Hi Tested with a Norwegian text sending it back and forth between the unit and my modern pc and it works just great! I can transfer a smallish text at 4800 bauds correctly. But once I hit 9600 or 19200 I see some chars getting out of order. Not many, but a few. This is consistent with what I have experienced before as well before loading the instal program and is related to what has been pointed out before that my usb-to-serial cable does not support throttling.
So as far as I can see it works great and I'm definitely not seeing any reversing of text as you experienced. On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM Rune Devik <[email protected]> wrote: > I used stat 58n1e (so 1200 baud). I did not test with the Norwegian chars > just that game. I'll create a text file with some proper Norwegian chars > and transfer from the unit and back again next. I can also try to speed up > transfer rate with a smaller file. > > > > mvh, > Rune Devik > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2026, 00:41 B9, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It does seem strange to remove the characters without replacing them. I >> wonder if they used the area those bitmaps would normally be for some extra >> code. Maybe for handling the Norwegian modem or keyboard? >> >> If the area is truly just blank, then I bet Norwegian folk in the 80s >> would have found a way to upgrade the ROM to get better compatibility with >> M100 software "for free". >> >> I'm still curious about INSTAL.BA. What speed did you transmit the game >> at? Did the special letters get converted into [\]{|} and vice versa? >> >> --b9 >> > -- mvh, Rune Devik
