Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-17 Thread Mike Stein
socket. >> * no idea what the pinout is but it could be deduced quickly. I think since >> the PC8201 uses normal pinouts, so too does the 8300. >> >> So my bet would be a 27C512 would do it. It is possible however that it is >> still just a 32kB rom. Perhaps OU

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-17 Thread Mike Stein
open it up again and count... >> can't be 27c1001. that's 32 pins as you say Mike. >> >> so, still a mystery. >> >> I thought maybe it could just be a 64k ROM - that clearly can fit in a >> 28pin socket. >> >> Steve >> >> >>

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-17 Thread Mike Stein
downstairs to open it up again and count... >> can't be 27c1001. that's 32 pins as you say Mike. >> >> so, still a mystery. >> >> I thought maybe it could just be a 64k ROM - that clearly can fit in a >> 28pin socket. >> >> Steve >> >

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-17 Thread Mike Stein
that > it is still just a 32kB rom. Perhaps OUT163,2 sets a signal on the > PIO or otherwise that the processor can check, to decide what mode it > should be in. > > Steve > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Frederick Whitaker > wrote: >> Mike &g

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-17 Thread Mike Stein
;Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300 > Mike > > I don't have an image. I don't know if the ROM you are referring to will > do the job. The 8300 ROM is bigger than the 8201, but I believe it uses &g

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-16 Thread Mike Stein
or even reading this? Waiting to hear... m - Original Message - From: Mike Stein To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300 Worth a try. Looks like a 27C128; can anyone confirm? Fred: I'll contact yo

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-12 Thread Mike Stein
Worth a try. Looks like a 27C128; can anyone confirm? Fred: I'll contact you off-list to get address details etc. m - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300 I

Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300

2017-02-11 Thread Mike Stein
Hi Frederick, If you can send me or point me to an image of that ROM I can probably burn an EPROM for you, assuming it's a JEDEC-standard 27xxx type. m - Original Message - From: "Frederick Whitaker" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 6:27 PM Subject: [M100]

[M100] Fw: QUAD on Oshpark

2017-01-19 Thread Mike Stein
Sorry about that, the formatting didn't make it; let's try this: - Original Message - From: "Mike Stein" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:10 PM Subject: [M100] QUAD on Oshpark - >From Bitchin100: QUAD circuit

[M100] QUAD on Oshpark

2017-01-19 Thread Mike Stein
>From Bitchin100: QUAD circuit board is now available on OSHPARK. You can build your own! Let's get any and all build information and experiences people have captured here... parts lists, tips etc. Can't find it; could you paste a link, please? And while I'm at it, is the 8K board shared

Re: [M100] Model 600 opt rom

2017-01-15 Thread Mike Stein
Thanks for posting the pics on Google; makes it a lot easier to follow. m - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Model 600 opt rom I have recieved the Molex sockets. 134 sockets. Anyone wan

Re: [M100] REX second source

2017-01-10 Thread Mike Stein
pull it right off for a flush fit. m - Original Message - From: "Stephen Adolph" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [M100] REX second source > Hi Mike, > Regarding the NEC REX version, I found on ebay a part t

Re: [M100] Hello (again) from a newly-minted ham radio operator

2017-01-10 Thread Mike Stein
Congratulations and welcome back! mike VE3IPK - Original Message - From: Roger Mullins To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:51 PM Subject: [M100] Hello (again) from a newly-minted ham radio operator Hi all- I was actually a member of this

Re: [M100] REX second source

2017-01-10 Thread Mike Stein
Yeah, I think we already discussed that 'sliced-through-the-holes' OptROM edge treatment (as well as the Facebook issue ;-) last summer... @ Steve: Did you end up getting some of those Batten and Allen edge pins that D'Asaro uses, or are you using something else for the NEC etc.? m - Orig

Re: [M100] Praise for REX

2017-01-07 Thread Mike Stein
so colourfully expressed in the reply. Once again, sorry; let's leave it there. m - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 1:42 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Praise for REX Mike be nice, please. Brian, swear

