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To use a [[TPDD_Emulators|TPDD server aka emulator]], you need a different special serial cable. 
To use a [[TPDD_Emulators|TPDD server aka emulator]], you need a normal [[Model_T_Serial_Cable]].
:[[Model_T_Serial_Cable]]


Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:
Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:

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A "TPDD client", also usually called a DOS(note), is software that runs on the portable and can read and write files on a Tandy Portable Disk Drive or Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2, or any of their rebadged versions like Brother FB-100 and Purple Computing disk drive, or any "TPDD server", software which runs on a pc and emulates a TPDD.

To use a real TPDD or TPDD2, you need the special cable that came with the drive, or a new cable that has the same electronics inside.

TPDD#Cable
https://github.com/bkw777/TPDD_Cable
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To use a TPDD server aka emulator, you need a normal Model_T_Serial_Cable.

Here are some of the major DOS's for Model T computers:

  • floppy - The official DOS that came with the TPDD
  • flopy2 - The official DOS that came with the TPDD2
  • TS-DOS - Commercial DOS from Travelling Software. Now free.
  • Tiny - A tiny DOS
  • Teeny - An even smaller version of Tiny, and the smallest DOS
  • DSKMGR - An early alternative DOS. One of the only things available for Kyotronic KC-85 and Olivetti M-10.
  • Power-DOS / Power-Disk - An early alternative DOS that is more full-featured and composed of a collection of several utilities, almost like a normal disk operating system like cp/m or ms-dos.
  • Disk+ - Commercial DOS option ROM from PCSG.
  • Disk Power - Commercial DOS from Ultrasoft Innovations. Requires original distribution disk to install.

(note) Not MS-DOS. The generic term for any disk operating system.