.  Today I made my first attempt at a connection.

Dug  out a Commodore 1084 CRT which has an RCA video input and tried to
connect to a Model 102, but couldn't figure out where to connect.  I have
the RS DVI manual but it only mentions connecting to the Model 100.
Suggestions?

So I switched to the Model 100.  Following the startup procedure from the
manual I got as far as issuing the BASIC command SCREEN 1,1 and got an "FC"
error.  Back to square one.

Shut down everything and checked the cable connection to the Model 100,
which was apparently loose.  Reconnected, powered up, loaded DOS, reset the
M100 and this time the drive loaded Disk BASIC.

Ran a few programs on the CRT, used the backup utility to create another
system disk and checked that off my list.  This is a whole new ballgame
with the M100 backed by a CRT and twin disks.

Thanks, all, for your help.

Next: communication with the Model III and Model 4.

-CH-




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