As an extension of what I did last year with regards to using wifi and mobile networks to access a TPDD, I made an improvement with some huge help from John H.
the latest incarnation of this experiment is as follows- The mobile end: my M100 setup: Model T <---> Bluetooth serial (BlueM) <--------------> (BT) Android phone with GetBlue app (wifi) the middle piece: a wifi / WAN/ LAN network <-------> [the network.....could be local or wide area ] <-----> the TPDD: my home LAN <----> raspberry PI running Laddie Alpha (modified) John kindly modified his LaddieAlpha software to listen to incoming TCP/IP sessions on whatever port desired, rather than an internal tty port. So this is now running fairly well. It could be a remote infinitely large TPDD that is online, and able to be "shared" so to speak. What it takes to do this: 1) a bluetooth dongle for the M100 (ebay) 2) an old android phone that has BT and wifi (gotta be almost any android) 3) GetBlue software to map BT serial onto TCP (25$) 4) modified NEWDOS (N502B5 is my "hack") To access the remote TPDD, I just 1) turn on the M100 - which powers up the BT adapter 2) start GetBlue on my phone - it automatically connects to both the M100 and the TPDD. with some work, it could probably be a TPDD server where incoming "calls" could get connected to a big shared TPDD. If anyone wants to access this for fun, let me know and I will punch a hole in my firewall. I don't have a permanent public IP address though, so I'd have to get that sorted. Thanks John for the custom code work!!!!!!!! Steve
