Re: [M100] Back from the hospital

2020-11-21 Thread Bob Pigford
+1 Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 21, 2020, at 10:10 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > > Welcome back! > > Take it easy and get back in shape! > > m > >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:22 PM Ken Pettit wrote: >> Hey Guys, >> >> The Dr. released me from the hostpital last Thursday and I have been >> just t

Re: [M100] Serial IO from BASIC

2018-10-29 Thread Bob Pigford
You might also need to set MAXFILES to 2 at the beginning of your code. 5 MAXFILES = 2 -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Greg Swallow Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 12:10 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Serial IO from BASIC

Re: [M100] NADSBox status

2018-10-06 Thread Bob Pigford
+1 -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Greg Swallow Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2018 12:03 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] NADSBox status God bless you. And, bless Him that you are still with us. GregS <>< - Original M

Re: [M100] PC to T102 transfer using T-Dos problems

2018-09-14 Thread Bob Pigford
Just guessing in the dark here, Robert. While I have not used Desklink in a long time, I seem to remember that it used 9600 as the default speed. I am probably wrong, but stepping down to 9600 might be worth a try. Good luck! From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf

Re: [M100] Question 8085 Model T assembly - RST 4

2018-09-10 Thread Bob Pigford
assembly - RST 4 Hey Bob, A lot of this is already disassembled in the M100 Disassembly file in my Personal Libraries section. Ken On 9/10/18 10:43 AM, Bob Pigford wrote: > Thank you Ken and John. > > From John's info that the code for RST 4 starts at 0020h and go up to around &g

Re: [M100] Question 8085 Model T assembly - RST 4

2018-09-10 Thread Bob Pigford
are interrupts. Intel's 8085 manual is a good > > source for this stuff, or you can look at this... > > http://www.idc-online.com/control1/Interrupts_of_intel_8085.pdf > > On 9/10/18, Bob Pigford wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> >> From time to

[M100] Question 8085 Model T assembly - RST 4

2018-09-10 Thread Bob Pigford
Hello, >From time to time when studying others' asm listings for ModelT's, I find an opcode called RST 4. I have not yet found this documented anywhere. What does RST 4 do? Thanks for your help, Bob

Re: [M100] T100/T102

2018-09-09 Thread Bob Pigford
Yes, center is negative, the barrel is positive on my Tandy Portable Computer AC Adapter Cat no. 26-3804. 120vac input, 60 hz, 8 Watt. 6vDC output, 400 ma. From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Jesus R Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2018 4:28 PM To: m

Re: [M100] VirtualT and REX 4.9

2018-07-31 Thread Bob Pigford
at root directory is where you want to drop the three files. Hope that helps. Kurt On Sun, Jul 29, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Bob Pigford wrote: Kurt, I know this is a stupid question. Where is my “default TPDD folder” under VT1_7? I do not see any folder named TPDD. When using the File

Re: [M100] VirtualT and REX 4.9

2018-07-29 Thread Bob Pigford
On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Bob Pigford wrote: Thanks, Kurt. I have tried that but I keep getting REX 4.8 which I had previously installed. Is there a different rex_flash.bin file for 4.9? If so, where might it be obtained? Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@list

Re: [M100] VirtualT and REX 4.9

2018-07-29 Thread Bob Pigford
RUNM "RF249.CO" and then it upgraded Virtual-T to REX 4.9. That's the only way I know of to upgrade Virtual-T. I could send you the rex_flash.bin file from my machine if the upgrade doesn't work for you. Kurt On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Bob Pigford wrot

Re: [M100] VirtualT and REX 4.9

2018-07-28 Thread Bob Pigford
) Clock OK 5) Go to BASIC and type CALL 61167,2 That should start the virtual REX manager. >From there you load BX images from wherever you have the virtual TPDD set to. Hope that helps. Kurt On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Bob Pigford wrote: Hello all. I have struggled

Re: [M100] T200 Restoration and Mods/Playing

2018-07-28 Thread Bob Pigford
EME (owner and inventor Tracey Allen) made and sold an OptROM for data gathering and dumping to higher computers. He named it the OWL for onsite weather logger. I have one along with the EME A/D board made as an inclined plastic stand for the M100. The board includes a gell battery so it wil

[M100] VirtualT and REX 4.9

2018-07-26 Thread Bob Pigford
Hello all. I have struggled to configure VT for REX 4.9. I understand REXMGR and the OptROM.BX files, but I can't seem to figure out which files to have and in which folders they should reside for the REX 4.9 version (via REXMGR) to appear. I would like to try again; I use the T200 emulation mo

Re: [M100] odd REX error - anybody run into this?

