The website is showing out of stock for me, so the last few must have been snapped up. I left a message on the website’s contact form.
Does anyone know if they get new stock on a regular basis, or is it released on demand? > On Jan 28, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Ben Wiley Sittler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah I bought some in the last few months and they work great. In conjunction > with REX# or REXCPM it is really perfect - especially REXCPM as you can fully > bootstrap and restore the device even when your M100 battery previously ran > dry, provided you backed up full memory images to the backpack drive first. > The backpack drive fills the same role with REXCPM that onboard flash fills > with REX# in this case > > Only thing you might need to do is substitute flat-headed screws if you're > plugging one into something like KC-85 or PC-8300 where the RS-232 connector > has projecting mounting hardware for securing a cable, but flat-headed screws > are very cheap > > Be aware that the provided bootstrap and TPDD client don't yet work on some > of the less-common models (M10, for instance, unless you replaced the ROM > with the T102-derived one) but regular TELCOM downloads are still fine there. > Adding support for more models is likely "just a matter of software" too, > since the first-stage bootstrap is just a BASIC program you can edit or > replace very easily > > All in all: this device makes the machine far more usable and doesn't even > "dangle". Also Jeff Birt/soigeneris customer support is excellent, questions > were answered and a single minor issue were resolved quickly and with a true > minimum of hassle > > >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022, 09:53 Joshua O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Jan 28, 2022, at 9:20 AM, ~Art <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Are these still available? Who would I contact? >> >> Hi Art! I got mine from: >> https://www.soigeneris.com/tandy-tpdd-2-backpack-drive >> >> Looks like he still has a few on hand, too!
