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

[blakespot]

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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[giZmo350]

Blake, that is awesome on the Apple IIC! I have a pristine Apple IIC setup and haven't been able to do much with it. I'm definitely interested in one of these. BTW, I bought an Apple IIC Floppy Emulator Model B some time back https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ but for the life of me can't get going. Are you familiar with these Blake? If so, maybe could I PM you sometime for some help with it? Many thanks to Paul Rickards for this cool WiFi232 device!

Thanks for the post Blake!

[amyren]

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?

[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.

[amyren]

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.

I was thinking that this had similar features as the plipbox, exept for that this use serial port instead of paralell port, and wifi instead of wired ethernet. And this had the same functionallity as other serial-to-ethernet converters, that enables you to connect to your local network or the internet.
But I guess that for internet, the plipbox might be a better option.