Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Brian K. White]

If you're keeping the WP-2, maybe I can interest you in a trade for a 
512k (4 banks of 128) ic-card that goes in the slot, and needs no 
battery to die or leak or corrode, for the goldcard stuff?


The parts alone add up to about $100 believe it or not, so it's not a 
lowball offer :) but you don't have to worry the other way either, I am 
totally fine with it.


If your internal ramdisk isn't filled I can toss in the 128k chip that 
goes in there too. They are cheap and simple to install, just an 
off-the-shelf sram that pops into a DIP-32 socket already inside, no 
soldering.


--
bkw


On 12/22/23 10:24, Steve Baker wrote:

Hello again!

Ah — an interesting experiment, for sure! Bummer that it didn’t work. :-(

If you’re interested in the goldcard system itself, stay tuned… over the 
holidays I will prepare a “mega sale” of sorts with many T102s and at 
least one T200 and T600, along with a variety of gadgets (gold box, 
Rex/Rex#, TPPD1, serial-WiFi adapters, spare chargers, cables, caps, 
batteries, manuals, and the like).


When the list of items is ready — probably early January — I will post 
the it along with photos, with the intent of bundling as many of them 
together as possible. I wouldd rather not sell each item separately, yet 
I’m open to spot offers for something in particular. eBay would be a 
last resort if there’s no interest here.


My love for the Model T ecosystem emerged as a pleasant distraction and 
way to focus on something positive while caring for my wife who battled 
a rare, incurable form of cancer for over six years. After she passed I 
haven’t touched any of these. I will keep a few T102s and some 
accessories for down the road.


But with so many of them in boxes, I’d rather offer them to this vibrant 
community so they can be (repaired as needed and) enjoyed for years to 
come. I loved writing that Model T Dice Box utility and will 
occasionally still journal on my Tandy WP-2. But it’s time to release 
the bulk of them into other caring hands.


Happy holidays,
Steve


--
Greetings from Steve Baker (he/him/his)
“Gravity brings me down…”





On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Brian K. White  wrote:

...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked 
the same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, 
and so maybe the rom could work on minindp.

No and no :)


On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:

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  
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=Gold 
 Card 7.10 
Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 > 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 > wrote:


   From 

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Mike Stein]

Cool; I'll have to check it out.

Thanks, and happy holidays!


On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 11:08 AM Steve Baker  wrote:

> The “Model T Dice Box” is a dice roll simulator for various role-playing
> game systems; it was a ton of fun to code.
>
> Here’s the tokenized basic file —
>
>
> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=view=DICE.BA=Steve%20Baker;
>
> … and the source code and REX backup of the same are in my uploads folder —
>
>
> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?=0==Steve%20Baker
>
> … and as if that wasn’t enough, I made a way-too-long video on how it
> works —
>
> https://youtu.be/mIptQC7AHac
>
> Cheers and thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> --
> Greetings from Steve Baker
> “Gravity brings me down...”
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:58 AM, Mike Stein  wrote:
>
> 
> Looking forward to it;
> dice box??
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:25 AM Steve Baker 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello again!
>>
>> Ah — an interesting experiment, for sure! Bummer that it didn’t work. :-(
>>
>> If you’re interested in the goldcard system itself, stay tuned… over the
>> holidays I will prepare a “mega sale” of sorts with many T102s and at least
>> one T200 and T600, along with a variety of gadgets (gold box, Rex/Rex#,
>> TPPD1, serial-WiFi adapters, spare chargers, cables, caps, batteries,
>> manuals, and the like).
>>
>> When the list of items is ready — probably early January — I will post
>> the it along with photos, with the intent of bundling as many of them
>> together as possible. I wouldd rather not sell each item separately, yet
>> I’m open to spot offers for something in particular. eBay would be a last
>> resort if there’s no interest here.
>>
>> My love for the Model T ecosystem emerged as a pleasant distraction and
>> way to focus on something positive while caring for my wife who battled a
>> rare, incurable form of cancer for over six years. After she passed I
>> haven’t touched any of these. I will keep a few T102s and some accessories
>> for down the road.
>>
>> But with so many of them in boxes, I’d rather offer them to this vibrant
>> community so they can be (repaired as needed and) enjoyed for years to
>> come. I loved writing that Model T Dice Box utility and will occasionally
>> still journal on my Tandy WP-2. But it’s time to release the bulk of them
>> into other caring hands.
>>
>> Happy holidays,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> --
>> Greetings from Steve Baker (he/him/his)
>> “Gravity brings me down…”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Brian K. White 
>> wrote:
>>
>> ...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked
>> the same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, and so
>> maybe the rom could work on minindp.
>> No and no :)
>>
>>
>> On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:
>>
>> 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 
>> 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=Gold
>> <
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=Gold>
>> Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Steve Baker]

