Anthony,
Modems are a hit or miss affair at this point because the phone companies have
mostly gone to digital lines which messes with the modem signals. Some digital
services work great, some don't work at all. And if you are calling a modem
that is also on a digital service, then you have two different carries both
compressing the signal. The days of plain old telephone service have sadly past.
As far as getting your Model T on the internet, there are a couple of options.
I looked into the Lantronix UDS-10. Great little device and I almost bought
one. That will allow telnet connections through your Model-T. The downside is
you have to have a wired connection and power.
Second option is mComm. There is an Android and Microsoft Windows version and
they do work a little differently. The Android version works almost identical
to the Lantronix device. Load it onto your phone, attach the USB to serial
cable and turn on the 'Modem' service. Then you can telnet to a BBS with 'ATDT
url:port'. The windows version is a little different but I think you said you
have a Mac so I won't go into that, but it's in the manual.
If you want to connect to a BBS from a coffee shop, the Android version is your
best bet.
Others may know of another way to do this. It's a very helpful list.
The Android version also supports SSL connections with 'ATDS' instead of ATDT.
That allows for connecting to mail servers. I wrote a little sendmail program
to do this but I have not uploaded it yet. It's a hoot to send an email from a
30+ year old computer.
Kurt
On Monday, December 5, 2016 5:18 AM, Anthony Coghlan <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello, everyone, and hope you’re all well wherever you are in the world. Been
a long time since I’ve chimed in, and my last time, I had e-mail issues at the
same time and didn’t get to respond timely - which probably made me seem
terribly unappreciative and rude. So, I apologize for that. I follow with
great interest and find the discussions here immensely interesting and helpful.
I have so many questions that you’ll have to forgive the long train of thought
below… Feel free to address any part of it.
Like many of us, I would love to use my Model 100 (or newly acquired Model 200)
to connect to the Internet, preferably wirelessly. I know this topic has come
up numerous times over the years, but new and inexpensive technologies arise
regularly to supplement tried and true methods and perhaps achieve more than
was possible before, at least at modest cost. Wanted to get thoughts on a
couple of options.
First, what I have and haven’t been able to do:* At home, have been able to
connect to various dial-up BBS through an old Hayes Accura 2400, including
Simnet which aims to be a dialup Telnet gateway. Some luck, but not a lot of
experimentation yet. Oddly, haven’t been able to just connect through the
built-in 300 baud modem; always seems to end up disconnecting before I can do
much. Maybe 300 baud is too slow for these BBS, and I get kicked off or don’t
manage to negotiate the connection correctly?
* Have been able to connect through Bluetooth and serial cable to my 2009 iMac
which in turn is connected to my home WiFi. However, I want to be able to roam
around the house connected by WiFi to various Telnet sites, or hunker down in
the local coffee shop and do the same if possible. I don’t want to use the
Mx00 just as a keyboard to my iMac.
Now the many questions:(1) Assuming I were to connect in the typical coffee
shop, could I even log in to “accept” their connection, since most public
places offering free WiFi require clicking on an option in a Web page?
(2) Lantronix UDS-10 or UDS-200 (twin port) as serial modem, then maybe an
Ethernet WiFi link: has anyone done it this way? Seems like a lot of gadgets
(and somewhat pricey) to get this to work, though I like what I’ve seen of the
UDS-10’s capabilities for connecting to Ethernet.
(3) Lantronix WiBox or similar: has anyone connected Mx00 to the Internet this
way? Relatively higher cost (and harder to find).
(4) Arduino-intended options: e.g., ESP8266 Web Server Serial ESP-13E Shield
Wifi Board for Arduino
http://www.ebay.com/itm/192043176247?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI192043176247.N36.S1.R1.TR3
or even just ESP-01 Serial Wi-Fi Wireless Module + Adapter Module Compatible
for
Arduinohttp://www.ebay.com/itm/152329888843?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I like Arduino and experiment with it regularly, but is there any reason
(voltage levels, interfacing, etc.) that the Arduino would need to be involved
with these options, or could one interface a Mx00 directly to these and
configure the connection to work (perhaps needing to set parameters on the
board first through a “modern” PC, but then just connecting the Mx00)?
Thanks - greatly appreciate any thoughts on this topic…
Best wishes,Anthony
