Re: [M100] A Few Remaining TPDD/TPDD2 Floppy Drive Belts

2024-04-03 Thread Spencer
Thanks for everything Ken! Spencer McCormack. On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:27:55 PM EDT, Ken Gregg wrote: Thanks to all who have shown interest in and/or purchased these items, since I posted to this list back in November 2023. At this point, I have only 5 of the drive

Re: [M100] virtualt on Linux problem

2024-02-25 Thread Spencer
I found this link. You may have already seen this though. I talks about 8 not the 9 release. libraries - Why is libjpeg.so.8 missing from Debian? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange On Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10:05:30 PM EST, Hiraghm wrote: trying to run virtualt on Linux Mint Debia

Re: [M100] virtualt on Linux problem

2024-02-25 Thread Spencer
What I know about Linux is it's a linked object that's shared. Typically in /lib or /usr/lib. It's a library file and you can't find it is strange. Have you checked the Debian install media? It may simply be on some hardware media of a piece of hardware.  On Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 1

Re: [M100] T102 Nite Lite

2023-02-20 Thread Hugh Spencer
Profoundly cool! On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 6:03 PM Mike Stein wrote: > Nice!! > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:38 PM Peter Noeth wrote: > >> I recently finished my T102 "Nite Lite" v2 and am attaching pictures, >> which I hope make it through to the list. >> >> I originally attached a "gooseneck" ty

Re: [M100] Model 200 repair video

2022-12-25 Thread Spencer
Merry Christmas all. Spencer On Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 08:08:20 AM EST, wrote: Hi all,   In this video we take a look at a Model 200 with an interesting problem. It turns itself on and you can’t turn it off. Once off you can’t turn it back on again. This was an

Re: [M100] Wiring Question

2022-12-11 Thread Spencer
Works great!!  I'm tickled. I did it exactly the way you recommended. It looks great too!  I'll get the USB port today and install it.  I'll send a pic of the finished product. Words can't express enough gratitude for your help! Spencer On Saturday, December 10, 202

Re: [M100] Wiring Question

2022-12-10 Thread Spencer
ms that have an isolating transformer, non-polarized cords and double-insulation seem to be becoming more and more common on small appliances that used to have three-prong grounded cords. That supply looks gorgeous by the way! m On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 8:32 PM Spencer wrote: I've inclu

Re: [M100] Wiring Question

2022-12-10 Thread Spencer
Personally I just would not use a non-polarized plug. I'd get a new normal cord and the white wire is neutral and the black wire is hot. -- bkw On 12/9/22 15:04, Spencer wrote: > Hello Brian. > > It's a SPST 3 position switch.  Link ==> 10x SPST Red Neon Light On/Off > R

Re: [M100] Wiring Question

2022-12-09 Thread Spencer
n you have an actual hot side to treat as the hot side. -- bkw On 12/5/22 21:52, Spencer wrote: > Hello > > Got a wiring question. > > I built a simple 18VDC PS from JameCo and I put it in a project box. > I've added two pots for adjusting power, banana plugs for extern

Re: [M100] Wiring Question

2022-12-06 Thread Spencer
Never mind; I figured it out.Spencer On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 09:52:25 PM EST, Spencer wrote: Hello Got a wiring question. I built a simple 18VDC PS from JameCo and I put it in a project box. I've added two pots for adjusting power, banana plugs for external power, two

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-19 Thread Spencer
TART. exit BASIC, and select TEENY.  Should be running. Teeny howto is here:http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=TEENY On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 2:36 PM Spencer wrote: Does everybody want to hear a funny???  Guess what?  After reading links from Brian (not the sheep dip guy Bruce) I real

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-19 Thread Spencer
that?? ;-)  Yep brain fart!  So I can do the bootstrap, but no Utility Disk.  I looked at the link Brian gave me where I can buy the Utility Disk for $15 BUT what I have to wait???.  ;-) Dang! All this time I was treating it like a TPPD2 - wow!  Too much on my mind! Spencer P.S. Let me hear the

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-17 Thread Spencer
lol. I needed a smile today. Everybody makes an occasional typo, well most anyway. Oh I meant to say Brian not Bruce. I worked with a Bruce White for twenty years and he was alot like you: super-hacker etc. When I needed technical advisement I went to him first. Spencer On Thursday

