Awesome! Yep, I remember doing many ATDP connections back in the early days. In the video I only highlighted “at” for brevity and timing. Great stuff all around!
And thanks again to whoever posted about the book “Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language” by Mark J. Lorenzo, it’s a great read for sure! Cheers and thanks, SB — Greetings from Steve Baker Gravity brings me down... > On Feb 21, 2021, at 6:07 PM, Peter Vollan <dprogra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 >>>> >>
