Re: [M100] Buying parts from Alibaba

2025-02-17 Thread Andrew Ayers
at AliExpress is a better experience. Andrew L. Ayers Glendale, Arizona phoenixgarage.org github.com/andrew-ayers On 2/17/25 2:03 PM, m100-requ...@lists.bitchin100.com wrote: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:57:09 -0500 From: Stephen Adolph To: "m...@bitchin100.com" Subject: [M100] B

Re: [M100] Office clean out day (Stephen Adolph)

2025-01-05 Thread Andrew Ayers
ernal ROM would take up - and you can easily "burn" a copy of BASIC into an EPROM within that space that can be booted into and act the same way as the pre-burned ones (something I've wondered about is whether there could be a way to do it like the CoCo 3 and be in "all-RAM

Re: [M100] Pi Model T?

2024-01-22 Thread Andrew
for other links and ideas - there's at least one link I saw (but didn't visit) that talks about certain sized "wide" HDMI LCDs that will fit the case (so instead of using the old LCD, you could have color, and "emulate" the look of the original LCD - to an e

Re: [M100] Model 100 Scientific Case ?

2023-10-03 Thread Andrew
card for custom I/O - but using a 40 pin DIP header connector of course... Anyhow - thank you all again for the education; I'm not making any promises (truth be told, it likely won't occur), but perhaps during my new current period of unemployment (ugh) I might find some time to expl

Re: [M100] Model 100 Scientific Case ?

2023-10-02 Thread Andrew
us? I don't have an M-100 easily nearby to look - I can't remember if the bus is brought out to a connector on the rear, or the bottom? If at all... Regardless (and I'm not trying to thread-jack), what would be a good resource (hardware and software) to learn/understand how to u

Re: [M100] Modems and the modern world

2022-10-12 Thread Andrew
Re: Pulse to DTMF Here's an expensive option: https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Antique-Rotary-Telephone-Modern/dp/B00DUDAR5M Hopefully the other one is cheaper? Or - build your own? https://www.mattmillman.com/projects/building-your-own-pulse-to-tone-converter/ Andrew L. Ayers Gle

Re: [M100] Tandy 600 updates

2022-09-16 Thread Andrew Roach
gt; single sided. A disk that had been previously formatted dsdd may be > more trouble. I will test that when I can. > > Willard > -- > Willard Goosey goo...@sdc.org > Socorro, New Mexico, USA > I search my heart and find Cimmeria, land of Darkness and the Night. > -- R.E. Howard > -- --Andrew [Andrew Roach, Developer, Operations, Sysadmin]

Re: [M100] Multi ROM NEC 8201a Modification

2019-07-17 Thread Andrew Kennedy
Model T (and other computers) and it works great. The guy who makes them is the real deal, an engineer like many of the folks that you find this hobby. Not a knock-off seller with fake FTDI chips. - Andrew > > Subject: Re: [M100] dsub 25 hood that fits > From: "Kurt McCullum

Re: [M100] possibly ideal serial cable?

2019-06-03 Thread Andrew Kennedy
I just wanted to chime in and say that I have bought one of this guy's cables, they are good quality and authentic FTDI. I bought a "null-modem" USB<->DB25 and I don't have to connect anything else to it to communicate between my old computers and my modern one. I would definitely recommend this

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

2019-03-04 Thread Andrew Kennedy
Ah, never mind. It's a printer, probably why they call this machine a typewriter. There is a powered on photo, and it's really blurry but it looks like it says 29638 bytes to me. On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:22:26 -0500 and...@68kmentat.com wrote Very neat, does anyone know what this Gor

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

2019-03-04 Thread Andrew Kennedy
Very neat, does anyone know what this Gorilla Banana thing is? I can't find any information through Google. On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:38:25 -0500 m100-requ...@lists.bitchin100.com wrote Subject: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site From: "Gary Weber" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019

