Library 8: Tech/Programming ---------------------------- 12VPWR.THD 04-Jul-88 14181 Topic on use of car battery power with the Tandy laptops, including the 600 ASMBLR.THD 10-May-87 4213 Discusses the selection of a Model 100 assembler ASMLIT.THD 15-Apr-90 4763 List of ref. material on 8085 m/l programming. BADRAM.THD 13-Dec-88(13-Dec-88) 14580 Cold Start: Possible causes, symptoms and recovery approaches (to get back DO files) BAS100.THD 05-Jul-87 2993 Some interesting information on the structure of tokenized Basic (BA) files in Model 100 memory BASREG.THD 10-Oct-87 3230 Technical discussion of some alternate ways to pass parameters to more than A and HL registers in M/L subroutines from a Basic program BATT.THD 28-Apr-88 2973 "What is the best battery combination for the 100"? BINCVT.THD 21-Aug-87 5528 Topic on using math routines in ROM for a specific need, also have some info which may be of use to adventuresome machine language programmers BRKTRP.THD 18-Nov-89 2542 Trapping Break, ^C and ^S in BASIC BUSTIP.THD 22-May-90(23-May-90) 1530 Where to get plug for M100 system bus COMP2.THD 27-Nov-87 6056 Subject on compilers for the M100, corss-assemblers, etc. COMPIL.THD 12-May-87 12954 Discusses the prospects for new or improved Model 100 compilers, and what they should be (capability, language, etc.) COMPL2.THD 25-Aug-88 11907 Discusses the Basic compiler available here and some other options CRLF.THD 27-Nov-87 2936 Did you ever wonder about the ^M and ^J you sometimes see on your M100 screen? Or wonder why its CR-LF and not LF-CR? Or have other perverse obsessions? If so, read on! DALITE.THD 11-Apr-87 3415 Messages on writing a program to automatically adjust the computer's time to adapt for daylight savings time DEVEL.THD 08-Dec-87 4629 Approaches to doing assembly of M100/102/200/Kyo M/L programs on desktop computers DINTIP.THD 22-May-90 4144 How to buy or make the special modem DIN plug EPROM1.THD 13-Apr-88 7706 Discusses desirablility of programming a "math ROM" for the Model 100 EPROM2.THD 13-Apr-88 13445 Technical issues involved in burning custom ROM for the M100/102/200 EPROM3.THD 29-Jun-88 4840 Discusses sources for the EPROM burner, how one user does his development, and related issues EPROM4.THD 08-Jul-88 18761 Emphasizes the software development system required to support EPROM programming FKEY.THD 11-Apr-87 4788 Topic on "Stashed Assembler Code", hiding M/L subroutines or programs in the computer's system RAM FORTH.THD 02-Dec-88 20586 dialog on Forth for the Model 100 -- features, status, capabilities, etc. FORTH2.THD 13-Dec-88 5883 More messages on the subject of FORTH for the Model 100 ICE.THD 15-Apr-90 5549 Re. cold starts and their prevention. HI-LO.THD 16-Dec-87 6594 Did you ever wonder what two bytes were needed to poke an address into a two-byte location? Includes some programs which relate to this question HIMEM.THD 21-May-90 12375 Re. HIMEM, MAXRAM, loading CO pgms; and more HWCTRL.THD 19-Jul-87 5504 Use of the Model 100 as a TDD device for the deaf by use of the cassette port, and general applications of the M100 for hardware control HWPB01.THD 18-Oct-87 9859 Specific problem report related to the RS-232 port distorting characters, and some diagnostic analyses HWPB02.THD 18-Oct-87 4774 Buying and replacing the LCD screen in a Model 100 GELCHG.THD 15-Apr-90 2694 Re. gel cell benefits and special care. KEYBD.THD 10-Jun-87 4515 Discussions of keyboard replacement KEYFIX.THD 25-May-90 1410 fixing bad keys on the 100/102/200 KEYSCN.THD 30-Apr-87 8322 Topic on intercepting key strokes for the purpose of entering a resident program LATCH.THD 10-Oct-87 3399 Discusses the availablity of latching keys for SHIFT, CODE, CTRL, GRPH keys LOGUSE.THD 05-Mar-88 3267 Technique of using the LOG command with number bases other than LOG(e) LOMEM.THD 10-Oct-87 2969 Adapting LOWMEM.200/SRC for use on the M100. See also LOMEM2.THD, LOMEM3.THD, and LOMEM4.THD. LOMEM2.THD 21-Oct-87 15374 Value and application of the program, including how it might work with