[Coco] RS232 to WiFi/Ethernet

[John W. Linville]

The WiFi232 from Paul Rickards has been available (on and off) for
some time. It seems to be getting wide support across a variety of
retro communities...

John

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 09:01:01AM -0600, Allen Huffman wrote:
> Well, heck. Sometimes it costs more to build than to buy.
> 
> AliExpress.com has many resellers offering a gadget that has an RS232 connector on one side, and Ethernet ports on the other, and built in WiFi. For about $13 you get the board, WiFi module and power supply. No case.
> 
> The software is controlled by serial or via a web interface. It does TCP and UDP as a client or server. No high level protocols, so implementing true telnet and such would require code. It is unclear if it can support multiplexing to use multiple connections at a time, which FTP would require.
> 
> Just search for "rs232 to WiFi" and you will find tons of them.
> 
> The advantage of the stuff I and Roger Taylor and others are playing with (ESp8266) is the easy to use alternate firmware that makes those devices act like a Hayes smartmodem. They are instantly compatible with BBS programs, Ultimaterm, etc.
> 
> I’m going to snag one of these $13 devices to play with and see how it goes.
> 
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