Re: [M100] Lighter rows of pixels on LCD

2019-02-26 Thread Andrew Kennedy
Great, so it sounds like I damaged a chip by not taking enough care with the LCD board. And I was so proud of myself! Oh well, thanks for the help guys. I unplugged and replugged the flex cable that connects to the LCD board, but I'm not going to mess with it any further on my own. John, I do w

[M100] Lighter rows of pixels on LCD

2019-02-26 Thread Andrew Kennedy
ut didn't find any discussion about this. Could it be that the new battery just needs to charge more? I'm going to reseat the ZIF cable, but if there are any other ideas please let me know. - Andrew

Re: [M100] New Model T owner

2019-02-20 Thread Andrew Kennedy
ted in the REXCPM and MTVGA protects that are in the works :) - Andrew On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 2:27 PM Mike Stein wrote: > Glitch's SBC does have a 5-pin RS-232 connector so maybe hardware handshaking > is an option with an appropriate cable? > > If hardware handshaking is avai

[M100] New Model T owner

2019-02-20 Thread Andrew Kennedy
Thanks for taking the time to read, I probably won't have much to contribute to the discussions on here but I am looking forward to reading them :) - Andrew

Re: [M100] Desklink on HP 200LX?

2018-05-25 Thread Andrew Roach
In case you’re not aware, there’s a pretty active hp lx mailing list. There was talk, recently, or offering up 3D printer files for the connector for the lx serial cable. I don’t know what ever came of that, though. I used my lx with desklink for several years without incident. These days, I use

Re: [M100] Youtube of someone using an acoustic modem cup with m100 and cell phone to dial a BBS

2017-05-25 Thread Andrew Roach
course the screen > limits the useful speed to about 600 baud. > > Kurt > > > On Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:50 AM, Andrew Roach > wrote: > > > I thought cell phones couldn't be used for BBS connections? > > If that works, I very much want to explore it more. >

Re: [M100] Youtube of someone using an acoustic modem cup with m100 and cell phone to dial a BBS

2017-05-25 Thread Andrew Roach
I thought cell phones couldn't be used for BBS connections? If that works, I very much want to explore it more. On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:36 AM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > Interesting. I would have given that a low probability of working. Well if > that works you'd think a direct connect cable

Re: [M100] WP2

2017-02-23 Thread Andrew Roach
http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=LaddieCon On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:05 PM Louis Lipp wrote: > > As far as file transfer, the wp2 works with > > laddiealpha and dlplus. > > -- John. > > Where can I get a copy of those? > > I have also seen the memory cards show up on ebay, rarely and

Re: [M100] WTB Olivetti M10 (QWERTY)

2016-12-03 Thread Andrew Roach
If someone here has a QWERTY M10 it'd be even easier; they could dump the > ROM and then you could just replace the ROM with a copy of the entire > QWERTY ROM. > > That reminds me: at one time we were collecting all the ROM images we > could find; whatever happened to those? >

Re: [M100] WTB Olivetti M10 (QWERTY)

2016-12-02 Thread Andrew Roach
be similar. > > https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=27 > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:24 AM, Andrew Roach wrote: > > Hi All! I'm looking to purchase an Olivetti m10. Ideally, one with a > QWERTY layout. > > Please email me if you have one available. > > I would g

[M100] WTB Olivetti M10 (QWERTY)

2016-12-02 Thread Andrew Roach
lease contact me if you have an Olivetti M10 available for sale. Thanks, Andrew

Re: [M100] PocketCHIP runs DL+ fine

2016-11-24 Thread Andrew Roach
it not able to run in the 512 meg of ram on the CHIP in Linux? > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Andrew Roach > wrote: > > BBS - Mystic BBS. There's a raspi build that should work. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:16 PM Lee Kelley wrote: > > I received my CHIP as

Re: [M100] PocketCHIP runs DL+ fine

2016-11-22 Thread Andrew Roach
27;t gotten a chance to look it over > much yet. Is it not able to run in the 512 meg of ram on the CHIP in Linux? > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Andrew Roach > wrote: > > BBS - Mystic BBS. There's a raspi build that should work. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1

Re: [M100] PocketCHIP runs DL+ fine

2016-11-22 Thread Andrew Roach
BBS - Mystic BBS. There's a raspi build that should work. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:16 PM Lee Kelley wrote: > I received my CHIP as well. I've been looking around to see what Linux > BBS program might be the best to make a connection with. I would like to > embed the CHIP into a M100 or 102,

Re: [M100] save to usb, is it possible?