2018-06-29 Thread Bob Pigford
You might try unseating REX, checking that the metal fingers in the socket are all ok and working, then re-seat REX. Just trying to think of something. Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Jim Anderson Sent: Friday, June 29, 201

Re: [M100] 8K RAM module

2018-05-07 Thread Bob Pigford
wash off the remaining rosin flux from my hand soldered circuit boards. Thank you! Bob Pigford From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Diggy Dude Sent: Monday, May 07, 2018 12:00 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] 8K RAM module Brian, Gotcha

Re: [M100] King Software outreach.

2018-05-06 Thread Bob Pigford
Greg, I believe that Mo passed a few years ago. Good luck, Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Greg Swallow Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2018 9:29 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] King Software outreach. Did some more ch

Re: [M100] TDock

2018-02-17 Thread Bob Pigford
I'm with you, Ken. I do not want to use a RPi or similar SBC. A lower-end microcontroller on a board with VGA output from a CPLD/FPGA is more desirable to me. I want to continue the retro aura of special purpose add-on devices that enhance the functionality of our ModelTs. Sort of like all th

Re: [M100] Portable computing mag 1986 uploading to Archive.org

2018-02-02 Thread Bob Pigford
I think most, if not all, are already on Club100 http://www.club100.org/library/libp100.html From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of John R. Hogerhuis Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 2:36 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] Portable computing mag 1986

Re: [M100] CP/M Laptop

2017-12-12 Thread Bob Pigford
Looks like a useable machine for those interested in CP/M. I will offer to fund up to $50 for someone in the club to purchase this thing on the condition that it be used by the CP/M gurus on the list. I do not want it myself. Bob Pigford -Original Message- From: M100

Re: [M100] Tandy 102 Text question

2017-11-28 Thread Bob Pigford
Ron, On one of my Arduino projects I finally gave up on SoftwareSerial on an Uno and went to a Mega so I could have several real serial ports. As I recall, there are a total of 4 available (don't remember the pin nos.). Something like ... Serial. Serial1. Serial2. Serial3.

Re: [M100] BASIC renumber utility *for modern computers*

2017-11-24 Thread Bob Pigford
Well, it is not a compiler, but VBASIC by Dr. Verts does remove the need for line numbers. It runs in the Model Ts and it can also eliminate line numbers in GWBASIC. Some time ago I posted it in our Member Pages: http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?PHPSESSID=g1mcuaji7l2sgtab816g0t8pj

Re: [M100] BASIC Integer Division Question

2017-09-21 Thread Bob Pigford
I am confused. Did you mean to say that c / a = b ? From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Ron Hudson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:18 PM To: Roger Mullins; m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] BASIC Integer Division Question a = random number b =

Re: [M100] Loading multiple .DO files with TS-DOS

2017-08-26 Thread Bob Pigford
Gary, Sometime back I was having the same problem. Using a HEX editor on the .DO files on my PCs hard drive, I found that some .DO files had an EOF (1Ah) as the last character. Model Ts do not like this as the operating system appends its own 1A to the end when the file is in-loaded

Re: [M100] Tandy 102 with BoosterPak on eBay

2017-07-06 Thread Bob Pigford
I see that the Booster Pac has a Sardine OptROM in it. If the dictionary disk comes with it, the long lost M100/102 dictionary data that Kurt McCullum has been seeking might be recovered. I will email the seller and see if he has that disk. I doubt it, but it is worth a try. More later.

Re: [M100] List rules reminder

2017-06-16 Thread Bob Pigford
Thanks, John! This is the most helpful and respectful list I know use. I appreciate each and every member for their comments and offers to help newbies! Thank you for the reminder. Bob PS: I was in a liquor store recently,and I asked the sales guy what he thought of the rec

Re: [M100] Tandy 200 repair, guidance requested

2017-06-08 Thread Bob Pigford
Use a credit card? Why didn’t I think of that (as I slap myself on the forehead). Good one, Mike. Cheers! Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Mike Stein Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 10:45 AM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M10

Re: [M100] Tandy 200 repair, guidance requested

2017-06-08 Thread Bob Pigford
Joshua, Welcome to the ModelT list. There are many more qualified and experienced members than I, but I will try to help. If you have already removed the LCD screen assembly, you have already dealt with the plastic cover that is snapped on to cover the LCD ribbon cable, and you have relea

