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I bought a Model 100 literally last week. Going to build a little raspberry pi into a piece of wood for it to talk to. Other than that, it would be nice to be

I bought a Model 100 literally last week. Going to build a little raspberry pi into a piece of wood for it to talk to. Other than that, it would be nice to be able to take a note on it and transfer it to a modern computer. Not sure the easiest way to hook that up as I have no disk or cassette drive for it. Maybe a cable to go from cassette interface to audio and some software to decode the audio signal that would record to cassette? Also not sure the easiest way to load Zork.

caf 7y ago
It has an RS-232 port, you should be able to hook that up to a USB-RS232 adaptor with a null modem.
- RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
  It would be delightful to hide a Raspberry Pi inside the case of the TRS-80, wired to the serial interface, so you'd have an apparently unmodified model 100 until you fired up the terminal program and connected to a full-blown linux commandline.
  - fit2rule 7y ago
    I've done exactly this with a Zero and an Olivetti M10, which is a clone of the Tandy Model 100 for the European market. It is indeed awesome. http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=475 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=475 If you're in Vienna, you can come see the Olivetti, as well as a suite of other machines, at my TIMETRON2019 exhibit, where we have done new and interesting things with a ton of old systems: http://primitur.at/TIMETRON2019_Opening/ http://primitur.at/TIMETRON2019_Opening/ More details here: https://subotron.com/7635-timetron-2019/ https://subotron.com/7635-timetron-2019/
    - RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
      That's an extremely cool hack! I won't be on the right continent to enjoy TIMETRON2019, but I'd love to know more about how you integrated the Pi with your M10. Was there anything difficult about the software/hardware? Can you share some photos?
      - fit2rule 7y ago
        It was pretty easy - all it required was wiring up a NULL modem cable. :) The hardest part was getting rPi linux to add a serial login at boot - which is to say, was quite easy. ;) I'll try to take some pics at the next BOOTSESSION, as I'm away from the exhibit for a few days - I'll ping you when I get them up somewhere.
salgernon 7y ago
Funny, I sold several at the Sunnyvale swap meet last week. They’re awesome. I saved my teenage summer earnings to buy one and used it to do physics simulations in high school.
- wildbill 7y ago
  Gahh damnit. I haven't ever been to that swap meet, but I've been looking for a Model 100... I shoulda gone.

caf 7y ago

It has an RS-232 port, you should be able to hook that up to a USB-RS232 adaptor with a null modem.

RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
It would be delightful to hide a Raspberry Pi inside the case of the TRS-80, wired to the serial interface, so you'd have an apparently unmodified model 100 until you fired up the terminal program and connected to a full-blown linux commandline.
- fit2rule 7y ago
  I've done exactly this with a Zero and an Olivetti M10, which is a clone of the Tandy Model 100 for the European market. It is indeed awesome. http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=475 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=475 If you're in Vienna, you can come see the Olivetti, as well as a suite of other machines, at my TIMETRON2019 exhibit, where we have done new and interesting things with a ton of old systems: http://primitur.at/TIMETRON2019_Opening/ http://primitur.at/TIMETRON2019_Opening/ More details here: https://subotron.com/7635-timetron-2019/ https://subotron.com/7635-timetron-2019/
  - RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
    That's an extremely cool hack! I won't be on the right continent to enjoy TIMETRON2019, but I'd love to know more about how you integrated the Pi with your M10. Was there anything difficult about the software/hardware? Can you share some photos?
    - fit2rule 7y ago
      It was pretty easy - all it required was wiring up a NULL modem cable. :) The hardest part was getting rPi linux to add a serial login at boot - which is to say, was quite easy. ;) I'll try to take some pics at the next BOOTSESSION, as I'm away from the exhibit for a few days - I'll ping you when I get them up somewhere.

salgernon 7y ago

Funny, I sold several at the Sunnyvale swap meet last week. They’re awesome. I saved my teenage summer earnings to buy one and used it to do physics simulations in high school.

wildbill 7y ago
Gahh damnit. I haven't ever been to that swap meet, but I've been looking for a Model 100... I shoulda gone.