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-17 Thread Spencer
yeah typo. I must have been thinking of a Bruce White I used to work with. On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 12:52:56 AM EST, Daryl Tester wrote: "He's Brian, and so's his wife!" - I think Bruce was in charge of the sheep dip. On 17/11/22 12:06, Spencer wrote

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-16 Thread Spencer
Thanks for your suggestions and time Bruce! Spencer On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 05:17:31 PM EST, Brian K. White wrote: What can I say, buy now, I am simply clairvoyant. haha People ask for more info but that's for beginners. All I need to hear is where you eat lunch and

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-15 Thread Spencer
iring floppy heads should be done by the experienced imho unless a guided procedure is easily understood. Thanks! On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 09:35:51 PM EST, Brian K. White wrote: On 11/15/22 20:12, Spencer wrote: > I found this llink > (Tandy_Portable_Disk_Drive_Service_Manua

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-15 Thread Spencer
ndling unexpected events gracefully. If anything irregular happens on either side, with the drive or the pc, the two will be immediately out of step and no recovering. Just power-cycle the drive and exit & restart the script any time anything at all out of order happens like if you open the dr

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-14 Thread Spencer
On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 06:09:49 PM EST, Spencer wrote: Found nothing of value when I looked again. I found that on some earlier models (so it appears) it had a physical dip block, but on later models it had four jumpers on SW1 but were soldered (or etched in the board) at the fac

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-14 Thread Spencer
help! On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 04:57:18 PM EST, Spencer wrote: Ok I popped the hood and YES there is a dip block of four switches and all are off, and yes it's covered by the shield so opening that little door shows just the shiled. If anyone knows how they should be please let

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-14 Thread Spencer
Ok I popped the hood and YES there is a dip block of four switches and all are off, and yes it's covered by the shield so opening that little door shows just the shiled. If anyone knows how they should be please let me know. Something I did find was the power supply has a white connector that p

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-14 Thread Spencer
Hmm that's funny. I always wondered why is there a cover there with nothing!  ;-) Now I know. On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 02:59:19 PM EST, Greg Swallow wrote: Oh my. Checked for cover and assumed DIP under it as the TPDD1 I once had. Opened the TPPD2 lid to expose bright shiney sh

Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-14 Thread Spencer
power supply is getting power and working correctly. steve On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 11:13 PM Spencer wrote: Hello. Received a drive from ebay yesterday and it needed some fixing, wouldn't take in a floppy (fixed) but kept getting a "Drive not Ready" after I tested it again. So I

[M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2

2022-11-13 Thread Spencer
is fixed it but nope. I ran the IPL from T200 memory and ran the floppy command, but keep getting the same error. I'll check the data ribbon again tomorrow to make sure I plugged it in fully, but other than that does anyone have any ideas of anything else I can check to fix this error? Thanks,Spencer.

Re: [M100] DVI

2022-09-17 Thread Spencer
te: I did find some pictures from when I was playing with 3.5" drives: On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:12 AM Spencer wrote: Hello Mike. I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out.  Is yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or two? Thanks!

[M100] DVI

2022-09-17 Thread Spencer
Hello Mike. I actually found an Tandy unit, but the video flickers in and out.  Is yours something you did or a Tandy unit? Would you mind sending a pic or two? Thanks!

Re: [M100] 40th Anniversary of Model T's

2022-08-21 Thread Hugh Spencer
Oh definitely! On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 2:43 AM B 9 wrote: > So, I recall reading that the Kyocera Kyotronic K-85, the computer that > the Model 100 was based on, was released in "Early 1983". That means the > Model T's 40th birthday, in early 2023, is coming up soon. > > How shall we celebrate?

[M100] NADS-Box

2016-03-03 Thread Hugh Spencer
Hi group Does anyone have an extra/old NADS-Box they would like to sell me? My briefcase (that had mine in it) got itself lost. Please advise Hugh

Re: [M100] WP2DOS

2015-03-19 Thread Hugh Spencer
I used to do the same thing with my WP-2 (bless its ilttle siicon heart) and wasted all kinds of time and money on communications software and cables, etc. The best thing to do is get a NADS-Box. Works faster, cheaper and you retain more of your formatting when you move text from the Tandy to the