Hi everyone, I just joined the flock and I'm an Original Flavor owner of a 32 KB M100 when they were going for $399 (worth $964.98 today) in the mid-1980s, and now I can add nine more to my collection for that much in inflation-adjusted value! I would have waited for that price decrease, but then I wouldn't have gotten so much done writing code and docs whenever and wherever I wanted, long before the overly-expensive, poser, follow-on lap-crushers came along.
I'd greatly appreciate hearing anyone's experiences with serial-to-WiFi converters connecting their M100s to networks, and where they've found the best prices. Is it simply a matter of using TERM on the M100 set to a particular bit-rate, number of bits per character, parity, etc., and then connecting to another computer by specifying the IP address of the converter via a terminal program on the remote system, such as PuTTY, HyperTerm, etc.? I've heard that rechargeable batteries can be used in M100s by changing a resistor inside a unit, but I can't find any details about the value of the new resistor, which one it is on the PCB, etc. Also, is the resistor value dependent on which battery chemistry is involved (NiCd, NiMH, LiH, LiPoly, LiFePO4, etc.)? Thanks and All the Best, Jim KJ7JHE
