yah that's awesome. the little internal power supply may handle 100mA, not sure. To be safe I would take a pin or two on the RS-232 and connect straight to power input side of the DC/DC converter on the M100. that way - no external usb supply needed.
On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Scott Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > I knew I should have worked on making this thing when i first heard of the > esp8266. heh. oh well... one less thing for me to make. > > It really is a very simple device... ESP8266 + RS232 line level converter + > firmware on the ESP. > > -s > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Jim Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just saw on YouTube... Lazy Game Reviews doing a review of the Wifi232 >> serial port - wifi adapter. >> >> He used it to connect to a list of BBSes. >> >> It's claimed to work with all kinds of old computers... including the >> M100. >> >> >> Here's a link to the video, and to the website of the guy who makes it: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsS0E4G310Y >> >> http://biosrhythm.com/?page_id=1453 >> >> Also included is a link to telnet BBSes... >> >> http://telnetbbsguide.com/ >> >> >> Soon as he gets some in, I'm going to get one... or two... or three... >> > > > > -- > Scott Lawrence > [email protected]