Re: [M100] Game idea

2017-05-04 Thread Bob Pigford
Mahjong. Right? -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Ken Pettit Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 7:00 PM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: [M100] Game idea Hey gang, After integrating AsciiPixels into TextSweeper, it got me thinking about a

Re: [M100] 102 Keyboard

2017-02-04 Thread Bob Pigford
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Re: [M100] 102 Keyboard

2017-02-04 Thread Bob Pigford
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Re: [M100] 102 Keyboard

2017-02-04 Thread Bob Pigford
Brian, When you turn on the T102 . Does the screen contrast adjustment work? Have you done a cold start to be sure the memory is not scrambled? Let the onboard NiCD battery charge up? Please accept my apology if you have already done these things. Bob From: M100 [mai

Re: [M100] Insert timestamp?

2016-12-03 Thread Bob Pigford
Mike, This is for the M100/T102 and not the T200, right? Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nugent Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 3:17 AM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: Re: [M100] Insert timestamp? See HOTKEY.BA and

Re: [M100] Basic question

2016-10-11 Thread Bob Pigford
Kurt, A year of two ago, for a submission to the Club100 Programming Contest, I submitted code for a DIARY.BA program where I followed that article and made code that jumps to TEXT from BASIC then returns to BASIC. I also worked out the respective bytes for the T200. Let me know if you would

Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2

2016-05-22 Thread Bob Pigford
Sounds really neat, Gary! I assume that one needs to use serial adapters from the serial port of the PC (or using a USB-Serial adapter) to mate up with the original DB-25m end of the TPDD cable. But finding a working TPDD might be an issue for me. Thank you for your good work!

Re: [M100] rex/Quad

2016-05-17 Thread Bob Pigford
After you do a cold start, you have to cycle the power off-then-on again. It is this fresh power-on that somehow triggers REX to be found and started when you do the subsequent CALL to activate it. Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of John R

Re: [M100] Null Modem Cable

2016-05-11 Thread Bob Pigford
IIRC, John Hogerhuis once recommended a factory made Belkin “modem cable” that worked well for me as a null modem cable. I have used it with ModelT <-> NADSbox and with ModelT <-> PC for mComm/LaddiAlpha, etc. These Belkin cables have model numbers like this: F2L088-01 (one foot lo

Re: [M100] M100 list question

2016-05-08 Thread Bob Pigford
John, Virtually ALL of the files on Club 100 that have extensions of ".BA" are really ASCII text files. They are most likely NOT tokenized BASIC files at all. When you download them, you then save them (or later change their extension to .DO) as FILNAM.DO. THEN, you go to BASIC and you LOAD

Re: [M100] M100 Digest, Vol 61, Issue 19

2016-02-10 Thread Bob Pigford
mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Just throwing this question out one more time before I give up the search. Does ANYBODY have the RAM versions of Sardine for the 100 and NEC. Bob Pigford located the 200 version but the other two are MIA. Kurt --

Re: [M100] Is it possible to use USb flash drive with a Model 100

2015-11-28 Thread Bob Pigford
Yes. Ditto EXACTLY what Ray Lopez said! With NADSBox and REX, it is all done for you. Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Ray Lopez Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 7:11 PM To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] I

Re: [M100] Happy Veterans / Armistice Day

2015-11-11 Thread Bob Pigford
And to my brothers in arms who formed the US Army in 1775. -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Ron Wiesen Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 2:27 PM To: 'Model 100 Discussion' Subject: Re: [M100] Happy Veterans / Armistice Day And albeit o

Re: [M100] Problem with OptRom & REX on M102

2015-08-01 Thread Bob Pigford
t the printer cable supplying enough power. Thank you all for your time and your help Keith On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Bob Pigford wrote: I agree with John about being careful to unplug all cables, including NADSBox. Even an attached printer cable can provide enough power to fool a cold reb

Re: [M100] Problem with OptRom & REX on M102

2015-08-01 Thread Bob Pigford
I agree with John about being careful to unplug all cables, including NADSBox. Even an attached printer cable can provide enough power to fool a cold reboot and the memory power switch. That one had me confused many times, but I learned (albeit slowly). Bob From: M100 [mai

Re: [M100] Serial to VGA module

2015-07-29 Thread Bob Pigford
Lee, I agree that this Serial-VGA device from the UK is intriguing. Is the code for the Mikro Kolor device code available? Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Lee Kelley Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:00 PM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: Re: [M100] Seri

