Hello again Jeff! Feel free to check out the websites for more details on either / both of these gadgets, they work great. Once you connect to your home WiFi (easy) then it’s a simple Hayes command to connect... the documentation is quite comprehensive.
If you’re still not sure after researching this a bit with the links provided earlier, I’d be happy to make a video of me connecting to something. And I do like the WiModem232 better since the screen is really helpful to see what the board is doing. Cheers, SB — Greetings from Steve Baker Gravity brings me down... > On Feb 20, 2021, at 5:23 PM, Jeff Gonzales <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How do you connect to remote BBS' with this? I have only done it with telnet > on a computer. How do AT commands work on wifi? Does the device have a SIM > card and, of so, are the remote BBS' still using modems?? > >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 4:54 PM Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >> The post you quoted showed how it's connected, so I don't know what you mean. >> >> Do you mean how do you connect to your wifi? Or how do you connect to a >> remote BBS? >> >> It's all done by AT commands described in the manual like any other modem. >> >>> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 11:21 AM Jeff Gonzales <[email protected]> wrote: >>> How does connectivity work for these devices? >>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:45 PM Steve Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Yep, exactly. I ordered two of this 25-pin M:M gender changer (one for my >>>> WiModem232 and one for the GuruModem, ‘cos I didn’t want to keep swapping >>>> them in and out). >>>> >>>> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00066HP5G/ >>>> >>>> Here are photos of both modems connected to my Tandy 102: >>>> >>>> https://imgur.com/a/e4BppYA >>>> >>>> (And it looks like I have a firmware update for the WiModem232, per the >>>> on-screen message… how fun!) >>>> >>>> Cheers and thanks, >>>> SB >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Greetings from Steve Baker >>>> “Gravity brings me down…” >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 12, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This thing helps with attaching the WiModem232 to a 100/200/NEC >>>>> https://github.com/bkw777/WiModem_to_100 >>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/hjoC3vnfZxWbFPRW6 >>>>> >>>>> The serial port on 102 is upside down, so you can't use this on 102, but >>>>> on 102 you can use a generic mini gender-changer. >>>>> The wimodem232 sticks straight out the back instead of up, but at least >>>>> the led and/or screen faces up. >>>>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=db25+mini+gender+changer+male >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> bkw >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:02 PM Steve Baker <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> 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.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: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 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>