Re: [M100] Praise for REX

2017-01-06 Thread Mike Stein
g it up on bitchin100 or somewhere was always a plan to do sometime. Or you could di it without waiting for me if it matters so much. -- bkw On Jan 6, 2017 8:21 PM, "Mike Stein" wrote: Ah yes, Facebook again; too bad you couldn't post your no doubt excellent writeups

Re: [M100] Praise for REX

2017-01-06 Thread Mike Stein
Ah yes, Facebook again; too bad you couldn't post your no doubt excellent writeups on one of the many sites accessible to the public... Oh well... - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Friday, January 06, 2017 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Praise

Re: [M100] Praise for REX

2017-01-06 Thread Mike Stein
Greedy hoarders! Happy New Year, all! m - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Friday, January 06, 2017 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Praise for REX On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Brian White wrote: not "FigTroniX". I just w

Re: [M100] Happy New Year

2017-01-03 Thread Mike Stein
Finish up some hardware additions that have been in the works for a couple of years now, but don't hold your breath... ;-) - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 2:49 PM Subject: [M100] Happy New Year Yes, Ha

Re: [M100] Welcome to 2017

2017-01-03 Thread Mike Stein
Me too; when I bought my brand new M100 at Radio Shack I was already older than it is today... Best wishes for the New Year, everyone! m - Original Message - From: "Daryl Tester" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Welcome to 2017

Re: [M100] A new writing tool

2016-12-16 Thread Mike Stein
Pshaw! >From the first comment: "As for small, light, long battery life writing tool…my wife wrote a novel using a TRS-80 Model 100." - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 3:43 PM Subject: [M100] A new writing t

Re: [M100] Insert timestamp?

2016-12-03 Thread Mike Nugent
On Dec 1, 2016, at 12:18 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > From the author himself! LOL. Sorry I couldn’t provide an autographed copy. :-) > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:16 AM Mike Nugent wrote: > See HOTKEY.BA and HOTKEY.DO in the Club100 library: > > http://www.c

Re: [M100] WTB Olivetti M10 (QWERTY)

2016-12-02 Thread Mike Stein
rtualT? On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:02 PM Mike Stein wrote: Not really that complex; the required changes are now known, so all that's needed is to replace the original ROM with a patched EPROM (and move the keys around). If someone here has a QWERTY M10 it'd be even easier; th

Re: [M100] WTB Olivetti M10 (QWERTY)

2016-12-02 Thread Mike Stein
Not really that complex; the required changes are now known, so all that's needed is to replace the original ROM with a patched EPROM (and move the keys around). 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

Re: [M100] Insert timestamp?

2016-12-01 Thread Mike Nugent
See HOTKEY.BA and HOTKEY.DO in the Club100 library: http://www.club100.org/library/libutl.html Or directly ftp: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/club100/utl/hotkey.ba ftp://ftp.whtech.com/club100/utl/hotkey.do On Nov 29, 2016, at 1:00 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > Anyone know of a good way to insert a

Re: [M100] Model 100: diagnosing memory errors

2016-11-12 Thread Mike Stein
m100 nec8201a ram types.docx 1drv.ms Microsoft Word Document -- From: M100 on behalf of Mike Stein Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 10:46:25 PM To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: Re: [M100] Mode

Re: [M100] M100 power on issues

2016-11-11 Thread Mike Stein
7;s been discussed on the list in the past, but I can't remember the > outcome (or reach my archive from here, and gmane is still in a state > of > flux after its acquisition). I think Mike S. had a hand in this if Nope, not I; lots of different recipes and experiences on the web

Re: [M100] Model 100: diagnosing memory errors

2016-11-07 Thread Mike Stein
> That means that the bizarre M100 memory module (pinout anyways) was used by > more than one machine. Not necessarily, they may just be late model M100 RAM upgrade modules; they certainly look cheaper to build than the original 4 chip version. My memory ain't what it used to be, but ISTR seein

Re: [M100] Doing what the C= can do?

2016-11-01 Thread Mike Stein
its lone serial port, while simple and effective, seems very overworked. On Nov 1, 2016 11:21, "Mike Stein" wrote: Regarding the WiFi modem, there's no need to build anything; one of the advantages of the M100 over the C64 is that the M100 has a standard RS-232 port

Re: [M100] Doing what the C= can do?

