ATDT stands for attention, Dial, Tone (with P meaning Pulse), so I too was quite surprised that AT commands worked that way.
On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 13:32, Steve Baker <stevebake...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hiya Jeff, > > I use the Terminal program in my Tandy 102… once I set the Stat correctly > (baud rate, etc.) and then hit F4 for Term, then I’m connected to the > gadget and the gadget is connected to the Internet. > > From there, I simply type: atdt URL:port to connect to whatever you want > to hit (for me, mostly FTP and Telnet sites, recreating the BBS glory days > of the 80s and early 90s). Pretty fun and easy. > > Earlier today I made a quick video that might show a little bit of what > you’re asking about. Again, nothing new on the Model T, just use the stock > Terminal program; the RS232 modem does the work. > > https://youtu.be/m_IKzoesVG4 > > Hope this helps, thanks! > SB > > > -- > Greetings from Steve Baker > “Gravity brings me down…” > > > > On Feb 21, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Jeff Gonzales <gonzobra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So would you still use the built-in terminal or is there an actual telnet > client available for the m100 now? > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 1:58 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 2/20/21 5:22 PM, Jeff Gonzales wrote: >> > How do you connect to remote BBS' with this? I have only done it with >> > telnet on a computer. How do AT commands work on wifi? Does the >> > device have a SIM card and, of so, are the remote BBS' still using >> > modems?? >> >> The remote side is a telnet server running bbs software. You can telnet >> to it using any telnet client. >> >> On the client side, the device connects to wifi, not the cell network, >> so no sim card. >> >> And the device is essentially a telnet client, meaning the device does >> the tcp/ip and the telnet protocol with the telnet server, just like how >> a regular modem does all the v.42bis handshaking and error correction >> and compression with the other modem. >> >> You control the device with AT commands, both to get connected to wifi >> and to "dial" some telnet server. >> >> How exactly the AT commands work is what the manual is for. You just use >> them the same as with any other modem. There's commands to list all wifi >> networks in the area, supply a password to join a network, set static IP >> settings or dhcp, even to control the led. The ATDT command accepts an >> ip or hostname and tcp port number like "hostname:port" instead of a >> phone number. >> https://www.cbmstuff.com/downloads/wimodem/wimodem232_manual.pdf >> >> Every modem ever made had it's own special AT commands for various >> functions. This is no different. >> >> -- >> bkw >> >> >