2016-10-14 Thread Andrew Roach
NADSbox is no longer available, yeah? That's why I moved to a raspi solution. On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:09 PM Phil Wheeler wrote: > And then there is the NADSBox approach: > http://club100.org/nadsboxoverview.html > > > Phil > > On 10/13/16 6:41 PM, Ken Pettit wrote: > > Hi Eddie, > > You migh

Re: [M100] Wanted!

2016-09-09 Thread Andrew Roach
It will require USB OTG. All current android phones, and most android phones from major manufacturers over the last three or four years, have OTG. >From a software standpoint, that means you'll need to be on Android 4.0 or higher. (USB OTG was introduced in 3.0, but 3.0 was a tablet only release.)

Re: [M100] chip

2016-05-25 Thread Andrew Roach
How will you power the chip if you put it internal? On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:07 AM Lee Kelley wrote: > I'll order shortly and I do believe I will do surgery, it's not like I > only have one Model T... > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Willard Goosey wrote: > >> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at

Re: [M100] mComm For Android

2016-01-26 Thread Andrew Roach
I have a Samsung Galaxy sIII, and I'll be available for testing next week. On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:50 AM Daryn Hanright wrote: > Count me in for beta testing - Nexus 6 with lollipop (non root) > > cheers > Daryn > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > >> So at this stage it's

Re: [M100] Beta Testers needed

2016-01-21 Thread Andrew Roach
That's quite the acomplishment. I'm excited to see this happening. I haven't used my m100 in a little over a year, because I finally found a regular laptop with all day battery life (and I needed to do some more graphical work), but if we can get the thing reliably communicating with android, that'

Re: [M100] A z-code interpreter for the model 100

2015-08-29 Thread Andrew Roach
Is it possible to compile modern sourcecode to v3 files using inform? On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 11:31 AM Clinton Reddekop < clinton.redde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've just put a project into the Club100 Member Upload area that I hope > will interest some of you. It is a z-code in

Re: [M100] VIM via BlueM

2015-08-05 Thread Andrew Roach
No. There's a telnet client for the 200LX. I telnet in to a broken/headless laptop, and SSH from the laptop to wherever. On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:19 AM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, Andrew Roach wrote: > >> So your current setup is m1

Re: [M100] VIM via BlueM

2015-08-05 Thread Andrew Roach
I mean, there might be a SSH client for the LX. I've never tried. On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:06 AM Andrew Roach wrote: > No. There's a telnet client for the 200LX. I telnet in to a > broken/headless laptop, and SSH from the laptop to wherever. > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2

Re: [M100] VIM via BlueM

2015-08-05 Thread Andrew Roach
So your current setup is m100 BT telnet to android phone, android phone ssh to server? That's pretty much how I use my laptop and my HP 200 lx. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:43 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > I can confirm that with a proper termcap (and in my case, HTERM and a > cable capable of hardw

Re: [M100] VIM via BlueM

2015-08-04 Thread Andrew Roach
If you have busybox installed on either system, you could use Nano. On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM Hiraghm wrote: > I like using my M100 for word processing, but the 32k ram limit, even > with my Rex, is a bit of a pain. Keeping the versions of files I have on > my PC in sync with my M100 is a

Re: [M100] $9 computer

2015-05-18 Thread Andrew Roach
It has bluetooth and wifi. There are some guys on the HPLX mailing list talking about making a pocket computer with it. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:43 PM Hiraghm wrote: > This bit doesn't deal with the M100, but... > this board looks small enough to fit inside an old-fashioned (big) > pocket watc