2016-11-01 Thread Mike Stein
Regarding the WiFi modem, there's no need to build anything; one of the advantages of the M100 over the C64 is that the M100 has a standard RS-232 port capable of speeds >38Kbps and RS232 WiFi modems are available off the shelf; as mentioned, you can also use an Android phone or a Pi as a 'modem

Re: [M100] Doing what the C= can do?

2016-10-30 Thread Mike Stein
As a matter of fact I see Jim Brain (who's behind Retro Innovations) from time to time; he's quite well known in the Commodore (especially 64) world for his many very reasonably priced adapters and various add-ons. There are also a number of other folks building and selling various gizmos for Co

Re: [M100] Dead M102 to trade/giveaway

2016-10-24 Thread Mike Stein
I'd love to have that 102 for parts to repair mine! I'm in Toronto, Canada; please let me know if it's still available, and if so how much you need. Thank you in advance, and fingers crossed... mike - Original Message - From: "David Anderson" To: Sent: Su

Re: [M100] publications

2016-10-20 Thread Mike Stein
Quite a collection; a few on there that I hadn't seen before. Thanks for sharing! mike - Original Message - From: eddie edwards To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 1:13 AM Subject: [M100] publications I've been a collector of the M100 a

Re: [M100] mComm 1.5

2016-10-17 Thread Mike Stein
October 17, 2016 2:16 PM, Mike Stein wrote: Looks like John beat me to it ;-) Steve played with expanding the buffer a long time ago while we were playing with the M100-on-the-Internet but never got it working 100% reliably, so we ended up handling XON/XOFF in the bridge hard/software ins

Re: [M100] TRS-80 Model 102 Newbie...

2016-10-17 Thread Mike Stein
I believe whether you see your own posts is an option in your account setup, but I've also noticed that occasionally it doesn't seem to follow the rules you've set. m - Original Message - From: Steve Batson To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:15 AM Sub

Re: [M100] mComm 1.5

2016-10-17 Thread Mike Stein
Looks like John beat me to it ;-) Steve played with expanding the buffer a long time ago while we were playing with the M100-on-the-Internet but never got it working 100% reliably, so we ended up handling XON/XOFF in the bridge hard/software instead which could respond instantly. m - Ori

Re: [M100] mComm 1.5

2016-10-17 Thread Mike Stein
AFAIK 64 is the global limit for all COM receives; XOFF is sent at 40 characters which is easily overrun, especially with a long turn-around time and receiving a packet. m - Original Message - From: Kurt McCullum To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 4:11 PM

Re: [M100] Getting started with mComm

2016-09-10 Thread Mike Stein
So mComm1.7 AKA Setup17 is the latest Windows version , while mCommv141 is the latest Android version? - Original Message - From: "Kurt McCullum" To: "Mike Stein" Cc: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [M1

Re: [M100] Getting started with mComm

2016-09-10 Thread Mike Stein
I'm a little confused (what else is new ;-) I thought the original point of mComm was that it could run headless and did not require any client other than TELCOM on the M100. Is that a different/older version, Windows vs. Android, or??? m - Original Message - From: "Kurt McCullum" To

Re: [M100] Getting started with mComm

2016-09-08 Thread Mike Stein
Well, there are really tiny converters like these, but you have to steal the Vcc from one of the signals; note that the 3232 etc. have two of each RX & TX, so you could hack a pair of control lines e.g RTS/CTS or DTR/DSR: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/5Pcs-Mini-RS232-To-TTL-MAX3232-Converter-Adaptor-Mo

Re: [M100] Place your bets: M5 or M6?

