WiFi RS-232 Modem
Searched the forum and didn't find any occurence of this, which I find quite interesting.
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I've seen it on Twitter. There are also pictures of the early versions of this RS232 WIFI modem.
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RS232 WiFi Modem.
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I was considering building a null modem over Ethernet adapter, something along the lines of the Plipbox. Only, it would connect 2 Amigas as if they were joined directly with a serial cable so would work in games that support a null modem connection.
It looks like this is something similar. Or could be hacked in that direction |
There's something called Parnet cable. It's fast and you can connect between two Amigas.
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I have (or will have as soon as a certain pair of Netgear FA411 cards turn up... ;) ) Ethernet on all my Amigas. That's fine for data transfer between machines but no use for non-workbench games that use a null modem cable.
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Received the kit last week and built it yesterday. Took about 15ish minutes to solder together. Works brilliantly and sooooo much better than the bulky Lantronix setup I was using. Will have a video review in the next week or so after some more testing on other platforms. |
Could it be self-powered via serial??
Thanks, McT |
@thgill
I look forward to your video review. Can you post it here as well? |
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However you could use the Amiga floppy drive port to provide power to it. |
Great WiFi232 modem review by AmigaLove.
https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=243 |
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For the more visually oriented kittens, Clint from Lazy Game Reviews has dedicated a full video to a review of the device which is also very much worth watching for anyone who's curious as to what the experience feels like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsS0E4G310Y |
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Unfortunately, it is next to impossible to purchase it, you have to be extremely lucky - I'm checking this web page nearly everyday, but it seems all the batches gets sold out really quickly. A pity there is no waiting queue :(
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I just use a raspberry pi zero for this.
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I use a laptop with a usb rs232 adapter + linux. Sure, those wifi modems are in a convenient package, but on the other hand, I always have my laptop with me/around me.
I understand there is a simple gui program to achieve this with Windows too. |
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What I have done in the past successfully is creating a PP connection via serial to an Amiga from a PC using Linux, so this ought to be similar. I don't know how that would work with terminal though, because what this thing does, i I am not wrong, is basically convert AT commands to telnet or something? That's the part I don't get. I know you could use a telnet client on Amiga, but I would not want to do that, I want to use NComm or something. |
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I gotta remember how to setup a PPP link now, and use a Zero to connect. Oh and finally figure out AmiTCP, because I refuse to use Miami ever again. Thanks idrougge! |
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