low-memory resident programs (Supera, 0MENU, etc.). The LOMEM3.THD 21-Oct-87 16385 Discusses James Yi's adaptation to the Model 100, the results and why it did not work LOMEM4.THD 21-Oct-87 12200 Continues the saga, with Mike Nugent's M100 insight coming into play LONGLN.THD 13-Sep-88 9411 Thread show how to move beyond 255 characters limit on LINE INPUT statement, letting us do things that normally would require use of the slower INPUT$(1,1) approach LOWMEM.THD 08-Jul-87 3518 Discussion of approach and (mainly!) the addresses needed to adapt LOWMEM.200 for the Model 100/102 MAC.THD 27-Apr-87 14550 Chronicles work to integrate MACPGM with X-TEL & DIRACC, and to add keyboard scan capability to allow entry while in Text MATROM.THD 11-Jul-88 3077 Messages deals with attatching a math coprocessor to the system bus MAXLIN.THD 21-May-90 633 Re. highest line numbers acceptable to BASIC MEMPWR.THD 30-Aug-87 4090 How much power does the Model 100 consume, when not turned on? ML-STR.THD 14-Nov-87 16422 Technique of stuffing machine language code into strings, and running that m/l code via a CALL NICAD.THD 27-Nov-87 3448 General issues related to use of NiCads, specifically for the 102 NOTVAN.THD 13-Dec-88 18519 A highly edited thread (down from 50K+), including an epic sequence of a dozen or so messages from Wilson Van Alst which amount to a great tutorial on binary mathematics. NULLS.THD 21-Jun-87 9626 Deal with nulls (^@'s) showing up uninvited in Model 100 files PGM001.THD 29-May-87 6618 Topics are: Accessing the Model 100 keyboard buffer; a program to kill Model 100 programs from the main menu; and a trick to reserve RAM for special uses (which may not work, without further thought) PGM002.THD 17-Jun-87 14257 Discusses use of VARPTR to locate a file from a running Basic program PGMTYP.THD 10-Jun-90 8262 Re. types of programs: BASIC, Machine Language POPASM.THD 23-Apr-88 3804 "What is the best assembler?" PROMS.THD 11-Jun-87 7084 Discussion on burning custom ROMs, with both hardware and software issues PRTDEC.THD 10-Oct-87 3493 Discusses ways to use PRINT USING and INT for printing decimal numbers with truncated precision RAMDIR.THD 24-Jul-87 8200 Information on the use and meaning of RAMDIR.100/200 output, and general discussion on how files are organized RAMDR1.THD 31-Jul-87 2905 This pair of messages is a Supplement to RAMDIR.THD. Additional information on interpretation of the RAMDIR output data, specifically on identification of the file types RAMLOS.THD 30-Apr-87 3613 Tutorial on how to cure the problem of lost free memory RANDOM.THD 30-Aug-88 5348 Discuss "a RANDOMizing subroutine to READ F$, that will give a different word each time", an interesting programming problem introduced in the first message RIP100.THD 25-May-90 8195 tips on reviving a "dead" M100 ROMBRD.THD 20-Nov-88 9787 Discuss how do-it-yourself EPROM makers can get the needed adapter hardware ROMSW.THD 18-Jul-88 14948 Discussion on ROM switching for the M100/102/200. Focus on the Chipmunk, and include a discussion of combining the 100 and 200 CDOS ROM's into a single chip SCRCLN.THD 29-Apr-88 3822 Have you ever wondered how to clean the screen of your Tandy laptop? Experiences of one user who did it with a well-known commercial window-cleaning product SOLCHG.THD 07-Aug-87 8442 Addresses the ins and outs of using solar power to recharge batteries STACK.THD 07-Aug-87 14845 Topic on the "stack", an area of memory used for temporary storage of register contents, return addresses for subroutines being called and the like TALKNG.THD 24-Jul-87 2949 Making the Model 100 "talk", use of the piezoelectric "speaker", and what has been done with other computers TELTXT.THD 27-Oct-87 11492 Technical aspects of the approach used in DIRACC.100 TXTHK.THD 13-Apr-88 14293 Discusses how ROM "hooks" work TXTJMP.THD 30-Apr-87 13747 How to leave a Basic program and enter TEXT, rather than returning to the main menu YI-RD1.THD 13-Nov-87 5501 Translating James Yi's own assember's nemonics into more standard Intel-type code