Re: [M100] $9 Computer

2015-05-12 Thread Andrew Roach
I backed the kickstarter a few days ago. I'll experiment when the device comes in. Built in bluetooth means that, with a working BlueM, the device wouldn't ever need to touch the m100. You could throw some batteries at it, and keep the chip in your pocket. The hp-LX guys have been ogling this as

Re: [M100] Text Adventures

2015-05-08 Thread Andrew Roach
There is a list member working on a Z-Code interpreter, that would enable playing Zork (and all other infocom games). On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:24 AM James Zeun wrote: > Random question fellow M100 users, > > While I'm sorting out getting my REX to work, I thought I'll look at some > games and w

Re: [M100] Model 100/102 vs Alphasmart

2015-04-30 Thread Andrew Roach
I'd got with the Dana if you've never used either before. Simpler, and less robust. Harder to screw up. Not necessarily more dependable, but with a much less steep learning curve. On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:42 PM DRogers wrote: > Robert, > > I have several Model T's, both RS and NEC. Time was

Re: [M100] a z-code interpreter for Model 100 + REX --- work in progress

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
Just a quick note here. I am so excited to see someone working on this. I'll buy a REX when you've got it ready for production, just for this. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:15 PM Clinton Reddekop wrote: > Hi John, > > Each game image has a 'dynamic memory' portion which may be changed as the > gam

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
it can legally use an antenna with gain of up to 8.1db at full power, or 15.1db at reduced power, according to the manual. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:33 PM Andrew Roach wrote: > QRSS is ultra slow morse code. Not at all what you're looking for > > Yes, but it is pretty interestin

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
QRSS is ultra slow morse code. Not at all what you're looking for Yes, but it is pretty interesting. However, beware of the FCC regulations. There are restrictions on what you can do with those type accepted routers and switches, and what kind of antennas you can use without special permits or li

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
iliar with it beyond that. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:13 PM Andrew Roach wrote: > You mean you have other folks with M100s and HPs within a few kilometers? > > > I do! There are four or five of us with various vintage portables. > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM John Gardner wrot

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
You mean you have other folks with M100s and HPs within a few kilometers? I do! There are four or five of us with various vintage portables. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM John Gardner wrote: > 100 mW can cross oceans, given the right techniques. > > One such is called by hams "QRSS". > > htt

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
PS, and a bunch of cron jobs in Linux. > > I might add, none of us really know what we're doing, radio-wise, we were > going to learn on-the-fly ;) > > Can't remember what the GPS was for, though. Probably made sense after a > few beers... > On Apr 27, 2015 12:20 PM, &

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
as well, which could have been > implemented natively on a number of machines of vintage, although I'm not > aware of any such thing for the Model T. > On Apr 27, 2015 12:11 PM, "Andrew Roach" wrote: > >> That was immediately my other thought. A fido style Xbee/ras

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
That was immediately my other thought. A fido style Xbee/raspi BBS network. I know some kids at the local college who'd help me put it together, if I could prove it was viable from a transmission power perspective. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:10 PM Andrew Roach wrote: > Yeah, I was e

Re: [M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
here's a > pair of Linksys WRT54Gs communicating over 300+ km: > > http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/487/402 > > Worth experimenting! > > m > > - Original Message - > *From:* Andrew Roach > *To:* Model 100 Discussion > *Sent:* M

[M100] Xbee and m100

2015-04-27 Thread Andrew Roach
I have been reading about the Xbee Xtend 900MHz Pro. This is a wireless serial modem with a transmission range of up to 40 miles LOS (with a high gain directional antenna) I'm not super familiar with RF, but I know there are a fair number of Ham guys on the group. If I was to build the proper ci

Re: [M100] Ladroid progress

2015-03-25 Thread Andrew Roach
This is really exciting news. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:50 AM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > Hello Russell -- > > The cable to the BCR provides power to BlueM. The Bluetooth module which > Steve designed is attached to the serial port. > > Steve designed BlueM so it can also accept power from an unus