Rick Hanson
2009-08-26 05:32:19 UTC
At 07:32 PM 8/25/2009, Will Harris <ki4pov-***@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>Hi Rick,
>My name is Will. I was at an amateur radio swap meet the other day
>and happened to come across a Tandy 102 for sale and bought it. I
>LOVE it. This is the neatest little laptop I've ever seen. My
>question is: How would you build a "cassette" cable for it i.e.
>which pins are the audio in and out and things like that. I want to
>build a cable to interface to an mp3 recorder that has a microphone
>and a headphone jack. Is this possible? I need a way to transport
>programs besides just storing them in RAM and this seemed like a
>small convenient way to do it not to mention it would be smaller
>than a cassette player. If you can give me any info on this or tell
>me someone who can I would really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>Will
>KI4POV
Hi Will ... thanks for writing and welcome to Club 100 and Model T
computing. As a new Model 102 owner you are experiencing something
special that 6,000,000 others experienced since the introduction of
the Model 100 in March 1983. I highly suggest that you frequent
www.club100.org and learn. While there, please read about the
NADSBox and REX and spend considerable time with the links on the
right hand side for "learning."
To answer your question directly, the pinouts are in the
"Documentation" area of the "Library" in the "Model 100 Manual"--a PDF file.
Take note: I have some cassette cables for sale which you will want
because the DIN is absolutely not conventional or available and you
will need the right one. If interested, ask me. The Cassette Cables
are not in the Club 100 Catalog or Order Form.
Now, more to your desire to build a cable to store files on your MP3
player. It would be best, if you really, really, really want to do
this to join our discussion list and meet fellow HAMs, Model "T"ers
and generally speaking really super guys worldwide. They will be
glad to tell you how to build your cable... they may also tell you
not to bother and to just get a NADSBox and REX.
And last but not least is my personal take on what you intend, having
supported the Model 100 community since 1983 is it sounds like swell
project but it's useless. You would be far better off getting a
NADSBox and a REX and come into the 21st century of Model "T"
computing. Thanks again for writing.
I am CCing this to our discussion list. Join the list immediately
for answers... it's free, of course.
At your service... -Rick-
Richard Hanson, proprietor
Club 100: The Model 100 Users Group (www.Club100.org)
Supporting Tandy/Radio Shack Model 100, 102 and 200 Computer Owners since 1983.
rick-***@public.gmane.org | 925.932.8956 | cell 925.497.1928
For US Mail shipping: P.O. Box 23438, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
For UPS/FedEx shipping: 701 Charlton Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
>Hi Rick,
>My name is Will. I was at an amateur radio swap meet the other day
>and happened to come across a Tandy 102 for sale and bought it. I
>LOVE it. This is the neatest little laptop I've ever seen. My
>question is: How would you build a "cassette" cable for it i.e.
>which pins are the audio in and out and things like that. I want to
>build a cable to interface to an mp3 recorder that has a microphone
>and a headphone jack. Is this possible? I need a way to transport
>programs besides just storing them in RAM and this seemed like a
>small convenient way to do it not to mention it would be smaller
>than a cassette player. If you can give me any info on this or tell
>me someone who can I would really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>Will
>KI4POV
Hi Will ... thanks for writing and welcome to Club 100 and Model T
computing. As a new Model 102 owner you are experiencing something
special that 6,000,000 others experienced since the introduction of
the Model 100 in March 1983. I highly suggest that you frequent
www.club100.org and learn. While there, please read about the
NADSBox and REX and spend considerable time with the links on the
right hand side for "learning."
To answer your question directly, the pinouts are in the
"Documentation" area of the "Library" in the "Model 100 Manual"--a PDF file.
Take note: I have some cassette cables for sale which you will want
because the DIN is absolutely not conventional or available and you
will need the right one. If interested, ask me. The Cassette Cables
are not in the Club 100 Catalog or Order Form.
Now, more to your desire to build a cable to store files on your MP3
player. It would be best, if you really, really, really want to do
this to join our discussion list and meet fellow HAMs, Model "T"ers
and generally speaking really super guys worldwide. They will be
glad to tell you how to build your cable... they may also tell you
not to bother and to just get a NADSBox and REX.
And last but not least is my personal take on what you intend, having
supported the Model 100 community since 1983 is it sounds like swell
project but it's useless. You would be far better off getting a
NADSBox and a REX and come into the 21st century of Model "T"
computing. Thanks again for writing.
I am CCing this to our discussion list. Join the list immediately
for answers... it's free, of course.
At your service... -Rick-
Richard Hanson, proprietor
Club 100: The Model 100 Users Group (www.Club100.org)
Supporting Tandy/Radio Shack Model 100, 102 and 200 Computer Owners since 1983.
rick-***@public.gmane.org | 925.932.8956 | cell 925.497.1928
For US Mail shipping: P.O. Box 23438, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
For UPS/FedEx shipping: 701 Charlton Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523