Re: [M100] Replacing the internal in a Model 200

2015-07-03 Thread Bob Pigford
Mark, I am certainly not offended! I think your idea is terrific. Ought to be fun, too. Please report your progress as I have a RPi and various Arduinos that I would like to apply similarly. Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf

Re: [M100] Rex upgrade

2015-06-14 Thread Bob Pigford
Well, the longer you wait, the longer you miss out on a terrific ModelT upgrade. I think it is quite stable as it is now (REX 4.9, ver 162). But YMMV. From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of mechanicalgenius Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:36 PM To: Model 100 Discu

Re: [M100] Still thinking about TDock

2015-06-10 Thread Bob Pigford
TDock From: Bob Pigford To: 'Model 100 Discussion' CC: Ken, To me the design direction comes down to this question: Question: Do you operate primarily on batteries or on a wall wart? I prefer a wall wart because I do not use my ModelTs for travel much anymore. Mo

Re: [M100] Still thinking about TDock

2015-06-10 Thread Bob Pigford
Ken, To me the design direction comes down to this question: Question: Do you operate primarily on batteries or on a wall wart? I prefer a wall wart because I do not use my ModelTs for travel much anymore. Mostly I use them at home for programming fun and for the challenges of con

Re: [M100] BlueM Fristration

2015-06-04 Thread Bob Pigford
Hiraghm, When I got my BlueM I tried repeatedly to pair with my Dell laptop with its built in BT. No luck. Very frustrating. John Hogerhuis mentioned that many BT programs (especially on Windows machines) are buggy. I bought a BT dongle that Steve recommended and all was good. [ASUS USB-BT21

Re: [M100] TDock

2015-05-20 Thread Bob Pigford
I agree with Van and others: TDOCK needs to be a Dock (not portable) and may be powered with a wall wart. For me, an 80 X 25 display would be the ultimate goal, not just duplicating the ModelT screen on a larger display. For instance, I think one might already be able to run VirtualT on a Raspber

Re: [M100] Replacement Belts for the CCR-82 Computer Cassette Tape Recorder

2015-05-19 Thread Bob Pigford
Great info, Ron. I think you measured your old belt at 8" circumference, not dia. Please let us know how it goes. Regards, Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Ron Wiesen Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:19 PM To: 'Model 10

Re: [M100] $9 Computer

2015-05-15 Thread Bob Pigford
Computer Hi Bob, The status is … no progress. I've been swamped doing firmware, schematic updates, board layout changes and ASIC design the past couple of months. Too much work to do! :) Ken On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Bob Pigford wrote: As an interim step, I’d be

Re: [M100] $9 Computer

2015-05-13 Thread Bob Pigford
As an interim step, I’d be happy with a TDOCK since small battery powered VGA displays are available, and 80 X 25 display would be awesome! Ken? Status? Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Lee Kelley Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 4:25 PM To

Re: [M100] Disassembling Model 200

2015-04-15 Thread Bob Pigford
Trying to add clarity to what I just sent … With the end of the blade of the putty knife in a horizontal posture, push … Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Bob Pigford Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 4:22 PM To: 'Model 100 Discu

Re: [M100] Disassembling Model 200

2015-04-15 Thread Bob Pigford
You might try a putty knife on its side placed at the top center of the ribbon cable cover. And as Steve says, push in and slightly down and it usually pops out. Good luck! Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Bob Clark Sent: Wednesday, Apr

Re: [M100] NewDos

2015-04-08 Thread Bob Pigford
] On Behalf Of Ken Pettit Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 12:54 PM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: Re: [M100] NewDos Almost. Bob Pigford did some work on getting the NEWDOS assembly code ported over with T200 System ROM addresses and got it about 90-95% there I would guess. But

Re: [M100] T200 Rom question

2015-03-31 Thread Bob Pigford
Yes, they are in sockets, but I don't know about the chip standards. Bob -Original Message- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Kurt McCullum Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:11 PM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: [M100] T200 Rom question According t

Re: [M100] Screen dim and flickers randomly

2015-03-20 Thread Bob Pigford
r polarity with my multimeter since I've read it doesn't have polarity protection on the DC input. Is this true? Sebastian S. Cocioba CEO & Founder New York Botanics, LLC Plant Biotech R&D _ From: Bob Pigford <mailto:rpigfo...@comcast.net> Sent: ‎3/‎20/‎2015

Re: [M100] Screen dim and flickers randomly

2015-03-20 Thread Bob Pigford
Sebastian, Have you tried leaving it plugged into the wall wart (power supply) overnight? Might not help, but easy to try. Bob From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of scoci...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:59 AM To: Model 100 Discussion S