This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#SUPERA v2.5 Keylist
Message #100667
Tim, Do you have a PGD 64K RAM unit as well as David Sumner's new SUPERA v2.5? Would like to know if you are thinking about updating your splendid SUPERA utility that lists macro key definitions! Is there an easy way to maybe change a part of your code to…
Dave, MENUDX.DVI may, hopefully, be in DL5 as MENUD5.DVI. Thanks. Later, Cork. p.s. think I got it right this time. Shall try to upload PCSG variable switch programs in half hour or so.
Dave, I left Joel Email. At the moment trying to master XMODEM. You probably have a couple of garbage files DL5 at the moment. I may make it this time … never uploaded a program before. Bon chance! later, cork.
#100375 LCDIO.TXT
Message #100648
Some further obscure observations on screen dumps… Looking over SCDUMP.100 in DL0, I see that a technique similar to the one you describe is used for a moderately fast screen dump to the EPSON printer: Each byte of graphics data is broken into two 4-bit nibbles and table of size…
Thanks much for your help. I'm a bit embarrassed, as I seem to have caught myself in a tyro's error. I can only plead inexperience with Microsoft BASIC. It turns out my problem was not with the ON KEY statement at all. Prior to attempting to reexecute a function key…
I had the same reaction, Peter. It turns out the new feel annoyed me more than the noise — so I removed all of them (except the 20 or so I have under the NUM key to freeze it, and the ones under SPACE & ENTER). All a matter of…
The extent of the information currently available, which might be of use to you is held in the files ROM.200 and POKES.200, both in DL4. Just not much info available yet for the 200. You might want to look up back issues of Portable 100/200; there were two extensive articles…
#Model 200 Basic calls
Message #100589
I am looking for a source of information for Model 200 calls from Basic to access rom routines (example: Telcom). An English description (ie good examples) would be very helpful – any suggestions? Thanks Jim Rand
Corkcil: Joel is still around here though not as visible as he once was. You may be able to catch him with a message here or on EasyPlex if desired. We'll be looking for the programs … SIGant bien … a la cent mode …. .^Dave^.
Where is TCOMP ???
Message #100572
John: TCOMP.121 is available in DL 4; you can find all related files in the DL 4 area with the command: S TCOMP T'is worth the few $0.nn spent to download and print out Bulletin #4 which tells how to find files as well as how to download them. Best…
L/DIF + L/UTIL
Message #100557
MIKE, A QUESTION: SINCE I ONLY PLAN TO USE L/DIF SHOULDN'T I GET RID OF L/UTIL AND REPLACE IT WITH THE ONE LINE BASIC PROGRAM? NEXT QUESTION: AFTER DOING THAT, EVERY TIME I PLAN TO USE L/DIF I WILL NEED TO RUN THE 1-LINER FIRST, RIGHT? JUST ANSWER "YES, YES"…
Munk and Write Rom
Message #100544
Mike: I've rstudied your msg #100420. "Away you go" may not cut it. For one thing, you'd be spending my money too freely, carving 693 bytes out of every folder. Miser like me won't buy it. For another thing, on downloading, I open a disk file "0:FILENAME". That becomes a…
Hi Dave, but … My main concern is about Joel Orr's investment. Don't think he's here anymore, on the other hand he shared his work, and my offering is an embellishment. So, I don't see any problems, do you. Program to be uploaded shall include attribution to him. Thanks, catcha…
Where is TCOMP ???
Message #100516
Thanks, Tony! By the way, the program is still refered to as "tcomp.110" in the ASSMBL.CAT catalog file. Perhaps you can upgrade that so others wont suffer the same confusion I did?… Thanks again! … John (N6HI)
Well, you can check the files FORTH.REV and FORTH.UPD in DL6 for some information…. Also look over Rick Mendosa's compilation of commercial programs available for the 100 in the file SOFTWR.100 (also in DL6). Good Luck.
Cecil: Not familiar with D/VI stuff, but what you offer sound very much usable to me. Note, however, that DVI support is in DL 5, not 4, so if you haven't looked lately you might czech DVI.CAT out. Be looking for them … .^Dave^.
THANKS FOR THE INFO.
LUCID+UTIL.+RAM??
Message #100482
MIKE, I HOPE YOU CAN CLEAR THIS UP FOR ME. I BOUGHT LUCID AND THE UTILITIES LAST WEEK (UTIL. V 1.0). I ALSO PURCHASED 3 8K CHIPS FORM ANOTHER OUTFIT (PCSG WAS OUT). WHEN I RUN THE 'RAM TEST' PROGRAM WITHOUT LUCID EVERYTHING IS OK. WITH LUCID EVERYTHING IS OK…
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE TIP ON THE 1200 BAUD CIGARETTE PACK FROM TOUCHBASE. I'll give them a call. Now, if only there were a ROM version of FORTH, such as WRITE-ROM or LUCID that could create a crash-FORTH development environment for the M100/200–Any word of this? Thanks again- John…
Cassettes
Message #100475
Thanks for the help. It will save much retyping. Rather than go to 3 saves per file, I'm switching to the AJ Micro drive. I've tried it for 4 days. It's got a lot of potential. Almost a disk drive for $69.00.
#64K & DVI programs
Message #100465
Dave, Dunno if these are already in DL, but I have a couple of programs. First is a pair of variable bank switch programs for the PCSG 64K RAM expansion unit, should also work with 96K units. Second is my modification of Joel Orr's MENUD program for the Disk/ Video…
Munk and WRITE ROM
Message #100457
Mike: I fingered it out. I found out, yeah, man. Ole WSPEC ain't kicked de bucket; Ole WPSPEC ain't dead: And MAN! Am I HAPPY! The Munk is one fine little beastie. Thanks, anyway, Mike. Sorry I woke you up. However, my (former) problem deserves a couple of lines in…
Al, Congrats on your Chipmunk drive and Write ROM text processor…a nifty combination if I do say so myself. If you're clearing the entire RAM a lot, dfinitely save your special WSPEC.DT to the Chipmunk…just load and save with a function key ! Put that spec file in each folder,…
I'd swap the chips. If the same address fals again you either have a Model 100 problem or a bug in the RAM test program. NO computer can afford RAM errors. Expensive super-minis with error-correcting memory can survive for a while, but it catches up with you. The Model 100…
You may wish to review the file RECOVR.CAS in DL5 which deals with this problem.
There is one that was just announced, that plugs into the RS232 port, and offers tone dialing and 1200 baud. Sells for about $250, and is the size of a cigarette pack. From the same folks that make the touchbase modem for the NEC.
Your LCDIO.TXT
Message #100375
Mike, I really enjoyed your LCDIO writeup – excellent coverage & solid info. Thank you much for sharing it with us! A family of bitstring-reversal tricks I hope YOU enjoy: there's a faster way to reverse a byte than calling an ML subroutine: since there are only 256 values, the…
#RAM CHIP FAILURE + ??
Message #100359
AFTER INSTALLING 3 8K RAM CHIPS INTO MY NEW 8K M100 AND RUNNING THE RAM TEST I GET "FAILED AT RAM LOCATION 44640". SHOULD I FIRST SWAP CHIPS TO SEE IF THE SAME CHIP FAILS IN OTHER LOCATIONS? IF ONLY THIS ONE 'LOCATION' FAILS SHOULD I IGNORE IT OR RETURN…
It CAN be done! Start loading some other file that does have a header. Then simply stop the tape, and wind back/forward to the file with the lost header. Start the tape again. The computer won't know you've moved the tape; it'll think you're still loading the file you started…
#cassettes
Message #100343
Does anyone know of a way to recover a text file on a cassette, if the "header" is is lost. The data is there, but the machine can "find" it to load. I'd app any help appreciate any help
PURGE.BA
Message #100334
I'm having a problem using PURGE.BA which I downloaded from here. It works fine the first time I boot it, but when I exit the program and come back to use it again, I get a UL error on Line 0. I couldn't spot any bugs in the program and…
SCREEN SIZE
Message #100327
I AM INTERESTED IN THE ARTICLE I READ IN THE PORTABLE MAGAZINE ABOUT THE PROGRAM TO MOVE FROM A 40 COL.SCREEN TO A 80 COL. SCREEN. IS THIS PROGRAM IN THE DATA LIBARY. QUESTION TWO IS WHERE CAN I RECIEVE INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS THAT I CAN BE OUT IN THE…
#1200 baud modem for M100
Message #100320
I saw an article in the current issue of Byte about a new modem chip. Has anyone made available a small 1200 BPS modem for the M100 or M200 internally (or external, but very small for portability)? Seems like this chip would do it. — John Merritt CIS 72747,171 /exit
#Munk and WRITE ROM
Message #100293
Now proud owner of Munk with ROM v3.24, but still riding with training wheels. Using WRITE ROM with Folder One only. Every time I clear RAM to load another folder and later return to folder One I find WRITE missing. When I then use "Call 63012" to bring it back,…
MODEL 200
Message #100277
THANKS FOR YOUR FILE "ROM.200". TWAS VERY USEFUL IN COVERTING A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT I WROTE FOR THE MODEL 100 ONTO THE MODEL 200. THEY THINK THAT I'M A WIZZARD NOW HERE AT WORK. ONE QUESTION THOUGH. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THE RENEW AUTOMATIC POWER -OFF TIMER…
Thanks Tim. I'll try using a literal instead.
