Yes, the DVI is great for the display. I use my M100 for writing, so being
able to use it at home in tandem with a larger screen is great.
The floppy drives are great, but would be even better if they could be read
by another machine. I will certainly be looking at fitting a gotek, as my
DVI has only one floppy drive and a big gaping hole above, where one has
been removed.
Hopefully one day it will be possible to read to and from the IMG files.
Cheers
James
On Wed, 10 May 2023, 12:03 am MikeS, wrote:
> >I’m no expert when it comes to using the DVI, I had a play about with it
> and really enjoyed the fact I could write with a proper display connected.
>
> *You mean like this?*
>
>
> That's an old game display (xbox 360?) clamped on to my M100 back in the
> day, with an extended cable going back to the DVI.
>
> >One question I must ask, how easy is it to read the contents of the disk
> images on a regular pc? If say I wrote a document and wanted to access it
> on my laptop, is that possible?
>
> *I always meant to look into that but never got around to it; apart from
> the novelty I really only used the DVI for the display and just
> loaded/saved the usual RS232 way. But there were quite a few
> parameter-driven format conversion programs around in the old days to deal
> with the hundreds if not thousands of different 'standards' used by the
> various manufacturers, so I'd be surprised if it couldn't be done; maybe
> someone on here has in fact already done it.*
>
>
> *Enjoy!*
> *m*
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
>
> *From:* james.z...@gmail.com
> *To:* m...@bitchin100.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 09, 2023 3:17 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Adding Gotek to T100 Disk Video Interface
>
> Hey
>
> Just been reading this. My DVI is currently in storage, but I’ve been
> meaning to bring it out and swap the US PSU inside with a 240v unit I
> bought a while back.
>
> I’m no expert when it comes to using the DVI, I had a play about with it
> and really enjoyed the fact I could write with a proper display connected.
>
> One question I must ask, how easy is it to read the contents of the disk
> images on a regular pc? If say I wrote a document and wanted to access it
> on my laptop, is that possible?
>
>
> Many thanks! And great job getting your gotek to work, this has inspired
> me to do the same
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 8 May 2023, at 4:21 pm, Gary Wilkinson wrote:
>
> No, I think it was my fault. I missed out the “ [m100dvi]” you listed
> at the start of the FF.CFG file on your email Josh.
> I’m currently making a couple of blank images now to hold saved data &
> basic program. Thanks again for your help!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 8 May 2023, at 15:53, Josh Malone wrote:
>
>
> I suspect the issue may be cskew=1 which is missing from my CFG. Grimakis
> is also using interface=shugart (vs. mine using 'ibmpc') so that will
> require the different drive number jumpering (effectively swapping 1 and 0
> -- LFILES 0 might have worked)
>
> Yeah, everyone should use Grimakis's files and ignore what I posted :)
>
> -Josh
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 10:45 AM Gary Wilkinson
> wrote:
>
>> Success
>>
>> I copied the CFG files from Grimakis GitHub and they worked!! I’ll now
>> puzzle back and see what I had missed in my original CFG files, but for now
>> I’m really delighted to have it working. Thanks guys for all the help!!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 8 May 2023, at 15:37, Gary Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>> I checked my CFG files and they match and I made sure to keep the file
>> name the same on the img file you provided, but I’m still getting an error.
>>
>> When I just have the Gotek drive installed I get the error “In Drive0 is
>> NOT a SYSTEM DISKETTE”
>>
>> If I configure the Gotek as drive 1 and boot from the floppy, I’m ok
>> until I try and do a directory of drive 1 (LFILES 1) and then I get the
>> error “?AT Error”
>>
>> Puzzling
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 8 May 2023, at 14:51, Josh Malone wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:42 AM Gary Wilkinson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Josh! It was your YouTube video that inspired me to try this! I asked
>>> a question in the comments, but I think you use a streaming service and so
>>> must have missed it. I’ve been updating my comments as I go along so others
>>> have an idea how to set this up. Thanks for the initial inspiration and
>>> for responding in here :)
>>>
>>
>> Ah, yes - The "Amigos" folks re-post (with my permission) many of my live
>> Twitch streams to YT and, of course, I don't get notified of comments
>> there. I should probably come up with a way to fix that.
>>
>> -Josh
>>
>>
