Re: [M100] Possible BBS launch

[Ben Strewens]

On 2023-02-26 4:50 a.m., Daniel L wrote:
I'm considering a specialized launch of a BBS catering to the modelT 
community. Any good boards out there already doing this that I can peruse?


Daniel


I'm currently working on one that will support multiple systems, 
including the model 100. I'm aiming for going all the way down to the 
Epson HX-20, but we'll see how that pans out. It won't be up and running 
for a while yet. We're supposed to get a new ISP here this year. The one 
who bought out the company I was with closed all my ports and had no 
clue how to re-open them, so my BBS got shut down. In the meantime, I 
figured I'd work on one that caters to the vintage computer community. I 
still have lots of work ahead of me.

Re: [M100] TPDD Disk Imaging?

[Ben Strewens]

I went ahead and bought one :)

On 2020-07-15 6:15 p.m., Francois Gurin wrote:
... And thank you for it.  I bought one for the TPPD2 recently and can 
say the attention to detail is clear.  As a favor I would expect a 
generic floppy with a hand wriiten label.  The disk I got from 
arcadeshopper is on display on a shelf.


On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 10:32 PM Brian K. White <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote:


On 7/14/20 8:36 PM, Ben Strewens wrote:
> I have one of these drives, but no disk for it. I was able to do
the PC
> hack to make it work, but I'd rather have the disk. Is there
anyone in
> Canada that could make one for me for a small fee?

I made up a bunch of TPDD1 and TPDD2 disks from NOS disks,
designed and
laserprinted nice labels on good glossy stock, and they are for
sale on
arcadeshopper.com <http://arcadeshopper.com>

(I don't run that shop, I just sent him the stuff to distribute
that way
so they are discoverable, and so that he can deal with 100 different
mailings and I only have to deal with one.)

I DID pay it forward several times over, the fact that someone
sent me a
disk for free, and made several copies for free for people for a
while
before making one big batch and dumping them on Greg to deal with via
his store. (and then a couple times saw that disk appear on ebay
immediately after spending time and one of my few nos 720K disks
sending
it to someone for free incuding mail...)

I do feel a little self-conscious or defensive saying something is
for
sale that should just be a favor, but it's only a favor a few times,
after that it's a time-consuming chore, and I don't want to have a
2nd
job as an ebay seller. So I just slogged through 20 of each in one
big
job, and sent them all to arcadeshopper in one shipment, charged him
enough to cover the disks, labels, bags, shipping, and now it's
someone
else's actual compensated job to deal with mailing the individual
ones
out any time someone needs one.

There is no way to hurry the process of making a disk with the
included
backup utility, especially if you test-boot each one, and it puts
wear
on the drive. Especially the TPDD1 disks are a pain because the TPDD1
bootstrap procedure is a pain.

The same goes for the DVI disks for 100, DVI disks for 200, the TPDD
cables, and the DVI cables.

Plus I thought, being a store, it would have a better chance of
turning
up in google searches when a new person got a TPDD on ebay or
smething,
and they go to search for info about it, they would have a better
chance
of finding out that the lost special disk or cable is available, vs a
post or two here where only a few people who happen to be on the
list at
that time ever see it. I don't know how true that's turning out to
be,
but it's got to be better than nothing.

-- 
bkw


> On 2020-07-14 7:32 p.m., Doug Jackson wrote:
>> Ohhh A,
>>
>> Stephen, are you hinting that with an actual drive I could
recreate my
>> own TPPD 1 disk?   That would be cool.  I am just about to do a
belt
>> replacement on one who's belt turned into black goo - When I
removed
>> the belt it literally went everywhere - and then the cleanup of
the
>> workshop bench was spectacular. Alcohol worked a treat :-)
>>
>> While there are beautiful solid state versions of the TPPD now,
but
>> the concept of a drive that clicks and whirs is very appealing to
>> me, Just like the 8" drives in my PDP11.
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Doug Jackson
>>
>> em: d...@doughq.com <mailto:d...@doughq.com>
<mailto:d...@doughq.com <mailto:d...@doughq.com>>
>> ph: 0414 986878
>>
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<http://www.dougswordclocks.com>
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<http://vk1zdj.net> <http://vk1zdj.net>
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may
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>>
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of the
>> imminent Zombie Apocalypse then 

Re: [M100] TPDD Disk Imaging?

[Ben Strewens]

I have one of these drives, but no disk for it. I was able to do the PC 
hack to make it work, but I'd rather have the disk. Is there anyone in 
Canada that could make one for me for a small fee?


