Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Ken Pettit
Hee hee, Yeah, if you want some C++ code, just look in VirtualT: virtualt/src/tpddserver.cpp virtualt/src/tpddserver.h Not sure how I can be more open than that. Ken On 7/17/18 7:22 PM, Chris Fezzler wrote: A++ On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 8:54:00 PM EDT, Kurt McCullum wrote: Sorry

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Hello Jimmy, I'm the author of LaddieAlpha, and I maintain DLPlus. You are welcome to look at any of that source to understand the protocol. I haven't had any issue with flow control. Set DSR and CTS so that unpatched TS-DOS "cable detect" insanity is satisfied. Set baud to 19200, since that's

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Chris Fezzler
Go for it and have fun and share your experience along the way.   On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 9:28:39 PM EDT, c646581 wrote: I found the page on the wiki explaining DCD/DSR along with the other flow control quirks. Once I corrected that, it started behaving correctly. I'll look into

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Chris Fezzler
A++ On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 8:54:00 PM EDT, Kurt McCullum wrote: Sorry guys, but I'm jumping up on the soap box for this one. I'm quite stunned by this email. First, there is the official protocol put out by Tandy "Software Manual For Portable Disk Drive" 26-3808 

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread c646581
I found the page on the wiki explaining DCD/DSR along with the other flow control quirks. Once I corrected that, it started behaving correctly. I'll look into that TPDD Arduino project, since that happens to be the same platform I'm using for my emulator. It kind of feels like I'm re-inventing

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Kurt McCullum
Sorry guys, but I'm jumping up on the soap box for this one. I'm quite stunned by this email. First, there is the official protocol put out by Tandy "Software Manual For Portable Disk Drive" 26-3808 http://manx-docs.org/mirror/harte/Radio%20Shack/TRS-80%20Model%20100%20Portable%20Disk.pdfThere is

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Fugu ME100
Quite a lot of other TPDD emulation software running on just about everything you could imagine :) Lots and lots of M100 owners past and present have picked it apart so there should be something on the web to help with your work. A quick web search threw up a few links, a not very exhaustive

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread Kevin Becker
http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=TPDD On Jul 17, 2018, at 7:37 PM, John Gardner wrote: How about those who've benefited from the research of others, or even the researchers themselves, publishing the protocol? Nah..."8) On 7/17/18, you got me wrote: If I'm not mistaken,

Re: [M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread John Gardner
How about those who've benefited from the research of others, or even the researchers themselves, publishing the protocol? Nah..."8) On 7/17/18, you got me wrote: > If I'm not mistaken, the program Desklink emulates a TPDD. Perhaps a > combination of DOSbox or virtual software running

[M100] TPDD Specifics

2018-07-17 Thread c646581
Hello! I'm working on a TPDD hardware emulator using low-cost off-the-shelf-components. I can't find much online about the specifics of the serial connection between the M100 and the TPDD. The TPDD protocol page on the wiki mentions 19200/9600 baud, but nothing about flow control or how it

[M100] TPDD/TPDD2 Timeline

2018-07-17 Thread Kurt McCullum
Quick question for those who may know. I am looking for when the TPDD was released and when the TPDD2 was released as it's replacement. All I've been able to gather so far is that the TPDD was somewhere in 1985 and the TPDD2 was somewhere in 1987. But that is just by scanning through old issues of