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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:44:14 EDT
From: Tony R. Marasco <TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
 <JB67RB2w163w@coyote.datalog.com>

In the note,"Re: Disk I/O on the Model III",
leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden) writes:
>
>  [ deleted text ]  The BEST media to get
>would be the Model 3 tech Manual, which I also seem to be missing myself

I have the Mod. III tech. manual.  It gives me port numbers, but all of the
values to send aren't there.  I can control the drives to a degree, but I'm
looking for a stable method.  I can write a raw track, but I can't get the
thing to seek for a sector.  I did write a memory resident program to
display the present track and sector at the top of the display...

Maybe I should re-word to request assembler to access the drives.  For
instance, if I want to read track 17 sector 1, how do I do it?  Basically
I want to create an unerase command for TRSDOS.  I have the hashing
method as a subroutine, I just need the disk access...

Sorry for the confusion :(

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| Tony Marasco                 |  "Questions are a burden for others.     |
| Penn State University        |   Answers are a prison for oneself."     |
| Schuylkill Haven, PA 17976   |     - The Prisoner                       |
| trm900@psuvm.psu.edu                                                    |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Re: Comm Software TRS-80 IV
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 23:27:44 GMT

Sure, I've been offering free public domain software packages.  Just send a 
blank disk in a mailer with return postage and address labels and you'll get 
FastermII (full version) and XT4 for the Model 4, and XTerm for the Model 3. 
Send two disks if you desire both Model 3 & 4 versions.  Reply via E-Mail 
for mailing instructions...
     -=> Leonard <=-
From: cfs@cowpas.waffle.atl.ga.us (Charles Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Q -- using model II kbd on 16B
Date: 16 Oct 92 07:39:22 GMT
Organization: COW Pastures

rfink@wam.umd.edu (Danger Russ) writes:

> I have a Tandy model 16B that HAS NO keyboard.  I asked the net about a year
> ago about buying one, but there were no offers.  Someone mentioned that there
> is a way to get a Tandy model II keyboard to work with this machine, since th
> 16B is essentially a beefed-up version of the model II.  With this knowledge,
> I picked up a model II keyboard at a computer show, and now want to hook it
> up to my 16B.
> 
> What do I need to do to make the II's kbd work with the 16B?  I understand th
> is some modification that I need to make, but I'm clueless as to the details.
> 
> Any help anyone can give will be appreciated.  Thanks for your time,
> Russ Fink

        Call you nearest Radio Shack store and ask them for the number
to National Parts.  They might even have a 16B keyboard lying around, or
they can sell you a tech manual for both the keyboard and the 16B
(nomial price for their orphans).

--
Charles Stephens,
Georgia Map coordinator,
SysOp of COW Pastures +1 404 421 0764
cfs@cowpas.waffle.atl.ga.us
From: curtin@athena.cs.uga.edu (David Curtin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Xenix question
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:40:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Oct15.222540.7858@ornl.gov> fadickey@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU (Fred A Dickey) writes:
>I would also like to know the answer to that question, so if anyone answers the question about csh10 please post it publicly.
>
>,^MrSpock^
I have the docs for the upgrade to Xenix 3.2.0, and csh10 man pages are there.
If you need them, let me know-
The short answer is :
"csh10 - Invokes an enhanced C shell with tenex-like file name and command
  completion"
  Dave Curtin, Test Scoring A Reporting Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: jim@rwsys.lonestar.org (James T. Wyatt)
Subject: Re: What is FAR Memory
Organization: R/W Systems, Richland Hills, Texas, USA, 76118-5849
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:15:15 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.225556.3315@nctams1.uucp> n36ia@pnet16.cts.com (Et3 Francis) writes:
>the other day and I noticed that the computer complained about a lack of far
>memory in the system. I have looked everywhere I could for information on FAR
>memory and haven't found anything yet. Please help!!!

