Do binary files transfer? It's either the 8300, 8500 or maybe booster pack xmodem that has the limitation to text files.
-- John On Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 10:28 PM Brian K. White <[email protected]> wrote: > I got it to work from within minicom. > > Maybe not every one of these details was necessary but here is what I > just did for reference. > > Start telcom on the 8300, F4 to go into terminal mode. > > On linux: > $ mkdir -p ~/tmp/8300 > $ cd ~/tmp/8300 > $ wget -O MAZE3D.DO > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/refs/heads/main/M100SIG/Lib-12-NEC-OLIVETTI/MAZE3D.NEC > $ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 > > In minicom: > ^a o > serial port setup > 9600 7N1 > hardware no > software yes > screen > add linefeed yes > add carriage return yes > > ^a s > xmodem > this file picker interface is weird, arrow up/down to [tmp] then > spacebar twice to enter that dir, repeat for 8300 dir. or you can use > [Goto] and type in "tmp/8300" > then arrow up/down to the file and spacebar once to select, then > enter to select [Okay] on the bottom. left/right arrows change the > bottom [goto] [Okay] etc > > Once you hit enter on [Okay] it starts trying to send by xmodem. > > Now go to the 8300 and press F5 to download. > Filename: MAZE3D.DO > xmodem? y > > And then it starts downloading and for me it worked, went all the way > with no errors. > > LOAD "MAZE3D.DO" > KILL "MAZE3D.DO" > SAVE "MAZE3D" > > It failed to run with FC on line 10 only because I picked a bad example. > > LINE() is not a valid command until after you install the little machine > language thing that enables it: > > > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/blob/main/M100SIG/Lib-12-NEC-OLIVETTI/LINE.DOC > > > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/blob/main/M100SIG/Lib-12-NEC-OLIVETTI/LINE.NEC > > > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/blob/main/M100SIG/Lib-12-NEC-OLIVETTI/LINE.LDR > > But xmodem worked. > > -- > bkw > > On 4/6/25 23:35, Brian K. White wrote: > > On 4/6/25 23:27, Brian K. White wrote: > >> There is no xmodem in the system rom. > >> There is no form of binary-safe file transfer at all other than > cassette. > > > > Well I guess I should have double-checked the 8300 manual before I said > > *that*! > > > > The others don't have xmodem built in like that. > > 8300 telcom manual says upload and download use xmodem if you supply a > > file name and answer a prompt yes, and the host is ready too. > > > > I don't know if I've ever used rx/sx directly instead of from within > > minicom. > > > > > -- > bkw >
