Re: [M100] PBBS in BASIC - for Model T

2023-11-01 Thread Alex ...
Okay that's cool I might give this a try with my old KPC-2. What's with the line of gibberish at the end of the .BAS file? Is it corrupt? On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 7:34 AM Kimberley Hart wrote: > This is a ham radio Packet BBS, so the M100 would be hooked to a TNC which > is connected to a radio.

Re: [M100] PBBS in BASIC - for Model T

2023-11-01 Thread Kimberley Hart
This is a ham radio Packet BBS, so the M100 would be hooked to a TNC which is connected to a radio. This could sit in the shack next to the radio and picked up as part of a go kit. Packet radio used to be a bigger part of “nets” used for message passing. Many ham radio operators like to be able to

Re: [M100] PBBS in BASIC - for Model T

2023-11-01 Thread Brian White
Could use a dvi or a rampac/datapac at the same time. They both do file storage via system bus. bkw On Wed, Nov 1, 2023, 11:57 AM Alex ... wrote: > It's not that surprising. The machine has a built in modem and battery > backup. You could just hook it up in a telco closet and have a BBS up in

Re: [M100] PBBS in BASIC - for Model T

2023-11-01 Thread Alex ...
It's not that surprising. The machine has a built in modem and battery backup. You could just hook it up in a telco closet and have a BBS up in no time. Don't know how you'd use a TPDD at the same time since it hogs the serial port. Support for saving files to cassette would probably be more

[M100] PBBS in BASIC - for Model T

2023-10-31 Thread Hiraghm
I was just visiting a website of BBS links by platform, when I was shocked to come across an entry for PBBS... for the Model 100... in BASIC. here's a link to the site's entry on the M100 PBBS: http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/TANDY/MODEL100/PBBS/ it is not surprisingly very limited.. but