[GreenKeys] OT a bit: USB TTY RS232 modem to wifi

[Harold Hallikainen]

>  John,
> Â  Thanks for sharing that. Wow!I remember the days of dial up BBS and
> MUDs and MOOs.I had no idea people still did that.What is next? People
> using teletype machines?Sounds crazy but it could happen right? lol
> I heard about another project. (sorry I forget the name) where the intent
> was to write a software emulatorthat could emulate the microprocessors
> used for old games like PAC MAN, Asteroids, Space Invaders....etc.The idea
> was to be able to run the original machine code that these games used
> without cross compiling the source code.Sorry if I'm talking too deep in
> the weeds.What this means is run binary code written for old hardware that
> no longer exists on modern hardware.
> -Steve
>     On Saturday, August 7, 2021, 11:05:44 PM EDT, John
> <john at tubetestingpros.com> wrote:

When I got my first MS-DOS machine (a 286 to replace the Cromemco Z80
machine), I ran z80mu (
http://www.hehlhans.de/bilder/euroz80/download/Z80MU.pdf ) on the 286.
With that, I ran dBase II and our inventory control program. Also ran
cross assemblers for the Motorola 6800 and 6805 (early microcontroller).

archive.org has a flash emulator so you can run flash content without
having Flash.

That Wifi RS232 adapter is interesting. If you could set it to 45.45 bps,
I wonder if it could pass hand typed Baudot. The most significant bits
would be 1, just looking like a long stop bit. It would not be able to
handle "tape speed" baudot unless it was indeed set to 5 bits per
character.

Harold



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