Your program is likely referring to memory it has to allocate (or ask for
from DOS) after it has started. Not all programs can know how much memory
they will need at startup time. If that's the case, try freeing up some
DOS memory (check with chkdsk if DOS3 or mem if DOS5) by removing some
TSRs or (if you have DOS5 and a 286 or better) loading things high. If
you are running from a DOSShell or menu program, try exiting it first,
then running your program by hand. This stuff usually helps - jim




-- 
James Wyatt  KA5VJL  jim@rwsys.lonestar.org  Semper Gumbi - always flexible!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: fadickey@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU (Fred A Dickey)
Subject: Re: Xenix question
Organization: oren
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:25:40 GMT

I would also like to know the answer to that question, so if anyone answers the question about csh10 please post it publicly.

,^MrSpock^

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: laverman@cs.rug.nl (Bert Laverman)
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
Originator: laverman@rug16
Organization: Dept. of Computing Science, Groningen University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:13:56 GMT


Tony R. Marasco <TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> I have the Mod. III tech. manual.  It gives me port numbers, but all of the
> values to send aren't there.  I can control the drives to a degree, but I'm
> looking for a stable method.  I can write a raw track, but I can't get the
> thing to seek for a sector.  I did write a memory resident program to
> display the present track and sector at the top of the display...
And just replcing M1 memory-mapped accesses with M3 port accesses won't solve
all of the problems. The 'TRS-80 I/O and other mysteries'; gave both
implementations. A very basic difference is that the M[34] use a waiting
state when reading/writing to/from disk, while the M1 can only use
polled I/O.

> Maybe I should re-word to request assembler to access the drives.  For
> instance, if I want to read track 17 sector 1, how do I do it?  Basically
> I want to create an unerase command for TRSDOS.  I have the hashing
> method as a subroutine, I just need the disk access...
I'll see what I can dig up (I write a program once for reading MS-DOS
disks), but reconsider: If you want that program to run under TRS-DOS,
then why not use TRS-DOS' disk I/O routines? I must admit I don't know
where they are (skipped to NEWDOS/80 and LS-DOS as soon as possible),
but they will prevent most inconvenient confusions in TRS-DOS itself:
"Now where is that head... lemme see... track 17? _WHAT_ I left it on
track 20... scrunch..scrunch" ;-)

Greetings, Bert
-- 
#include <std/disclaimer>

  Bert Laverman,  Dept. of Computing Science, Groningen University
  Friendly mail to: laverman@cs.rug.nl      The rest to: /dev/null
From: hookman@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Andrew R Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy HardCard (20MB) for sale!
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:34:28 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

I have an old tandy "HardCard" (the precusor to the hard drives used
now) which fits all the old 1000 series WITHOUT the adaptor needed for
the new drives... I had a 1000SL, got the card used, but never installed
it.  Now I dont have a Tandy, but I DO have this hardcard...

20MB....$85     

Andrew  
tel# 413-546-4729
or email...
From: alistair@unixg.ubc.ca (Blachford Alistair M.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: HELP! Model 100 screen is blank
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:09:50 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

HELP!  A very important Model 100 (it keeps track of photocopier use for
billing) has a blank screen, and I can't seem to revive it.  What else
can I try before a cold reset (losing all the data)?

I've tried break, control-c, off-on, and reset.  The reset didn't make
the screen flinch.  The screen is still responding to the contrast
dial, but that's it.

Any suggestions before I risk zapping all the accounting data???
Thanks,

Alistair
Biosciences Computing Unit, UBC
alistair@bcu.ubc.ca
From: fr0c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Frank A. Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: 1000 HX
Date: 8 Oct 92 05:51:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.0ep3neC00iUzM1cUkP
Organization: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentatn, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

A friend has a Tandy 1000 HX, which is his first and only computer.  He
is having a problems mastering MS-DOS.


1.   What is the latest (best) system he can use with a 1000 HX?

2.   Is there a list somewhere of user friendly software he can use,    
        	     particularly software that is easier to used with a mouse
(or joystick)?



