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I don't think this exists yet but would it be possible to add some command line flags and/or an INI-style config file for the RetroNET IA? I've been using Cloud CP/M a lot more these days & it'd be nice if I could just set the IA to default to the "Cloud CP/M 2.2..." channel at startup...

masto wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:07 pm

superbenk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:02 pm
The point is you don't need to do either of those things. Just loosen the 3 screws, re-center the motor & tighten them down again.

It’s a great point, but too late for this Neanderthal.

Probably best to go back to playing Grog games...

[quote=masto post_id=145 time=1680785572 user_id=71] I guess I’m a caveman. Bending the blades a little seemed less destructive than filing or dremeling. Ook ook? [/quote] The point is you don't need to do either of those things. Just loosen the 3 screws, re-center the motor & tighten them down ...

How does Deoxit compare to this stuff?

Agreed. Just loosening the screws & re-centering the motor is the right fix & a lot easier than filing/bending things.

Yes, powering the converters with 3.3v. I can read/write from/to the VT-510 with the Pico so that's fine. I can only get garbage from the Nabu though (looks like a mix of hex & mixed up ASCII). The ASCII that comes through *USUALLY* doesn't line up with the key being pressed (sometimes it does)....

Well that just simplifies everything, now, doesn't it! Fantastic addition! I'm quickly remembering how much I hated serial in the 90s

I assume I'm still running into some baudrate mis-match that the VT510 can't handle. I tried rigging up a Pico to translate the baudrates but I wasn't successful. Nabu (TX) -> (RX) RS232-TTL adapter (TX) -> (RX) Pico UART1 @ 111875 -> [ CircuitPython ] -> Pico UART2 @ 115200 (TX) -> (RX) TTL-RS232 a...

Getting closer with the rs232-TTL adapter! Seems like I still have a setting wrong somewhere though.