2016-07-10 Thread Mike Stein
I don't have access to my 102 at the moment but I'd think that it wouldn't be too difficult to swap the chip selects for M6 and M7, which should tell you what's up. m On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Josh Malone wrote: > So, I've finally gotten back to the sage of the missing 8kB on my 102. The

Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k

2016-07-05 Thread Mike Stein
27;d have to disconnect the decoder from the SRAM to really see who's at fault, and if I'm getting out my iron to work on M5 (the decoder) I may well replace the darned thing since it's SMT. > > Guesses? > > Thanks again for everybody's help. &g

Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k

2016-07-05 Thread Mike Stein
pp. 7 & 8 of the Tech Ref: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/club100/doc/m102TechReference.pdf - Original Message - From: Josh Malone To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 6:30 AM Subject: Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k Once I figure out the memory map that wa

Re: [M100] Epson MX80 emulator for the PC

2016-07-04 Thread Mike Stein
Have you tried one of the free text-to-pdf converters to see how it handles the formatting codes? BTW, I also sometimes use a P-S converter and it's probably not relevant for you, but it's fairly trivial to simply redirect most programs' print output to the com port... m - Original Messa

Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k

2016-07-04 Thread Mike Stein
most likely place to start looking for a bad chip? Any reason to suspect the NEC over the other 3 chips. I don't recognize the logo (serif capital F with horizontal bars above and below). Hope the large pictures go through. :-/ -Josh On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Mike Stein wro

Re: [M100] 32k M102 suddenly showing 24k

2016-07-04 Thread Mike Stein
*All* of them? Are you sure? Even the left-most one? I always believed that there were only two models (in NA): 26-3801, an 8K base memory version with three expansion sockets, and 26-3802, a 24K base memory version with only one expansion socket. What's your model (and serial) number? m

Re: [M100] New guy here!

2016-06-18 Thread Mike Stein
Welcome and have fun! By all means, tell us about those unmentionable "others"... mike - Original Message - From: Marko Peussa To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [M100] New guy here! Welcome to the group and congratu

Re: [M100] Adapter Board

2016-06-16 Thread Mike Stein
0] Adapter Board Crap I'm sorry Mike! But the question was about an option rom not the main rom. A dip28 chip just about fills all available volume in the option rom socket. If you need to add anything else to the board, it will be difficult. There is a little room on the edge, and

Re: [M100] Adapter Board

2016-06-15 Thread Mike Stein
So it's become *Stephen's* M100ROM board now? ;-) I don't see any reason myself why you couldn't make a re-programmable Option ROM adapter using a 27C256 EPROM but I'm not going to get into another discussion; I am curious though why, with the various other options including REX, you'd want one

[M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Mike Stein" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 7:26 P

Re: [M100] My 102 internals

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
Looks very nice; congratulations! m - Original Message - From: Bill Nobel To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 8:54 PM Subject: [M100] My 102 internals Hey all, So today I decided to pop the case on my recently acquired 32k 102. I wanted to know t

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc > Anyway, good luck and have fun, but I'd appreciate if you could clarify for > me the difference between soldering your adapter to the

Re: [M100] low profile pins

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
6+SIP/exact_match=exact Like this (the M100ROM being discussed elsewhere...): m - Original Message - From: "Stephen Adolph" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 2:33 PM Subject: [M100] low profile pins > @Mike Stein > Mike, can you repost th

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: Mike Stein To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc --- ... As a matter of fact one of my early prototypes sort of did something like that: a small board that had sockets for both a 32KB RAM

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

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2 On Thursday, June 2, 2016, Mike Stein wrote: - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc "Boy, you'll really go far out of the way just to avoid using a programming adapter... ;-)" Yes. Or a test clip. Because I'm working on

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

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2 >The old disk utilities are not very good. If someone were to spend time on >something I'd recommend someone write a

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
One more kick at the can: - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc As I said, to each his/her own and we do have somewhat different goals and perspectives. My goal was to offe

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
ion. I'll have to look at the original; looks like it only has an added SMT transistor. While I'm at it I'll try to refresh my dim memory about what mods are needed (if any) for the programming adapter; ISTR that I only provided for the '512 ... m > > > On Thu,

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

2016-06-02 Thread Mike Stein
Hi James, Yup, a 9 pin to 25 pin F-F adapter is what you need. Originally you would use a program called LAPDOS to format, copy files to/from a PC etc., but AFAIK it does not play well with modern versions of Windows or Linux/Mac OS's.: http://www.club100.org/library/doc/lapdos.html Also the

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Stein
Boy, you'll really go far out of the way just to avoid using a programming adapter... ;-) Why not just a RAM chip? No external programming required at all. Actually, Steve and I considered adding an SMT RAM chip underneath the M100ROM EPROM socket but never finished it because of the SMT; maybe

Re: [M100] Chipkunk drive system disk.

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Stein
Sheesh... Lighten up! m - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Chipkunk drive system disk. I said I was asking for someone else, not that they asked me to ask, or even know that I did. I

Re: [M100] Main rom using 28C256 plcc

2016-06-01 Thread Mike Stein
Sorry; how is this any better than the M100ROM on Bitchin100? You have to remove each M100s main board and unsolder the ROM socket? Aside from any considerations of 'keeping it original' that's not everyone's cup of tea, but if you really want to do that then of course you can do it with the M1

Re: [M100] Comms capture of TPDD2 boot disk creation

2016-05-30 Thread Mike Stein
For any DOS fans there's also a pretty good 2-port RS-232 logger called, surprisingly, RS232... - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Comms capture of TPDD2 boot disk creation There's a

Re: [M100] New option rom module

2016-05-26 Thread Mike Stein
As a matter of fact I was thinking about making a RAM ExtRam clone (poor man's REX ;-) and was wondering the same thing, how to avoid having to shear/grind the edges. How'd he do that? m - Original Message - From: "Stephen Adolph" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2

Re: [M100] Schematic needed

2016-05-25 Thread Mike Stein
d testing continuity from each "pin hole" for M18 (by > comparing to my other 102) and surprisingly all the tracks have survived > :) I'm going to fit a socket and re-test tomorrow. > > Thanks for the replies. I'll try to provide more information on the > compone

Re: [M100] Schematic needed

2016-05-25 Thread Mike Stein
Interesting... What are the serial numbers of the two machines? Most of the 'old' M100s use a board labelled PLX110CH1X; is yours a model meant for a market other than North America by any chance? Similarly, most of the T102s use a board labelled PLX144FH1X so again, I wonder where yours came

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

2016-05-24 Thread Mike Stein
IK you can install FLOPPY(.CO) (and TS-DOS) manually; is that not enough? m - Original Message - From: "Ron Wiesen" To: "'Model 100 Discussion'" Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2 Hello Mike:

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

2016-05-22 Thread Mike Stein
It's been a while since this was discussed but my recollection is that the disk just has 'normal' files on it. There is of course a bootstrap *process*, which is pretty well documented here (for example): http://www.club100.org/library/libsup.html Hopefully Steve will join the discussion... m

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

2016-05-22 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Mark J. Blair" To: "Model 100 Discussion Discussion" Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [M100] New command line tool for TPDD and TPDD2 >> On May 22, 2016, at 18:05, Mike Stein wrote: > > Are the files fro

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

2016-05-22 Thread Mike Stein
but I can only find the FLOPPY.CO files. I don't have a TPDD so maybe I'm missing something but I didn't think this was a big problem... mike - Original Message - From: Brian White To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [M100] N

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

2016-05-21 Thread Mike Stein
Excellent! I think LAPDOS would have saved you some time and frustration but of course like most of the 'classics' it needs a real or emulated MS-DOS system; I'm sure that the TPDD owners will appreciate something that runs on a modern system. m - Original Message - From: Gary Hamm

Re: [M100] ROM burning questions

2016-05-16 Thread Mike Stein
Thanks for posting those links. When I mentioned the various options for adding/upgrading System and Option ROMs I wanted to include this one but at the time the link at Oshpark didn't seem to work; I couldn't find any mention on his Figtronix site either so I assumed they were no longer availab

Re: [M100] Legacy

2016-05-11 Thread Mike Stein
How often we forget that not everyone knows the things we take for granted... I suspect that this is the way everyone loaded programs back in 'the old days' which is probably why the text-mode .BA files were normal and didn't cause problems; kinda slow though, and you definitely want proper hand

Re: [M100] Listserv Setting

2016-05-11 Thread Mike Stein
Whether your posts are echoed back and whether you get confirmations are both account options, but I've noticed that every now and then they seem to change (actually, I don't think the settings change, but they are ignored). Some of mine also changed a little while ago... Account settings:

Re: [M100] Telnet BBS

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
.. rs232 to ethernet On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Mike Stein wrote: Hi John, If you have a computer connected to the Internet that also has a serial port there are programs that let the M100 think it's talking to an old-skool modem while the PC translates things to Telnet o

Re: [M100] Telnet BBS

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
. If there were a BBS that catered to the small screen that would be ideal. But I have not found any that are 40x8. Kurt On 5/9/2016 7:53 PM, Gregory McGill wrote: uds10 from lantronics, averaging about 20 bucks on ebay.. rs232 to ethernet On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Mi

Re: [M100] Telnet BBS

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
100] Telnet BBS uds10 from lantronics, averaging about 20 bucks on ebay.. rs232 to ethernet On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Mike Stein wrote: Hi John, If you have a computer connected to the Internet that also has a serial port there are programs that let the M100 think it's tal

Re: [M100] Telnet BBS

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
s a 'modem' to connect the M100 to the net, and finally there are also hardware devices specifically for connecting RS-232 devices like the M100 to the internet. Maybe some other folks have some more ideas... mike - Original Message - From: John Martin To: m100@lists.bi

Re: [M100] ROM burning questions

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
ne. m - Original Message - From: Steven Ranft To: Club 100 Model T Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [M100] ROM burning questions Hi Mike, I would like to replace my system ROM with a Y2K compatible version. I would like to install the best single option RO

Re: [M100] ROM burning questions

2016-05-09 Thread Mike Stein
Hi Steve, Where to begin... First of all, you're talking about two different and separate ROMs and their sockets, the System ROM which runs the computer and provides the various built-in applications, and an Option ROM which, as the name suggests, adds one or more optional programs or features

Re: [M100] M100 list question

2016-05-08 Thread Mike Stein
might check out some of the other stuff on bitchin100 while you're there. Good luck! mike - Original Message - From: John Martin To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 7:02 PM Subject: [M100] M100 list question I have a TRS 80 Model 100. Usually

Re: [M100] Mdeol 100 FACEBOOK group

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Stein
Ah yes, I forgot about Gmane; probably no need to change list archive access since Gmane is publicly available and Google searches usually present any relevant archived list posts through Gmane anyway. I'm inclined to agree about the risks of fragmentation, but there are certainly also benefits

Re: [M100] I am HAPPY there is a FACEBOOK M100 group

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Stein
Ah Duane... we old farts have missed you so... Another reason to avoid the 'FACEBOOK M100 group'... (j/k) m - Original Message - From: Duane Adrian To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 6:38 PM Subject: [M100] I am HAPPY there is a FACEBOOK M100 group

Re: [M100] TS-Dos Question

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Stein
rested in that 'fix' if you get the chance... TIA, m - Original Message - From: Ken Pettit To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [M100] TS-Dos Question Hi Mike, No, nothing specific about REX ... EPROM would also work. But the media in

Re: [M100] Mdeol 100 FACEBOOK group

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Stein
Ah, another addict! ;-) Nice to hear from ya! We no longer have pennies up here in Canada, so it'll have to be my 5 cents (not that that makes it worth any more than your 2 cents, especially with today's exchange rate ;-) Of course, spreading the word about this list is a good thing, wherever;

Re: [M100] Mdeol 100 FACEBOOK group

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Stein
Let me try to salvage something from this 'discussion'; I certainly didn't mean to start up a love/hate FB flamewar, I only wanted to say to William James the OP that it's a shame that he didn't (also?) put his no doubt interesting stuff on a site that everyone could access, not just FB members.

Re: [M100] TS-Dos Question

2016-05-06 Thread Mike Stein
Hi Ken, Why is this fix only available for TS-DOS from REX and not the TS-DOS (EP)ROM (assuming of course that one has the means to (re)program the EPROM, which a number of us do)? Are the contents different in some way? m - Original Message - From: Ken Pettit To: Model 100 Disc

Re: [M100] my Model 100 facebook group

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Stein
Don't get your shorts in a knot, Gary; I merely said that it's a shame that he chose Facebook to host his pictures instead of one of the many other sites which do not require logging in and joining, thereby excluding a number of folks like myself from seeing and presumably enjoying what he has t

Re: [M100] my Model 100 facebook group

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Stein
A shame you chose to exclude those of us not on Facebook... Oh well... VE3IPK - Original Message - From: William James To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 4:19 PM Subject: [M100] my Model 100 facebook group Check out my retro portable computer grou

Re: [M100] Mike (not Mark ;-) Stein's ROM Board

2016-04-28 Thread Mike Stein
No problem; there's a fairly well-known conservative author/commentator named Mark Steyn who's always getting into trouble so I wouldn't want to be confused with him ;-) mike - Original Message - From: Bill Nobel To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, April

Re: [M100] Mike (not Mark ;-) Stein's ROM Board

2016-04-28 Thread Mike Stein
for TS-DOS. TS-DOS and its various servers do their own ACK/NAK kind of handshaking so anything else should probably be disabled. What exactly do you have between the M100 and Desklink that gives you handshaking options? mike - Original Message - From: Bill Nobel To: Model 100

Re: [M100] Mike (not Mark ;-) Stein's ROM Board

2016-04-28 Thread Mike Stein
r the original. mike (not mark ;-) stein - Original Message - From: Josh Malone To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Mark Stein's ROM Board Is this the board you're referring to: http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.ph

Re: [M100] Mike (not Mark ;-) Stein's ROM Board

2016-04-28 Thread Mike Stein
Happy to hear it worked so well for you; enjoy! Guess I don't have to look up the jumpers after all ;-) Just curious why you're still running Desklink instead of John's LaddieAlpha? BTW, the name's Mike, not Mark... ;-) - Original Message - From: Bill No

Re: [M100] General PSU Q & A

2016-04-23 Thread Mike Hamilton
for this, although smaller won't hurtunless you're also powering a DC receiver. Just thought I'd share this with you guys. Most are already more astute regarding our T's than average, so perhaps some newbies will benefit from this. Enjoy de Mike -- Mike Hamilton

Re: [M100] Mike Stein's M100 Rom Adapter

2016-04-19 Thread Mike Stein
t one inadvertently put the EPROM in the wrong one... Good luck! m - Original Message - From: Bill Nobel To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:50 PM Subject: [M100] Mike Stein's M100 Rom Adapter Well the boards finally arrived from OSH Park. Can

Re: [M100] 8201 Telcom Flow Control

2016-04-07 Thread Mike Stein
An obsolete flow control method (only used by DEC AFAIK) using CTL-O (SI) and CTL-N (SO) instead of CTL-S and CTL-Q (DC3 and DC1, AKA XOFF and XON), but SI and SO were mainly used to select alternate character sets in printers. http://www.nadcomm.com/?p=89 I'd say ignore it. - Original Me

Re: [M100] mComm for Android 1.4

2016-04-03 Thread Mike Stein
Ah, now that I did not know! So, does that make BT via Teeny slower or faster than TS-DOS with its fixed timeouts? Inquiring minds need to know ;) - Original Message - From: John R. Hogerhuis To: Model 100 Discussion Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [M100] m

Re: [M100] mComm for Android 1.4

2016-04-03 Thread Mike Stein
iscussion" Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [M100] mComm for Android 1.4 > Wired connections work fine but if you are using a Bluetooth connection, > you will need to use TEENY or TS-DOS with a delay put into it. > > Kurt > > On 4/3/2016 4:19 PM, Mike Ste

Re: [M100] mComm for Android 1.4

2016-04-03 Thread Mike Stein
> ...as long as you use TEENY, REX or TS-DOS will delays. ??? - Original Message - From: "Kurt McCullum" To: "Model 100 Discussion" Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 7:06 PM Subject: [M100] mComm for Android 1.4 >I just uploaded a new version of mComm for Android. The bluetooth > connect

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