Thanks,
Frank A. Reynolds
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 23:39:17 GMT

I haven't played with assembly for the Model 3, but for the Model 4, there 
is a SVC (or CALL for Model 3 terminology) that tells a specified drive to 
go to a certain sector.  Another SVC/CALL is needed to read or write to that 
sector.  Try browsing through your tech manual and see if you can locate 
such a routine...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: aj@sage.cc.purdue.edu (John Dormer)
Subject: 3.01.00 Install disk #1 tar file sought
Summary: my disk is broken, can anyone send me the tar file?
Keywords: Xenix, 3.01.00, tar, extract error
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 07:46:48 GMT

  I got the 3.01.00 Xenix distribution for my 6000 about 6 months ago, and
finally got the development system I've been looking for for more than a
year. Unfortunately, when I try to install the first disk, I get a tar
directory error. The other two disks in the distribution work completely fine.
However, as getty is in the first tar file on disk #1, the machine cannot come
up. I know there are more files there, but it dies on the first directory.

  What I need is either a fairly reliable method of fixing a tar file
(yeah, right) or for some entity to send me the tar file from the first
distribution disk. I know this is some to ask, as it may be nearly 1M in
size. There are ftp sites around which could be used as rendevous places,
or I could see about arranging a local drop off machine. Tarmail is also
a good thing. Either way, my machine is unusable without this tarfile.

  I received some help on finding the docs for 3.01.00 from a gentleman in
Ohio, John Stahl. If he is still around, could someone poke him for me?
If he is on the Net, email would be nice!

	help!
:	John Dormer
:	Purdue Daemons
:	jad@expert.cc.purdue.edu
From: jsr@dexter.mi.org (Jay S. Rouman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Xenix question
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:52:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Private System, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA

In article <1992Oct15.222540.7858@ornl.gov>, fadickey@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU (Fred A Dickey) writes:
|> I would also like to know the answer to that question, so if anyone answers the question about csh10 please post it publicly.

It's pretty much the bsd csh, which includes command history and command
line recall.  The "history" command gives you a list of previous commands,
and !# (where # is the command number) repeats a specific command.  The 
command "!!" repeats the previous command.  You can use the "alias" command
to change any command.  Unfortunately, the man page for csh10 was never
distributed in machine readable form (there is no help file for it).  The
bsd csh man page is pretty close, if you ignore the job control stuff.
-- 
Jay Rouman  (jsr@dexter.mi.org  jsr@ais.org)
Organisation: ECP-Paris France
Date: Sunday, 11 Oct 1992 19:59:09 EDT
From: Jean-Marc Le Peuvedic <LE_PEUVE@FRECP12.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
 <ZJNcsB3w163w@coyote.datalog.com>

Hi |
  'Assembly language Disk I/O & other mysteries' is certainly the best book
on that subject. Anyway I think that the best method to do it is to open
the directory as a file 'DIR/SYS'. If I remember OK I have already done it
under NEWDOS/80 . When you have read the sectors you need,you work on them :
  locate the deleted file in sectors 2 - n
  get the location data from the deleted file record
  look at the GAT to see if the file has been overwritten
  if not restore GAT information
  restore HIT information
  restore the first byte of the file record which has been zeroed by the del.
SUPER UTILITY + does all that perfectly, but of course it is not usually
at the command level of TRS-DOS.
The HIT table is used during access to locate the File Primary Directory Entry.
The GAT table is used whenever disk space is allocated or deallocated.
Fragmented files may also have a File eXtended Directory Entry which holds the
extra location bytes. The layout of a given file on the disk is given by the
10 last bytes of the 32 byte long FDPE and FXDE. Each contiguous block is
pointed to by a pair of bytes, the first is the logical track number, the
second the granule number in the MS 3 bits, and number of contiguously allocate
d grans in the LS 5 bits.
 How that will help you.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: getz@bistro.berkeley.edu (Neil Getz)
Subject: 8080/8085 Assembly Language Subroutines
Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:13:35 GMT

Greetings Netters-

I have a need for a now out of print book called

        8080/8085 Assembly Language Subroutines
        by Lance A. Leventhal
        Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill

If one of you has a copy of this book that you would
care to part with or copy please notify me by
email and let me know how much you want for it.

Also, if anyone knows of an archive of documented
assembly language mathematics routines for the 8085
I would appreciate a pointer. I have a model 100 that
I want to do some fast non-BCD math with.

Thanks for your time, help, and suggestions.

