Fantastic, welcome Jim! I’m pretty new around here too, just got my first T102 late-spring and have been having a blast. This community is nothing short of amazing and I learn stuff every single day.
> 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.? Regarding Serial-to-WiFi connections, I have both of these (they both should work on the M100): https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.php?prod=WiModem232OLED <https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.php?prod=WiModem232OLED> https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/store/#!/Gurumodem/p/134166147/category=28313042 <https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/store/#!/Gurumodem/p/134166147/category=28313042> The first is the WiModem232 and the second is the GuruModem. I love them both in different ways, but usually use WiModem because of the screen (it’s really fun to use). The GuruModem has a microSD card slot but I haven’t learned how to receive or send files to/from the onboard storage. When I figure that out, I might use it a lot more. Both of them generally operate the same way, using an expanded Hayes command set to get out and about. Yep we use Term, set the stat as appropriate, and then issue the atdt domain.com <http://domain.com/>:port command to connect (IP addresses work too). Cmds like ati (information), at*b (set baud rate), ath (hangup), etc. are pretty well documented. > 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.)? Regarding the use of rechargeable batteries, quite honestly I’ve only used rechargeable batteries since I got my first T102 (OK thus far). This probably won’t help but someone posted technical bulletins for the Model 200 on installing a nicad upgrade (I uploaded copies of these to my files area in Club100); not sure if that’d work for the M100. Cheers and have a great weekend, SB -- Greetings from Steve Baker “Gravity brings me down…” > On Jan 9, 2021, at 1:28 PM, Jim Manley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.? > > > > Thanks and All the Best, > Jim KJ7JHE >
