[M100] Fully working M100 24K and “parts” machine available

Thought I’d post this as a separate message. If someone on list is looking for a fully working 24K Model 100 in very good to excellent shape plus a “parts machine” (no additional cost) for a reasonable price and shipping, please send me a note separately to my gmail address to figure out details.

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

> -Original Message- > > I don’t mind the “stiffness” of the WP-2 keyboard, but I can’t stand the > “ghosting characters” issue.  I’ve been through about four different WP- > 2s, and all of them would randomly insert characters when I was > typing.  Absolutely inexcusable for a dedicated w

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:52 PM C.Magaret wrote: > I don’t mind the “stiffness” of the WP-2 keyboard, but I can’t stand the > “ghosting characters” issue. I’ve been through about four different WP-2s, > and all of them would randomly insert characters when I was typing. > Absolutely inexcusable

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

I don’t mind the “stiffness” of the WP-2 keyboard, but I can’t stand the “ghosting characters” issue. I’ve been through about four different WP-2s, and all of them would randomly insert characters when I was typing. Absolutely inexcusable for a dedicated word processor. Cam > On Jan 30, 20

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 1:22 PM Anthony Coghlan Thanks, John - I see a brief mention of that in the service manual also. > I’ll take a chance on hopefully that being the case, or something else > relatively easy to debug and fix. > > Convincing my wife of the wisdom of my decision or the need for “y

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

Thanks, John - I see a brief mention of that in the service manual also. I’ll take a chance on hopefully that being the case, or something else relatively easy to debug and fix. Convincing my wife of the wisdom of my decision or the need for “yet another vintage gadget” might end up being the more

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

Yes the ESP-12 works really well. The ESP-8266 is now integrated with the Arduino IDE so moving code around is a breeze. Although there are still some issues with sleep etc. There are also a bunch of libraries like WiFi Scan, FTP, TELNET, NTP and OTA updating which make it quite simple to add

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

That would be really cool. > On Jan 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, c646581 wrote: > > I've been thinking about an ESP8266-based TPDD emulator that can link up to > an FTP site or act as a telnet to serial bridge at the flip of a switch. > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 14:06 Brian White

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

I've been thinking about an ESP8266-based TPDD emulator that can link up to an FTP site or act as a telnet to serial bridge at the flip of a switch. On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 14:06 Brian White I think in both of these cases I'm using interrupts and hardware > sleep/wait-for-interrupt support, so ther

Re: [M100] WP-2 screen issue

I think it flashes the screen when the backup battery is low. -- John. On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 11:01 AM Anthony Coghlan Hope everyone is well. Even while I’m trying to reduce my Model 100 > collection, various WP-2 related things lately have made me think about > that machine... Almost ready to

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

I think in both of these cases I'm using interrupts and hardware sleep/wait-for-interrupt support, so there's no tight loop. (assuming correct code and correct wiring on my part, of which I make no such claim :) ). And yes there is serial port init code. I went through a few different variations on

[M100] WP-2 screen issue

Hope everyone is well. Even while I’m trying to reduce my Model 100 collection, various WP-2 related things lately have made me think about that machine... Almost ready to spring for one on eBay if no one beats me to it, but it’s got a “pulsing screen” issue that I’d need to fix. What could make

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

Couple pics of the adafruit setup. https://photos.app.goo.gl/N2v6iB45pePNFQNA8 The 32u4 is a much less powerful device, but just about perfect for doing the job of TPDD. The Teensy 3.5 & 3.6 are far more powerful, overkill for TPDD, BUT, perhaps really cool for a more feature-full device. The Teen

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

I've been doing a bunch with 32u4 based arduinos recently (pro micro/leonardo/ss micro/etc). With these, there's a bit in the start up to make sure that it doesn't crash when talking to an uninitialized serial port, something like: while( !Serial ); Or, you could check it with something like: if

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

I got Jimmy's code working on Teensy 3.5 & 3.6, and on Adafruit Feather 32u4 Adalogger And modified my copy somewhat. I was playing with getting the top-right corner of TS-DOS to display the current working directory, and reducing the power drain. Some changes are just gratuitous refactoring to sui

Re: [M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

Yep, I was working on a TPDD emulator for Arduino called SD2TPDD. The github page is here: https://github.com/TangentDelta/SD2TPDD I kind of lost interest in it and haven't maintained the project in a long time. I don't have any pictures of the setup, as it was basically just an SD card reader and

[M100] TPDD emulator on Arduino

Someone was working on a TPDD emulator on Arduino. Is there any progress? And/Or photos? As I'm starting a course on Arduino programming, I am now even more interested. This could become the cheapest stand-alone TPDD emulator yet. Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus Jan-80 |\ _,,,--,,_ @ w

Re: [M100] Installing 8K modules in M100

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:16 AM Stephen Adolph wrote: > > A big deal in some cases is a wide voltage tolerance. For ram circuits you > may need 2v to 5v., of course that's an issue too: HC/AHC works fine down to 2V, HCT does not by design. Frank