The “Model T Dice Box” is a dice roll simulator for various role-playing game systems; it was a ton of fun to code.Here’s the tokenized basic file —http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action="">… and the source code and REX backup of the same are in my uploads folder —http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?=0==Steve%20Baker… and as if that wasn’t enough, I made a way-too-long video on how it works —https://youtu.be/mIptQC7AHacCheers and thanks,Steve--Greetings from Steve Baker“Gravity brings me down...”On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:58 AM, Mike Stein  wrote:Looking forward to it; dice box??On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:25 AM Steve Baker  wrote:Hello again!Ah — an interesting experiment, for sure! Bummer that it didn’t work. :-(If you’re interested in the goldcard system itself, stay tuned… over the holidays I will prepare a “mega sale” of sorts with many T102s and at least one T200 and T600, along with a variety of gadgets (gold box, Rex/Rex#, TPPD1, serial-WiFi adapters, spare chargers, cables, caps, batteries, manuals, and the like).
When the list of items is ready — probably early January — I will post the it along with photos, with the intent of bundling as many of them together as possible. I wouldd rather not sell each item separately, yet I’m open to spot offers for something in particular. eBay would be a last resort if there’s no interest here.My love for the Model T ecosystem emerged as a pleasant distraction and way to focus on something positive while caring for my wife who battled a rare, incurable form of cancer for over six years. After she passed I haven’t touched any of these. I will keep a few T102s and some accessories for down the road.But with so many of them in boxes, I’d rather offer them to this vibrant community so they can be (repaired as needed and) enjoyed for years to come. I loved writing that Model T Dice Box utility and will occasionally still journal on my Tandy WP-2. But it’s time to release the bulk of them into other caring hands.Happy holidays,Steve--Greetings from Steve Baker (he/him/his)“Gravity brings me down…”

On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Brian K. White  wrote:...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked the same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, and so maybe the rom could work on minindp.No and no :)On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:Seasons Greetings!Good catch, thanks! I’ll update my directory with the file you posted.  :-)Again, thanks,Steve—Greetings from Steve BakerGravity brings me down...On Dec 22, 2023, at 12:24 AM, Brian K. White  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--bkwOn 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=""> > Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 > 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 > wrote:    From Brian K. White:    Could you look a little more 

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Mike Stein]

Looking forward to it;
dice box??



On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:25 AM Steve Baker  wrote:

> Hello again!
>
> Ah — an interesting experiment, for sure! Bummer that it didn’t work. :-(
>
> If you’re interested in the goldcard system itself, stay tuned… over the
> holidays I will prepare a “mega sale” of sorts with many T102s and at least
> one T200 and T600, along with a variety of gadgets (gold box, Rex/Rex#,
> TPPD1, serial-WiFi adapters, spare chargers, cables, caps, batteries,
> manuals, and the like).
>
> When the list of items is ready — probably early January — I will post the
> it along with photos, with the intent of bundling as many of them together
> as possible. I wouldd rather not sell each item separately, yet I’m open to
> spot offers for something in particular. eBay would be a last resort if
> there’s no interest here.
>
> My love for the Model T ecosystem emerged as a pleasant distraction and
> way to focus on something positive while caring for my wife who battled a
> rare, incurable form of cancer for over six years. After she passed I
> haven’t touched any of these. I will keep a few T102s and some accessories
> for down the road.
>
> But with so many of them in boxes, I’d rather offer them to this vibrant
> community so they can be (repaired as needed and) enjoyed for years to
> come. I loved writing that Model T Dice Box utility and will occasionally
> still journal on my Tandy WP-2. But it’s time to release the bulk of them
> into other caring hands.
>
> Happy holidays,
> Steve
>
>
> --
> Greetings from Steve Baker (he/him/his)
> “Gravity brings me down…”
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Brian K. White  wrote:
>
> ...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked the
> same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, and so
> maybe the rom could work on minindp.
> No and no :)
>
>
> On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:
>
> 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  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=Gold
> <
> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=downloadfile=Gold>
> Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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>> 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>> 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 

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Steve Baker]

Hello again!

Ah — an interesting experiment, for sure! Bummer that it didn’t work. :-(

If you’re interested in the goldcard system itself, stay tuned… over the 
holidays I will prepare a “mega sale” of sorts with many T102s and at least one 
T200 and T600, along with a variety of gadgets (gold box, Rex/Rex#, TPPD1, 
serial-WiFi adapters, spare chargers, cables, caps, batteries, manuals, and the 
like).

When the list of items is ready — probably early January — I will post the it 
along with photos, with the intent of bundling as many of them together as 
possible. I wouldd rather not sell each item separately, yet I’m open to spot 
offers for something in particular. eBay would be a last resort if there’s no 
interest here.

My love for the Model T ecosystem emerged as a pleasant distraction and way to 
focus on something positive while caring for my wife who battled a rare, 
incurable form of cancer for over six years. After she passed I haven’t touched 
any of these. I will keep a few T102s and some accessories for down the road.

But with so many of them in boxes, I’d rather offer them to this vibrant 
community so they can be (repaired as needed and) enjoyed for years to come. I 
loved writing that Model T Dice Box utility and will occasionally still journal 
on my Tandy WP-2. But it’s time to release the bulk of them into other caring 
hands.

Happy holidays,
Steve


--
Greetings from Steve Baker (he/him/his)
“Gravity brings me down…”




> On Dec 22, 2023, at 10:06 AM, Brian K. White  wrote:
> 
> ...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked the 
> same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, and so maybe 
> the rom could work on minindp.
> No and no :)
> 
> 
> On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:
>> 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  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=Gold
  
 
  Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 > > 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 > > 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 

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Brian K. White]

...and the reason I noticed was I was hoping maybe the goldcard worked 
the same as the node rampac (not physically but the interface & api, and 
so maybe the rom could work on minindp.

No and no :)


On 12/22/23 05:51, Steve Baker wrote:

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  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=Gold 
 Card 7.10 
Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 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 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 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 

Re: [M100] Portcomm

[Brian Brindle]

Portable Communicator was written by Chris DeHerrera. The article sort of
mangles his name. The newer version/package info can be found here. Not
sure if the original portable communicator exists anywhere though.

http://www.club100.org/library/doc/wp2docs.html


On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 12:28 AM Brian K. White 
wrote:

> Apparently at one time Club100 sold a MS-DOS TPDD server called Portcomm.
>
> Anyone ever seen it? I can find nothing on Club100 or anywhere else.
>
> https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1989-11/page/22/
>
> --
> bkw
>

Re: [M100] Gold Card v7.10 2x256Kb IC Card expansion for M100/T102 from 1988

[Steve Baker]

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  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=Gold 
>> 
>>  Card 7.10 Photos and 1988 Review.pdf=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 >>> > 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 >>> > 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 >>>> 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