Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-15 Thread Brian Brindle
Had a myriad of crazy issues lashing together my test unit for this.. Somehow I ended up with a tape of level converters where the first three were good all the rest (dozens) are counterfeit.. Anyway, the serial trace is identical to what I posted before, but here is the behavior I am seeing

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Brindle
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:18 PM Brian White wrote: > Dang, TS-DOS is specifically requesting the name "ROOT", which means I > have to make PDDuino use that, and you can't have a real directory named > ROOT. > > There is a macro or const you can edit in the main .ino to change that > from "SD:

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-13 Thread Brian White
Dang, TS-DOS is specifically requesting the name "ROOT", which means I have to make PDDuino use that, and you can't have a real directory named ROOT. There is a macro or const you can edit in the main .ino to change that from "SD: " to "ROOT ". Probably won't affect UR2 but if it's baked into

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Brindle
> > I always had the idea that there could be a whole raft of virtual files > that don't actually exist but that could be used to issue commands or > return data like RTC time etc, like /proc /sys etc. They could even be in > their own virtual sub dir. The dir could even be invisible where it

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Brindle
>> That is strange. Remember, UR2 works with a real tpdd which has no such thing as a current directory label, and as well, the whole point of the UR2 stub on-demand loader is that you don't have TS-DOS installed, either ram or rom. I'm probably not articulating what I'm trying to say right, it's

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Brian White
bkw On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 9:48 PM Brian Brindle wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 5:34 PM Brian K. White > wrote: > >> >> >> master actually? or latest default branch which is not master but 0.4.1? >> I didn't have master marked as default currently because I thought I had >> made it worse,

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Brindle
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 5:34 PM Brian K. White wrote: > > > master actually? or latest default branch which is not master but 0.4.1? > I didn't have master marked as default currently because I thought I had > made it worse, you know like the partly-broken point mid-way in a > refactor, so I

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread RETRO Innovations
On 7/12/2021 4:34 PM, Brian K. White wrote: On 7/12/21 7:23 AM, Brian Brindle wrote: I agree on the risk with the USB ports, you wouldn't typically design something like this. But I appreciate the out of the box thinking that got me past that. The current limiting etc can easily be done in

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Brian K. White
On 7/11/21 8:13 AM, Brian Brindle wrote: Then you go and pop a USB jack on the BC port I missed my que, what I meant to say was "THERE ARE NO RULES. ELECTRONICS IS THE PURGE." -- bkw

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Brian K. White
On 7/12/21 7:23 AM, Brian Brindle wrote: I agree on the risk with the USB ports, you wouldn't typically design something like this. But I appreciate the out of the box thinking that got me past that. The current limiting etc can easily be done in the end device, and that's what I choose to do.

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Brindle
...@bitchin100.com > *Subject: *Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet" > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 8:14 AM Brian Brindle wrote: > > > I didn't think anyone else was actually trying them out. > > > > BKW - I just assumed the

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-12 Thread Scott McDonnell
, 2021 2:33 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet" On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 8:14 AM Brian Brindle wrote: > I didn't think anyone else was actually trying them out. BKW - I just assumed the MountT was wildly popular based on how simple

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-11 Thread RETRO Innovations
On 7/11/2021 1:33 PM, Brian White wrote: Jim Brain did some work on it and the idea didn't work out, but there is a lot he did that are good ideas that I'd been meaning to cherry pick. Actually I already did some of that. I think the master branch of my work should be fine to merge into the

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-11 Thread Brian White
On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 8:14 AM Brian Brindle wrote: > > I didn't think anyone else was actually trying them out. > > BKW - I just assumed the MountT was wildly popular based on how simple and > awesome it was. I'm genuinely jealous that I didn't think of it.. I'll be > honest, there is something

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-11 Thread Brian Brindle
> I didn't think anyone else was actually trying them out. BKW - I just assumed the MountT was wildly popular based on how simple and awesome it was. I'm genuinely jealous that I didn't think of it.. I'll be honest, there is something in my training/experience that was like DO NOT HOOK THINGS UP

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-10 Thread Brian K. White
On 7/9/21 4:21 PM, Peter Vollan wrote: You'll have to explain what that is past the printer and serial ports. https://github.com/bkw777/MounT https://github.com/bkw777/BCR_Breakout https://github.com/bkw777/PDDuino I didn't think anyone else was actually trying them out. -- bkw On Fri, 9

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Brian Brindle
Haha, no - not Jim Brian but I appreciate the association. That's a MountT on the BC port for power and a PDDuino TPDD Emulator on the RS232 port, built from the info on the git repository. I've been having a blast playing with the PDDuino over the last few months. Learned more about the TPDD

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Chris Fezzler
looks like the old rubber doorstops. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=door+stop=nb_sb_noss_2 On Friday, July 9, 2021, 04:01:02 PM EDT, Brian Brindle wrote: I found this thing called a "Laptop Foot" at the checkout of my local Barnes and Noble the other day. I am slightly embarrassedĀ to

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Mike Stein
f *Alex > ... > *Sent:* Friday, July 09, 2021 4:42 PM > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:* Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet" > > > > Fancy! > > > I just cut a BIC pen tube in half and stuck them in the screw holes. Works > great. >

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Robert J. Hutchins
I just love a cheap lo-tech solution! From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Alex ... Sent: Friday, July 09, 2021 4:42 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet" Fancy! I just cut a BIC pen tube in half

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Stephen Adolph
what's plugged into your computer? I guess a USB connector for power? and a backpack? On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 4:25 PM Jerry Davis wrote: > Well that looks like an awesome accessory. One of those, "Why didn't I > think to look for one of those?", moments. I want to try one of those. > >

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Jerry Davis
Well that looks like an awesome accessory. One of those, "Why didn't I think to look for one of those?", moments. I want to try one of those. Jerry On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 3:01 PM Brian Brindle wrote: > I found this thing called a "Laptop Foot" at the checkout of my local > Barnes and Noble the

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Peter Vollan
You'll have to explain what that is past the printer and serial ports. On Fri, 9 Jul 2021 at 13:01, Brian Brindle wrote: > I found this thing called a "Laptop Foot" at the checkout of my local > Barnes and Noble the other day. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I > paid $12 for it but

Re: [M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Brian K. White
I do like how simple that is, and I have been annoyed that my plastic legs are never exactly the right length and the unit always rocks a little until I spend a minute adjusting. And one loose part is better than 2 loose parts. I like it. And I recognize them add-ons ;) Did you build them

[M100] A decent replacement for M100 "Feet"

2021-07-09 Thread Brian Brindle
I found this thing called a "Laptop Foot" at the checkout of my local Barnes and Noble the other day. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I paid $12 for it but also I've been very happy with how it works so... It's just the one wedge, you pop it under the back of the M100 and it just sort of