WiFi modem for all Amigas?
I recently released the WiModem for the Commodore 8 bit computer (see: http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58889)
I have had a couple of people ask if I would make a version for the Amiga. I took a look and it would be fairly easy to make a version for the Amiga that plugged into the serial port (via DB25). It could be powered by the Amiga. This would give you a WiFi modem that you could use to "dial" up BBS's. We are doing that now with the C64. I am not sure how many Amiga BBS's are out there right now. There are dozens for the C64. Is there any interest in this? |
Sounds good.
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Definitely yes!!! Your C64 WiModem is great!! It's always good to have some new hardware available.
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Yes!
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It would mainly be interesting if it spoke SLIP or PPP.
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The price would be the same as the C64 version. The baud rate of the device can be up to 1 Mbps, but the Amiga can't handle that speed.
It would be a serial only type of device, but it could support UDP and other types of connections if I learned how those worked. |
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http://lallafa.de/blog/amiga-projects/plipbox/ https://github.com/cnvogelg/plip2slip |
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Jim Drew: don't overcomplicate (and risk never finishing) the card by listening to weird requests. If it does what the C64 one does it'd be really cool. |
My opinions:
1) the c-64 wifi modem should have had a 6551 for reasonable transfer rates and plugged to the cartridge port 2) the amiga wifi modem should look like a plipbox and connect to the parallel port It seems I'm not in the target group for either device due to my incorrect opinions. Nevertheless, they would be good if they were like that. Now they're just ok. |
I would love this for Amiga! I am enjoying the WiModem for C64 and BBSs on the Amiga would be fantastic, given the faster speed, 80 columns, etc.
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2. I seem to recall, but I could be wrong, that the same is true of the Amiga. Most of the terminals that I used worked with the serial device modems. This is a great device for it's intended purpose and makes it dead simple to connect to BBSs and telnet servers. And for the price it is an excellent deal. |
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A basic Amiga can do around 19200bps over the serial port, ok for text use, rather tedious for downloading files. Definitely better than the 2400/9600 you get with the C-64's user port. But hey, no-one's forcing me to buy either product, power to you if they are useful to you. I want max speed. |
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I seem to recall there was a faster serial.device driver that allowed 38400 baud on a stock A500?
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The wifi modem could have a cart port pass through and DIP SW selectable IO range. |
JimDrew: As a buyer of the WiModem for the 64. Oh, yes. Getting money ready. :)
I'll be able to use my RIP term again. hahaha! If I could find it that is. |
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http://aminet.net/package/comm/misc/8n1 http://aminet.net/package/comm/misc/New8n1 http://aminet.net/package/comm/misc/bband14a http://aminet.net/package/comm/misc/ArtSer37_6 The bugs and performance likely improved in later versions of the AmigaOS so I don't know how relevant they would be today. Would it be possible to allow a WiFi "null modem" connection between 2 Amigas for games like Stunt Car Racer, Lotus II/III, Falcon, Skidmarks, Alien Breed 3D, etc.? |
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Alternatives I know of are 8n1.device & baudbandit.device. I wrote about using a Raspberry PI 1/2 to add serial internet access to my A4000/030: http://c0dedbad.co.uk/raspberrypi-amiga-ppp/ |
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Real users get one of these ;) http://store.go4retro.com/x-pander-3...port-expander/ |
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