Re: [M100] BA files got swapped

2019-03-05 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 7:01 PM Eric LK wrote: > > Now, just after sending the mail, I switched the M100 on and tried > opening the MKAX.BA (because I wanted the PGKOD.BA) and it launched > the Rex manager > > When I exited and launched it again I got the right program (MKAX.BA). > And now,

Re: [M100] BA files got swapped

2019-03-05 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
BTW, I think TS-DOS has a DO file recovery feature you can use if your machine cold starts to restore your DO files Also, TBACK.EXE allows fast full system backups you can use with VirtualT for further analysis or you can just use a hex editor to extract files. -- John.

Re: [M100] BA files got swapped

2019-03-05 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
Unless there's a bug in mcomm where it transfers the wrong file contents (unlikely), I think it's likely your RAM filesystem is corrupted. Renaming won't help. It might be correctable, but if you have the data elsewhere I would just cold start. You mentioned activating and deactivating DOS. You

[M100] BA files got swapped

2019-03-05 Thread Eric LK
I got a weird behavior this morning: Two of the files in my M100 got swapped. I mean that when I load one of them I get the other one... Those are files I've been working on for a few weeks already, and I've no idea how it has happen. Are those issues common? Should I worry about the integrity of

Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site

2019-03-05 Thread Tom Hoppe
The Commodore 1525 printer also utilizes the same mechanism, but different firmware/bus architecture: http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/VIC-1525%20Printer%20User's%20Manual.pdf Tom On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:49 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > I think Brian was referring to the "engine"

Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 99, Issue 5

2019-03-05 Thread Wayne Lorentz
Yep. Gorilla Banana was a real low-end dot matrix printer. I think it was Epson compatible. Lots of “tech” companies named themselves after animals back then. Elephant Memory Systems made floppy disks. There was also a CP/M machine maker named Zebra. > On Mar 5, 2019, at 1:38 PM,

Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site

2019-03-05 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
I think Brian was referring to the "engine" being the same. So the plastics could be different. The question is, if it's the the same does the engine include just the mechanism or also the controller/firmware/escapes? -- John.

Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site

2019-03-05 Thread Mike Stein
Really? Doesn't look like a DMP-100 to me... https://www.ecrater.com/p/21909539/radio-shack-trs-80-dmp100-dot https://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_steve/3178078174 - Original Message - From: Brian White To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 2:29 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site

2019-03-05 Thread Brian White
It's the same as DMP-100 There are several printers that all used the same bizarre unique engine http://tandy.wiki/DMP-100 On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:48 PM Tom Hoppe wrote: > I think the Gorilla Banana was an inexpensive printer. If so, I'm not sure > why that booklet is included. > >

Re: [M100] New M100 owner looking for VDI

2019-03-05 Thread Roger Mullins
Good morning- Just wanted to send you a heads-up in case you haven't seen it. There's a DVI up right now on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233155383681?ul_noapp=true -Roger M On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 10:05 AM Joseph Grimm wrote: > I recently got a Model 100, and I was thinking about getting a

Re: [M100] Morse decoder for T102

2019-03-05 Thread Jan van Bruggen
Hi Peter, thanks for your explanation of why it is hard to decipher human created morse code transmissions. I found this "Morse code discriminator" in Ron Wiesen's member upload area.