[M100] Model T Basic Help Needed!
Hi All, I've been having to do a lot of writing lately, so I decided to dust off one of my lovely Tandy 102s. I had used it heavily about 3 years ago, and never had a problem with saving and retrieving files from my NADSBox, using TS-DOS. I installed TS-DOS using the DSKMGR.100 BASIC file. The install went smoothly, and all seemed OK. I was able to save and retrieve *.DO files easily to and from the 102 and my NADSBox. Then I tried to load a *.BA program from the NADSBox to my 102, and this is where everything went wrong. The *.BA program loaded onto my 102, but it wrote itself into RAM that was being used by another *.BA program I had there, or by the TS-DOS *.CO file itself! I tried doing some CLEAR commands in the BASIC interpreter prior to loading *.BA files, to no avail. The *.BA files would get loaded, then would eventually cause the 102 to do a hard reset, taking me back to January 1, 1900. :-) I know this is really basic stuff, but I have spent hours combing through the references on club100.org and bitchin100.com and have not had any luck. It's weird because I never had this problem before, but I am clearly forgetting something very basic. If anyone has any advice on what I am doing wrong in this scenario, I would be much obliged. thanks! RL
Re: [M100] Model T Basic Help Needed!
Ray, My guess is that it is a non-tokenized basic file. That means it's really a text file. Many basic programs are stored on the internet as text files, but have the *.ba extension. Open the file on a PC in a simple text editor. If you can read the text, then rename it as a *.do file. Load the *.do file into the M100 and then load it into basic, and save it there as a *.ba file. Now it is a proper tokenized basic file, and should not crash the machine. Rob Scrimgeour Victoria, BC
Re: [M100] Model T Basic Help Needed!
Hi Ray, What is your HIMEM set to? It should be set to just below where TS-DOS loads. Otherwise, loading a program could overwrite TS-DOS and crash it. Don On 07/09/2015 08:48 AM, Ray Lopez wrote: Hi All, I've been having to do a lot of writing lately, so I decided to dust off one of my lovely Tandy 102s. I had used it heavily about 3 years ago, and never had a problem with saving and retrieving files from my NADSBox, using TS-DOS. I installed TS-DOS using the DSKMGR.100 BASIC file. The install went smoothly, and all seemed OK. I was able to save and retrieve *.DO files easily to and from the 102 and my NADSBox. Then I tried to load a *.BA program from the NADSBox to my 102, and this is where everything went wrong. The *.BA program loaded onto my 102, but it wrote itself into RAM that was being used by another *.BA program I had there, or by the TS-DOS *.CO file itself! I tried doing some CLEAR commands in the BASIC interpreter prior to loading *.BA files, to no avail. The *.BA files would get loaded, then would eventually cause the 102 to do a hard reset, taking me back to January 1, 1900. :-) I know this is really basic stuff, but I have spent hours combing through the references on club100.org and bitchin100.com and have not had any luck. It's weird because I never had this problem before, but I am clearly forgetting something very basic. If anyone has any advice on what I am doing wrong in this scenario, I would be much obliged. thanks! RL
Re: [M100] Model T Basic Help Needed!
Hi Ray, I should have added, if TS-DOS starts at 5, then type in: CLEAR 200,5 You can change the 200 to however much string space you need for your program. Don On 07/09/2015 01:58 PM, Donald Kyllo wrote: Hi Ray, What is your HIMEM set to? It should be set to just below where TS-DOS loads. Otherwise, loading a program could overwrite TS-DOS and crash it. Don On 07/09/2015 08:48 AM, Ray Lopez wrote: Hi All, I've been having to do a lot of writing lately, so I decided to dust off one of my lovely Tandy 102s. I had used it heavily about 3 years ago, and never had a problem with saving and retrieving files from my NADSBox, using TS-DOS. I installed TS-DOS using the DSKMGR.100 BASIC file. The install went smoothly, and all seemed OK. I was able to save and retrieve *.DO files easily to and from the 102 and my NADSBox. Then I tried to load a *.BA program from the NADSBox to my 102, and this is where everything went wrong. The *.BA program loaded onto my 102, but it wrote itself into RAM that was being used by another *.BA program I had there, or by the TS-DOS *.CO file itself! I tried doing some CLEAR commands in the BASIC interpreter prior to loading *.BA files, to no avail. The *.BA files would get loaded, then would eventually cause the 102 to do a hard reset, taking me back to January 1, 1900. :-) I know this is really basic stuff, but I have spent hours combing through the references on club100.org and bitchin100.com and have not had any luck. It's weird because I never had this problem before, but I am clearly forgetting something very basic. If anyone has any advice on what I am doing wrong in this scenario, I would be much obliged. thanks! RL
Re: [M100] Model T Basic Help Needed!
I agree with this. Plus his RAM is corrupted now so a cold start is the only way to get back to a stable system. -- John.
