Get your vintage computer connected to BBS’s and more! It can act as a Modem, PPP ISP or a SLIP Ethernet adapter!
Video: [Wayback/Archive] Wireless MS-DOS Networking using a Serial Port and an ESP8266! – YouTube
Via [Wayback/Archive] Jilles Groenendijk on Twitter: “RS232 Serial Wifi Modem for Vintage Computers V4 from The Old Net on Tindie”
In the mean time, more videos on it have appeared, for instance from [Wayback/Archive] Action Retro – YouTube:
- [Wayback/Archive] Easy WiFi for Vintage Macs with TheOldNet Serial WiFi Modem – YouTube (Action Retro seems to have a zip-tie fetish; I’d prefer Velcro which is actually a 1940s Swiss invention, contrary to the 1960s NASA invention many still think it is)
- [Wayback/Archive] Best Option for Apple ][ Modern Networking? – YouTube
Of these last two videos, the first also linked to this picture of converter tables, including 9-pin D-sub RS-232 to mini-DIN-8 apple serial (which could be switched between RS-232 and RS-422 mode): [Wayback/Archive] upload_4705.png (880×1874). It is referenced only from a few places:
