gmane.comp.hardware.trs80.model100

Archives now go back to 1999

John R. Hogerhuis — 2008-06-09T22:13:55

Hi guys/gals, The list archive now goes back to 1999. http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.trs80.model100 I don't think the index is fully built out yet (so searching for TPDD will only bring up recent articles at the moment) but that should happen automatically, eventually.

Re: M100 Solar Power Meter - Need Help

Neil Morrison — 2008-06-09T19:32:26

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2008-07-22T03:11:27

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Re: Setting up a TPDD

Keith Johnson — 2008-06-23T04:04:03

Bingo! I got it! Well you guys got it for me. I dug out some old DSDDs which were hiding in the dusty corner of my computer desk (I didn't even know I had them anymore). Transfered over DOS100.CO and DOS100.BA. Bada Bing Bada Boom formatted the disk and off we go, a working TPDD drive. I thank you all for helping me out on this. Now I have one other question which ROM should I buy so I can properly use my drive. TS-DOS vs Ultimate Rom. I'm leaning toward the Ultimate ROM myself because other utilities (which I guess I just answered my question). Keith -- Si Vis Pacem, Pare Bellum On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Rick Hanson public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Setting up a TPDD

Rick Hanson — 2008-06-23T03:44:09

6v dc ... negative center!!! The same power supply specs as used on a Model 100, 102, 200. Yes. The high density ones are ... too good! Use SSSD (single sided single density) or DSDD (double sided double density) if you can't get the first.

Re: Setting up a TPDD

Gary Lee Phillips — 2008-06-23T01:21:51

You should use the 720K size floppy, not the HD type. (No extra square hole on the opposite corner from the write protect.) Is your floppy formatted for the TPDD? If not, you have to format it first. TEENY doesn't issue a format command as far as I know. You'll need FLOPPY.CO or DOS100.CO to do that. --Gary On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Keith Johnson public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Setting up a TPDD

Keith Johnson — 2008-06-23T00:43:28

Well I have made some progress. Using Ron's guide which Rick provided the link too. I was able to successfully able to get the TPDD to spit out the correct code ( q{ ). So after that, I tried TEENY again. The motor that drives the belt that spins the just doesn't spin and no indicator lights come on. So I see the motor is labeled 6VDC. I figure I would see if the motor is burnt out and hook up a 6 volt source to the motor. It didn't seem to spin, but I gave TEENY a 2nd shot to see. Success (sorta)! Now when I prompt TEENY to save a file off the 102 the plater spins and the read/write LED comes on. With the cover off I can see the head move back and forth just a couple of millimeter or so. But then I get the FF error. Which means if I'm correct that the file can not be found on the 102. When I hook the 102 to my linux box running dlplus I can save and load files no problem. I'm either doing something wrong or my TPDD is off to a better place where all TRSs go when they die. Does it matter what type of

RE: my vacuum controller project ..OT

Bob Pigford — 2008-06-22T16:23:47

John, Thank you for this link. I have a real interest in "historic" race cars, especially sports racers. I knew about Beach Race Cars as I have a friend (Morgan Wilson) who owns a Beach Formula V. He still competes with it in hill climbs and time trials in the mid-Atlantic region. Beach Race Cars made and sold a surprising number of very nice cars back then. Thanks again, Bob -----Original Message----- From: John Whitton [mailto:jwhitton-Bdlq13kUjeyLZ21kGMrzwg< at >public.gmane.org] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:22 AM To: m100-E4oWkhjlVFm5hqqOCiNUZw< at >public.gmane.org Subject: Re: my vacuum controller project ..OT Bob, You might find this interesting: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~whitton/Beach104/index.htm , the site of a cousin who is rebuilding a junkyard Beach sports racer. She and her husband actually have a brace of them, he maintains a Beach site: http://www.virhistory.com/beach/index.html . He also is heavy (literally) into vintage ham gear, this may be of interest to amateurs : http://www.

RE: Setting up a TPDD

Bob Pigford — 2008-06-22T16:14:22

Sorry folks. In the future, I will try to actually read the ENTIRE post before responding. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Rick Hanson [mailto:rick-9mhi4SenqfFAfugRpC6u6w< at >public.gmane.org] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:50 AM To: m100-E4oWkhjlVFm5hqqOCiNUZw< at >public.gmane.org Subject: RE: Setting up a TPDD That was the last one in the list... -- Now ... the BIGGIE is testing the drive without a dos ... the amazing Ron Wiesen provided those instructions here: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html ... see the heading "Diagnostic & Diagrams" -- It's in the Documentation category of the Library.

Re: M100 Pretend TPDD

Rick Hanson — 2008-06-22T15:35:59

Oops! Sorry about that ... I failed to acknowledge your prior commitment. And congratulation at becoming AS. That's a ton of work, knowledge and skills. Way to go! Good luck Ron. Since you're somewhat local (Sac-a-tomato, CA) ... if you're ever in the area again -- and this go's for anyone -- give me some advance warning. If' I'm available we'll do lunch ... my treat. -Rick- At 05:08 PM 6/21/2008, Ron Hudson wrote:

Re: M100 Pretend TPDD

Rick Hanson — 2008-06-22T15:09:38

Oh wow! That is a new thought. I have never seen that idea discussed. Hmmmm.... where to start? Okay, look in the Three Special Libraries at "Commercial Pgms now in the Public Domain." In there you will find the archive for Lapdos II. This was THE BEST!!!!! way to transfer files until the DOS world became the Windows world. For years I searched for the source code so that this "best way" could be brought up to date. Do to not being able to get the source code, I started promoting the use of Desklink and TS-DOS and then Ron created TEENY and the rest is history, i.e., a totally free-to-use file transfer system. And just for the record, now with LaddieCon, the PC side is more stable. Okay ... so back to Lapdos II. Lapdos II was originally designed (named: Lapdos) as a file transfer utility for PC to TPDD via a simple gender changer attached to the end of the TPDD cable so that it could be plugged into the DB25 serial port on a PC ... cause "all" PCs used the DB25 and ran DOS. Oh man,

RE: Setting up a TPDD

Rick Hanson — 2008-06-22T14:49:43

That was the last one in the list... -- Now ... the BIGGIE is testing the drive without a dos ... the amazing Ron Wiesen provided those instructions here: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html ... see the heading "Diagnostic & Diagrams" -- It's in the Documentation category of the Library.

RE: Setting up a TPDD

2008-06-22T10:27:05

Hi Bob and hi to all ! The document is on www.club100.org of course ! It 's here: http://www.club100.org/library/doc/testtdd.html Regards. New100 --- Dom 22/6/08, Bob Pigford public.gmane.org> ha scritto: Da: Bob Pigford public.gmane.org> Oggetto: RE: Setting up a TPDD A: m100-E4oWkhjlVFm5hqqOCiNUZw< at >public.gmane.org Data: Domenica 22 giugno 2008, 01:43 Rick, I think there is also a text file written by Ron Wiesen that shows you how to use just TERM to send commands to the TPDD and watch the responses. This is useful in diagnosing TPDD problems. Where is that document? Bob ___________________________________ Scopri il Blog di Yahoo! Mail: trucchi, novità, consigli... e la tua opinione! http://www.ymailblogit.com/blog/

Re: magic pokes to make things disappear

Paul E. Schippnick — 2008-06-22T10:15:00

----- Original Message ----- From: "WvA Van Alst" public.gmane.org> To: public.gmane.org> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:30 AM Subject: Re: magic pokes to make things disappear ----- Reply Message ----- I have never used up all the menu slots. But if I had the problem I would find out how the menu and files are stored in memory. I would look at a menu file swapping program. That program would be in one menu slot. And running it would swap one set of files for another and back again as needed. And the swaped out files would be in menu slot also, like an archieved file. Mnu1.da Mnu2.da. The main limitation would be available memory. It would be a matter of how and how best to do it.

Re: Every Menu File Slot Consumed in M10x Laptop

com3t — 2008-06-22T05:20:03

On 20/06/2008, at 9:06 PM, M H Stein public.gmane.org> wrote: Ah, OK; the light comes on... I thought that maybe there was a way to create and use a *file* without its name taking a slot in the menu. You can use a slot for your filesystem to ensure the space used by your files are not overwritten by the native filesystem. This is conceptually similar to having a multifile ZIP using one native directory entry (for the ZIP file itself). You will need your own methods for accessing the files contained inside. If your files are short text, you can use NOTE.DO or ADRS.DO and use the standard Model T program to access them, as they are individual records in the containing file. You can also us more sophisticated ideas to store files as records in another database format, such as is used by extRAM. ---------- From: Gary Lee Phillips[SMTP:tivo.overo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:51 PM To: m100-E4oWkhjlVFm5hqqOCiNUZw< at >public.gman

M100 Pretend TPDD

Ron Hudson — 2008-06-22T00:08:08

I just had an idea... Is there any utility in having one M100 act as TPDD for another? If anyone wants to do this please do, because I am starting school (8th quarter then I are an "AS" in "Computer Networking Systems") and won't have any time. Ron.

RE: Setting up a TPDD

Bob Pigford — 2008-06-21T23:43:20

Rick, I think there is also a text file written by Ron Wiesen that shows you how to use just TERM to send commands to the TPDD and watch the responses. This is useful in diagnosing TPDD problems. Where is that document? Bob -----Original Message----- From: Rick Hanson [mailto:rick-9mhi4SenqfFAfugRpC6u6w< at >public.gmane.org] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:29 PM To: m100-E4oWkhjlVFm5hqqOCiNUZw< at >public.gmane.org Subject: Re: Setting up a TPDD Hi Keith ... thanks for writing. Below are some links to answer your questions and get you going. If you need a boot disk, these are always available from the Catalog and Order Form at Club 100 (www.club100.org) for only 2 bucks. If you have the ability to transfer files between a PC and your Model 102 or 200 then you are already set up with a Model "T" dos, like TEENY or TS-DOS. If not, then download the DL-ARC.EXE self-deARCing file at http://www.club100.org/catalog.html#hotsetup and get set up for file transfers to a PC. During the process you will load TE

Re: Setting up a TPDD

Rick Hanson — 2008-06-21T21:28:41

Hi Keith ... thanks for writing. Below are some links to answer your questions and get you going. If you need a boot disk, these are always available from the Catalog and Order Form at Club 100 (www.club100.org) for only 2 bucks. If you have the ability to transfer files between a PC and your Model 102 or 200 then you are already set up with a Model "T" dos, like TEENY or TS-DOS. If not, then download the DL-ARC.EXE self-deARCing file at http://www.club100.org/catalog.html#hotsetup and get set up for file transfers to a PC. During the process you will load TEENY ... part of the archive. Also in the archive are dos100.co and dos200.co ... these are RAM versions of TS-DOS for the 100/102 and 200 respectively. There is also a BASIC DOS called DSKMGR.CO (disk manager) which is found in the Club 100 library DRIVES category http://www.club100.org/library/libdrv.html Booting instructions, as well as drive belt changing instructions are here: http://www.club100.org/library/libsup.html Now ... t

Re: magic pokes to make things disappear

John R. Hogerhuis — 2008-06-21T16:17:54

Hi Van! But then, I have to wonder why Ron is on about this then. He must have some way to use those slots. I'm guessing something like Steve was saying where you can poke something to the system variables to make it start using the low slots. The concern would be the OS having hard coded where the free slots begin or on what events it reinitializes the pointers. All speculation at this point...

Re: Setting up a TPDD

John R. Hogerhuis — 2008-06-21T16:12:26

Brother FB-100. It is compatible with a TPDD-1 locked at 9600baud. Brother knitting machines use it in sector-access mode. I've done some reverse engineering on the data format but I haven't looked at it in a while.