Using WiFi232 Internet Modem on Amiga 1000 (and others) - blog/video

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Users of pretty much any vintage computer, including Amiga, may be interested in the WiFi232 device that bridges the serial port to WiFi for BBS "dialup." I wrote a blog post about these devices and my Amiga 1000 is featured most prominently as a demo machine, and so I thought folks here might find the post and video interesting.

Blog post: http://www.bytecellar.com/2017/05/30/the-wonderful-wifi232-bbsing-has-literally-never-been-easier/

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I've got two of these units (~$45 USD) and they're amazing fun.



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[blakespot]

I presume that it can be used with eg. miami or similar and get full internet access,that it's not only for connecting via a termninal program?

The device, with its custom firmware, presents itself as a Hayes modem sitting on the serial port of the host computer. Insofar as a dialup modem can be used to connect to the Internet,  this can be. And that would be, I suppose, PPP or SLIP dialup -- which is not very practical or what you're looking for, I think.

The goal of the creator here was to create a modem that "dials" out to the internet.