Thanks Dave. I'll try PRINT USING "###" etc, instead of F$.
If you've reset the ON KEY assignments in your GOSUBs, you have to reset them again on the return to get the original assignments back. It might be better to keep the Function key assignments to those originally set and branch to menus (i.e. ON X GOTO or GOSUB), that…
QUIET KEYS
Message #100255
PUT SOME OF THOSE ORTHODONTIC BANDS ON MY KEYBOARD. WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN NOISE POLLUTION! IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE GETTING USED TO THE INCREASED KEYBOARD TENSION! AND I MANAGED TO GET THEM FOR FREE! GOT THEM FROM A SEMI-RETIRED ORTHODONTIST WHO WHO ONLY HAD 200 LEFT! HE THOUGHT I…
Surprise! If you look very carefully at your M100 manual, you'll see that only constant (literal quoted strings, not expressions) formats are supported in PRINT USING in M100 BASIC. LOTS of folks have had this problem. For what it's worth, it ONLY seems to bite you when the output device…
ML CALL RENEW ON M200
Message #100186
HI THERE. I NEED TO FIND OUT THE LOCATION OF THE MACHING LANGUAGE SUBROUTINE CALLED "RENEW" FOR RENEW AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF TIMER. THE LOCATION IN THE MODEL 100 IS 1BB1H. I AM CONVERTING A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT I WROTE FOR THE MODEL 100 TO THE MODEL 200. THIS IS THE…
Rod: There is a known PRINT USING bug that has been batted about and worked around for the last couple of years. Unfortunately, I don't bermember the details of getting around the problem but I suspect that what you must do is forget the F$ and stick to the plain…
#Formatted Print
Message #100163
I have been having a problem with formatted printing to RAM. Formatted printing to LCD or to the printer works fine. Note that the following test program prints to the screen OK, but sends garbage to the RAM file periodically, AND eventually crashes with a TM (type mismatch) error on…
David, Yes, using INPUT$(1), it cleared the input buffer as you told me before. Can RS232 buffer be cleared in the similar manner? Thanks for teaching me new things; I really appreciate it. Awaiting the address of the RS232 buffer… …Eiji…
#ON KEY STATEMENT
Message #100146
I am new to my model 100, to CIS and this SIG. Have attempted to locate answers which may already exist and have been unsuccessful. I am presently experiencing a problem with the ON KEY statement. After entering a GOSUB routine due to striking F5, I branch to a routine…
#Input Buffer
Message #100131
Eiji, You want to clear the RS232 buffer not the Input buffer. Try the same code that you left me with the MDM lines omited and with line 50 reading as 50call26041:goto30, and using INPUT$(1) instead of INPUT$(1,1), and you will see that the clear the input buffer works as…
Hitachi CMOS EPROMs
Message #95406
I recently encountered a curious ideosyncracy concerning Hitachi HN27C64-2 Eproms. I found that my EPROM programmer was unable to accurately read one. Each time I tried to verify that I'd dumped it to my buffer, ther were about 12 bad bytes (different ones mostly each time) reported. Finally I decided…
Thanks very much. I've been at about half of Lonnie's Rainbowfests over the last few years… tho this time I will probably NOT be able to attend this combined Rainbowfest and PCM fest. I do regret that very much. There's always an off chance I'll make it in any case.…
Sounds gooder and gooder… Do you have a copy of the Radio Shack Technical Manual for the M100? Catalog # 26-3810, $9.95. Has all the schematics, timing diagrams, etc that might be useful to you.
#RS232 Relay Box Part 3
Message #95396
Thanks for the input. I'll sign off and cogitate, but in the meantime, here's a bit (heh) more: I think the BCR connector could be used to monitor the status of all the relays. A resistor (I used 33k) across the BCR (2-5 or 2-7) pins appears to INP(187) as…
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