Subj : Retro wifi - Wyse WY-55 T
To   : Alek
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri Aug 14 2020 12:19:00

-=> Alek wrote to All <=-

 Al> Hello everyone,

 Al> I'm wondering if anyone will be able to assist me. I have in my
 Al> possession an Amber Phospher Wyse WY-55 Terminal unit, I've attempted
 Al> to connect it to the Simulant Wifi Modem but it doesn't work.

 Al> If anyone has any ideas on what I can do?

 Al> I've already changed the settings in the terminal to 1200 baud, but it
 Al> doesn't do anything. If I increase the baud, I get a different
 Al> combination of random letters and special charectors pop up when the
 Al> modem is powered on, but nothing useful.

 Al> Perhaps there's something I'm missing here.

What's your Wifi modem set for?  They are usually set for 300 BPS as default.

I have a VT320 that I use in a similar way.

When I tried it with my WiModem232
(https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.php?prod=WiModem232OLED), I could not get
it to work.  I finally gave up.  It's strange because that worked with every
vintage computer that I owned.

All the vintage computers used a straight through serial cable (sometimes
25-25, sometimes 25-9 pin).  I did try the null modem cable - just to verify
but no go.

I decided I needed another wifi modem, so I picked this one up
(https://www.tindie.com/products/theoldnet/serial-wifi-modem-for-vintage-computers/).
 This one worked with my VT320 right out of the box.

Now, this one was a little strange.  I had my VT320 hooked up to my Raspberry
PI 0 with an RS-232 HAT.  So I needed to use a null modem cable.  But that same
cable worked with the second wifi modem.


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