-Neil Getz
getz@robotics.berkeley.edu



Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano)
Subject: 12/16/16B/6000 software
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 00:33:26 GMT

I have a ton of software for the above machines that I need to dispose of.
Most are standard Tandy packages, accounting, Profile, Multiplan, etc.  
These I am willing to sell for $10.00 for TRSDOS software and $25.00 for
multi-user Xenix packages (sorry I don't have the development system).

I also have some Manuals only for $5.00.  If anyone is in need of anything
just send me e-mail and tell me what you want and I will followup later.

Purchaser pays the shipping charges.

Steve Scrivano

sscrivan@isis.cs.du.edu
sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu
From: spt@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott P. Toenniessen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
Date: 13 Oct 92 02:53:53 GMT
Organization: UB

All the TRSDOS 1.3 system calls are documented in the Model 3 disk system
manual.  TRSDOS 1.3 does not use supervisory calls as does TRSDOS/LS-DOS 6
but uses Z-80 assembly language calls.

                            Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mphall@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Hall)
Subject: DeskJet 500 and a Tandy WP2 Help Please...
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:21:31 GMT

	Ok.  I have a question.

	I am using a Tandy WP2 laptop word processor and a Deskjet 500.
The Tandy is holding me until I can replace my old computer (several
months.)  

	The two talk just fine, with the Deskjet doing the basics very
well, ie, underlining, italicizing, bold face and all.

	I would like, however, to access the internal fonts (CG Times in
particular.)  The only problem is that the Tandy's setup program, where
I enter the escape codes for each printer function, only allows a brief
(maybe 50 characters) command line.  That doesn't seem to be enough to
squeeze all of the information the Deskjet needs to switch to the Times
font.

	Being sorta new at this, I will claim some confusion over the
conventions for escape codes.  If anyone can tell me either how they
solved a similar problem or just what the shortest route to turning on
CG TImes is, I would be wildly appreciative.

	Much thanks in advance,
	Michael

-- 
Michael Hall    mphall@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
"If you're not revolting against work, you're working
against revolt." - Bob Black

From: Alan.Moorman@f31.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Alan Moorman)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: 1000 Hx
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 02:39:02 -0600

  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO
Subj: 1000 HX                        Conf: (41) Comp.Sys.T
___------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAR>  is having a problems mastering MS-DOS.
FAR>  1.   What is the latest (best) system he can use with a 1000 HX?
FAR>  2.   Is there a list somewhere of user friendly software he can use,
FAR>                particularly software that is easier to used with a mouse
FAR>  (or joystick)?

Not sure just what kind(s) of software he wants/needs, but the obvious
thought -- Tandy's DeskMate.  It came with my 1000TL, and was a *great*
introduction to word processing, spreadsheets, data bases, calendars,
appointments, and the like, and can be used with a mouse except for
the occasional data entry. Did he get it with his HX?  Has he tried it?
If he hasn't tried it, he should.  If he doesn't have it, I think he
can buy the whole package for about $100.  A great deal by any standard.

While none of the DeskMate programs are biggies, they would let him
learn just how each type works and what it offers, and would help him
learn this stuff pretty painlessly. Not to mention that DeskMate pretty
much isolates the user from DOS (not completely, since you need to
understand the concept, at least, of directories and sub-directories.)

Also, he could learn which of those kinds of software are really
necessary and useful to him, and therefore help him know what to look
for if he decides to go out and actually buy a name brand, fully-fledged
example of a word processor, or whatever.

I suppose he has RAM limitations that make things like Norton Desktop
for DOS be out of the question??  Can a HX handle a hard drive, I've
forgotten?  If so, or if he already has one, he might try NDforDOS,
especially if he can have a look at it at a cooperative software store.
That kind of thing is designed to completely mask DOS, and allows the
user to operate in the domain of menus and icons, but it isn't the
system hog that something like Windows is.

Hope these ideas are of some help....

  Fido.

 * OLX 2.2 * Unable to locate Chocolate!  Operator halted.

