Re: [M100] A cyberdeck drew my attention

2023-09-26 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I have one of these. It is not comfortably typeable in any way, unfortunately - the keys are rubbery but also extremely hard to press and "click" quite loudly. In other respects it is a very nice little Linux computer, and compatible with multiple CPU modules just like their larger DevTerm model, b

Re: [M100] NODE DATAPAC

2023-09-12 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
he top that all they do is retain the cover acting as pins, instead of > relying on bumps acting as detents in the holes, since those might simply > grind away after a few cycles. > > bkw > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 12:40 PM Ben Wiley Sittler > wrote: > >> That's great

Re: [M100] NODE DATAPAC

2023-09-12 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
That's great work! Is there enough clearance around the modern version that a 3d-printed case could fit? On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 01:47 Brian K. White wrote: > > The unverified schematic I arrived at from beeping out an original NODE > DATAPAC is now verified. > > Based on that best guess original

Re: [M100] interesting

2023-05-20 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
ome very complex programs could do something similar and not be limited to > the 29K or so that is available. > > > > Lloyd > > > > *From:* M100 *On Behalf Of *Ben Wiley > Sittler > *Sent:* Friday, May 19, 2023 11:31 AM > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:*

Re: [M100] interesting

2023-05-19 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Nice! Are these perhaps Wizard War and Berserker Raids? Those seem like they could be fun on the m100 too if only storage space were available. Maybe with REXCPM it is? On Fri, May 19, 2023, 09:16 wrote: > I’m intrigued. The two games I worked on in the early 80s with Fred > Saberhagen were de

Re: [M100] teeny (or any tpdd client) for German Olivetti M10?

2023-05-19 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Fwiw my QZERTY m10 has the same ROM bits as the m10 one from VirtualT except it is missing a Y2K patch On Fri, May 19, 2023, 09:06 Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > Meant to write QZERTY sorry > > On Fri, May 19, 2023, 08:52 Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > >> My apologies, I believe

Re: [M100] teeny (or any tpdd client) for German Olivetti M10?

2023-05-19 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Meant to write QZERTY sorry On Fri, May 19, 2023, 08:52 Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > My apologies, I believe they may be solder pads not easily reconfigurable > jumpers. And the keyboard layout needs to match of course. But the ROM > contents are supposedly identical between UK QWERT

Re: [M100] teeny (or any tpdd client) for German Olivetti M10?

2023-05-19 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
on table, assuming we had >> one from 100 to US m10, and I believe we have that, somewhere... >> >> Aha, there is one that crosses all 3 100 to m10-us to m10-eu! >> >> https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/blob/main/M100SIG/Lib-12-NEC-OLIVETTI/M10ROM.DIF &g

Re: [M100] teeny (or any tpdd client) for German Olivetti M10?

2023-05-18 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Is the German ROM different? I had thought the various European versions used the same ROM just with different jumper settings On Thu, May 18, 2023, 13:48 John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:53 AM Brian K. White > wrote: > >> Has anyone ever heard of any teeny or ts-dos or

Re: [M100] RexCPM install

2022-10-16 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
> years). I figured if WSL doesn't work then not even worth trying cygwin. > > I will try it and update the readme because this would be great. > > > bkw > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 5:33 PM Ben Wiley Sittler > wrote: > >> I regularly use dlplus from a Cygwin c

Re: [M100] RexCPM install

2022-10-16 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I regularly use dlplus from a Cygwin command-line shell interface in Windows too, but I realize that's not everyone's cup of tea On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 14:29 Brian K. White wrote: > On 10/16/22 14:17, Stephen Adolph wrote: > > Hi Robert, couple of comments. > > > > 1) test your REXCPM. you can a

Re: [M100] mystery ROM

2022-03-07 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Possible it's one of their HP-41C ROM modules, see for instance https://vintagecalc.com/hp-41c-custom-software-modules/ On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 14:24 Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > Old trademark info suggests it's software related to insurance and > financial planning, but no

Re: [M100] mystery ROM

2022-03-07 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Old trademark info suggests it's software related to insurance and financial planning, but no idea beyond that (platform? Who knows!) Basis for my belief: https://trademarks.justia.com/734/44/rompower-73444378.html On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 14:05 Stephen Adolph wrote: > > > https://www.ebay.ca/itm/2

Re: [M100] t200 addresses? from hterm.git

2022-02-12 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
(and RST 7 is more or less a compact encoding of CALL &h0038 if memory serves) On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 15:05 Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > I believe that in hex that sequence looks like > > e5 d5 c5 f5 ff 08 cd 3c 50 c3 04 16 > > In machine code it might be > > PUSH H >

Re: [M100] t200 addresses? from hterm.git

2022-02-12 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I believe that in hex that sequence looks like e5 d5 c5 f5 ff 08 cd 3c 50 c3 04 16 In machine code it might be PUSH H PUSH D PUSH B PUSH PSW RST 7 SUB HL-BC (undocumented!) CALL &h503C JMP &h1604 On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 11:26 Willard Goosey wrote: > sorry its been a rough week will look at thi

Re: [M100] New (again) Model 100 owner

2022-01-29 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I've been using dlplus rather than LaddieAlpha and it seems to work fine and is very easy to use from the Cygwin command line. Most of the time I use a backpack drive though, and just move the microsd card to a modern laptop to move files on and off of it For cables connecting modern laptop to mod

Re: [M100] Backpack drive?!?1

2022-01-28 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Yeah I bought some in the last few months and they work great. In conjunction with REX# or REXCPM it is really perfect - especially REXCPM as you can fully bootstrap and restore the device even when your M100 battery previously ran dry, provided you backed up full memory images to the backpack driv

Re: [M100] dev system filenames

2022-01-06 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Coming from a point of ignorance here, but I like short for this as you can use it as a prefix, so I prefer: kc85 (if/when distinct from m100) n82 n82a (if/when distinct from n82) n83 (if/when distinct from n82/n82a) m10 m10u (if/when distinct from m10) m100 t102 (if/when distinct from m100) t200

Re: [M100] Interesting m-100 clone

2021-12-05 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I stand corrected, the A06 DevTerm does allow some configuration when it comes to power consumption! https://github.com/clockworkpi/DevTerm/blob/main/Code/A06/devterm-a06-gearbox On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 4:54 PM Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > As of today the A06 model appears to be in stock at th

Re: [M100] Interesting m-100 clone

2021-12-05 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
ead last. > > On Sat, 2021-12-04 at 21:00 -0800, Ben Wiley Sittler wrote: > > I have that machine! Specifically mine is the version with a Raspberry Pi > Compute Module 3+ Lite. It can run VirtualT OK too, though I need to fix > some memory corruption or API incompatibity that c

Re: [M100] Interesting m-100 clone

2021-12-04 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
I have that machine! Specifically mine is the version with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Lite. It can run VirtualT OK too, though I need to fix some memory corruption or API incompatibity that currently renders FLTK file dialogs unusable. The optional cash register thermal printer mode is a nice

Re: [M100] View 80 model issue

2021-11-29 Thread Ben Wiley Sittler
Have you tried removing the REX# hooks before activating 80 column mode? I believe they are not compatible On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 16:50 Patrick McDougal wrote: > To the group, > > As you may recall, I recently bought a used M100 off of Ebay. I cleaned > it up and upgrade the RAM to 32k and insta