On 2020-07-14 7:32 p.m., Doug Jackson wrote:

Ohhh A,

Stephen, are you hinting that with an actual drive I could recreate my 
own TPPD 1 disk?   That would be cool.  I am just about to do a belt 
replacement on one who's belt turned into black goo - When I removed 
the belt it literally went everywhere - and then the cleanup of the 
workshop bench was spectacular. Alcohol worked a treat :-)


While there are beautiful solid state versions of the TPPD now, but 
the concept of a drive that clicks and whirs is very appealing to 
me, Just like the 8" drives in my PDP11.


Kindest regards,

Doug Jackson

em: d...@doughq.com 
ph: 0414 986878

Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com 


Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net 

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On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:08 AM Stephen Adolph > wrote:


I believe that it is just not possible to use PC hardware ...
drive, controller... to read a TPDD disk.

The disk is encoded with FM whereas a normal drive is MFM.  Or
maybe that is backwards.

Not sure but possibly a Catweasel drive can be used.  But that is
specialized.

Perhaps though a real TPDD drive connected to the pc is good
enough?  I think there is software for that .



On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, RETRO Innovations
mailto:go4re...@go4retro.com>> wrote:

Is there really no way to read the 3.5" disks in a PC (even an
older one, via DOS, with a discrete FDC IC)? I'd like to
backup my TPDD disks, but my M100 is set up for the DVI right
now, and I'd prefer to not redo all of that.

Jim


-- 
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Re: [M100] NiCd Battery

[Ben Strewens]

I was wondering about the supercap since I saw someone use it in a 
Youtube video. Does anyone know the value of the supercap? I'm currently 
trying the lithium cell with a diode. It works, but I have no clue how 
long the lithium cell will last.


On 2020-02-22 10:16 p.m., Peter Vollan wrote:

I thought a supercap was best?

But to answer the original question: yes, you may wish to replace the nicad

On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 at 18:42, Josh Malone  wrote:

Battery leakage is a huge issue with the Tandy slabs. If you really don't want 
to put another battery in, you can run the system without the memory installed 
- it's not actually required for operation. I would recommend just replacing it 
with another rechargeable NiMh and checking it in 10 years.

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 8:21 PM Ben Strewens  wrote:

I didn't realize that the 100/102 had these batteries in them. I cracked
open one of my 102s and the battery hasn't leaked, so that's good. Has
this been a problem in these computers? Would it be a good idea to
replace it with a lithium coin cell (with diode of course) or would it
be depleted too quickly?

Re: [M100] NiCd Battery

[Ben Strewens]

I was wondering about the supercap since I saw someone on a Youtube 
video use one. I'm currently trying the lithium cell with a diode. It 
works, although I'm not sure how long the lithium cell will last.


On 2020-02-22 10:16 p.m., Peter Vollan wrote:

I thought a supercap was best?

But to answer the original question: yes, you may wish to replace the nicad

On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 at 18:42, Josh Malone  wrote:

Battery leakage is a huge issue with the Tandy slabs. If you really don't want 
to put another battery in, you can run the system without the memory installed 
- it's not actually required for operation. I would recommend just replacing it 
with another rechargeable NiMh and checking it in 10 years.

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 8:21 PM Ben Strewens  wrote:

I didn't realize that the 100/102 had these batteries in them. I cracked
open one of my 102s and the battery hasn't leaked, so that's good. Has
this been a problem in these computers? Would it be a good idea to
replace it with a lithium coin cell (with diode of course) or would it
be depleted too quickly?

[M100] NiCd Battery

[Ben Strewens]

I didn't realize that the 100/102 had these batteries in them. I cracked 
open one of my 102s and the battery hasn't leaked, so that's good. Has 
this been a problem in these computers? Would it be a good idea to 
replace it with a lithium coin cell (with diode of course) or would it 
be depleted too quickly?

Re: [M100] program library in WAV format

[Ben Strewens]

Too bad I didn't see this earlier. I converted a huge chunk of these (if 
not all of them) a couple of years ago.


On 2018-09-16 03:10 PM, Jesus R wrote:

It was a bad link...I'm sure there is more room for error:)

*Steven Ranft*s_ranft at hotmail.com 


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Hi Jesus,

Thanks for all the effort! Good job.

I found the link for CribbageCRIBGE.BA   12362 (07-02-88)  
gave

The requested URL /golfgon/cribge.wav was not found on this server.

But otherwise the ones I checked were all downloadable.

I have not tried to save them to tape or play them yet

Thanks,
Steve

Re: [M100] Dead M102 to trade/giveaway

[Ben Strewens]

Where do you live? I might be interested in taking the flaky 200 off 
your hands


On 16-10-23 09:19 PM, David Anderson wrote:

Hi,

I have a M102 that won't power up. It sat with batteries in it for a 
while (before me) and there's some corrosion on the pcb.


I'm trying to cull my holdings... I also have a flaky 200 and I'd 
rather focus on getting one machine to actually work.


Anyone interested? I wouldn't mind trading it... or sending it off to 
someone who's willing to pay postage.


Thanks,
David