 * Origin: Dark Knight's Table (1:282/31)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: 880518l@dragon.acadiau.ca (Nelson Langille)
Subject: Anyone know about a u82a microline printer by okidata?
Summary: u82a microine
Keywords: microline
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:52:34 GMT

I am looking for any type of information about the u82a microline
printer by okidata.  Please e-mail.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Model 100
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 23:23:19 GMT

If I remember correctly, the 100 has two screen controls, contrast & 
brightness.  Be sure you check for both.  Also check your power supply, it 
may have been unplugged and you've been operating off of batteries for a 
while, and the batteries are starting to die out.  If you remember how the 
program works, try saving the data.  Even if the screen has gone bad, if the 
program is still running and you remember the commands, it should still work 
if only the screen is defective.
     Hope this helps...
                 -=> Leonard <=-
From: andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: VGA&Tandy1000TX
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 10:20:04 CDT
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

vento0@sabrina.dei.unipd.it (Andrea Susini) writes:

> If you want to install a vga video board on your Tandy1000TX you need this sh
> program.
> It was posted to me by Eric Byron.
> The program is UU-encoded and zipped.
> I think it should work whit all the tandy1000?? series.
> I hope the Tandy1000?? owners will find this usefull.

  Here's an even simpler Debug script. Cut it out and name it FIXVGA.DBG,
and then type: DEBUG < FIXVGA.DBG
---CUT HERE---
a
mov ax,1a01
mov bx,0008
int 10
mov ax,4c00
int 21

rcx
d
n fixvga.com
w
q
---CUT HERE---

  I used to use the above on a Tandy 1000SX w/ Paradise VGA+. It assumes
you have a color monitor. For a mono-VGA, use 'mov bx,0007'.

--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: fowlerc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (John C. Fowler)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Z80 or TRS-80 Emulator in VAX Macro or C
Reply-To: fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:44:53 GMT

In article <1884@sousa.ltn.dec.com> cameronjames@finali.enet.dec.com (James Cameron) writes:
>I'm looking for any Z80 emulator code, either written in C or VAX Macro.
>If I can't find anything, I'll be writing some.

Look for xtrs, the X-Windows TRS-80 Model I emulator.  It contains
a C Z80 emulator as part of it.  I don't know where you can get a copy
off hand, but Archie should know.

-- 
John C. Fowler, fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.tandy:1531 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:13466
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:10:44 EDT
From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DeskJet 500 and a Tandy WP2 Help Please...

In article <Bvrsnw.BFr@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mphall@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Michael Hall) says:
>
>        I am using a Tandy WP2 laptop word processor and a Deskjet 500.
>The Tandy is holding me until I can replace my old computer (several
>months.)
>
>        The two talk just fine, with the Deskjet doing the basics very
>well, ie, underlining, italicizing, bold face and all.
>
>        I would like, however, to access the internal fonts (CG Times in
>particular.)  The only problem is that the Tandy's setup program, where
>I enter the escape codes for each printer function, only allows a brief
>(maybe 50 characters) command line.  That doesn't seem to be enough to
>squeeze all of the information the Deskjet needs to switch to the Times
>font.
>
>        Being sorta new at this, I will claim some confusion over the
>conventions for escape codes.  If anyone can tell me either how they
>solved a similar problem or just what the shortest route to turning on
>CG TImes is, I would be wildly appreciative.

I'm surprised that you can get a DJ500 to communicate with a WP2
at all. The WP2 manual says that it can communicate with Tandy
printers and emulate IBM Proprinters. I used to think about getting
the IBM Proprinter font cartridge for my DJ500 so I could use it
with my WP2...   I'm gonna have to try out a straight connection.
Which printer emulation are you specigying - Tandy or IBM?

-- Sorry I don't have an answer to your query.

BobM, PSU-Harrisburg
>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Postage
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 23:30:49 GMT

ROBERT GEESLIN,
   This is a follow up message, as I've received no word from my previous 
posting.  I did receive your blank disks for the public domain termainal 
programs.  Unfortunately you failed to include return postage.  Send me a 
check for $1.33 to cover the cost of postage and I'll get them out to you
ASAP.  If you've lost my mailing address, let me know and I'll send it via 
E-Mail.  Please respond to this message...
             -=> Leonard <=-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy