Project Name: MSX HB-75D to the Network [MSX]
Project Owner: 0Disk
Project Start: 20.06.2022
Project Status: Finished
It took a while, but I successfully received a BaDCat Wifi modem. It should be an interesting feeling using a retro device in the home network and reaching other computers on the Internet. And yes, it is a really interesting feeling, i don't had this earlier.
Link to BaDCaT.
GitHub Link: https://github.com/andortizg/BaDCaT
Some pictures from the BaDCat Modem:
I "installed it" and .....what should i do... on the website i found a document about the configuration.
First of all we needed the bdterm.bin file and a telnet software (telnetf). After both was downloaded, and copied to the SD-Card under the bcw folder, both was ready to use with the SD 512 SD/MMC-512K Mapper cartridge.
Bdterm is the configuration file for the BaDCat Modem...
BDTERM
The bdterm.bin should used and loaded under the basic mode - so i "escaped" from the Nextor MSX-DOS.
>basic
>bload "a:\bcw\bdterm.bin",R
The command at+config do an initialisation for the modem.
Now a little setup.. SSID and password given, and we are connected. So easy was that..
The main menu:
The Wifi option lists all SSID in the area.
Some problems i found:
- I use hidden SSID, and the card is not support it.
- I was unable to connect to mobile hotspot, don't know why.
Now, things saved, reboot.
TELNET
The easiest way to test the modem is to connect to a BBS site. I try to connect to the sotanomsxbbs.org.
A:\>cd bcw
A:\>telnetf sotanomsxbbs.org 23
BBS asking for Ascii os Ansi - MSX1 used Ascii, MSX2 Ansi (as i know)
MS-DOS os UTF-8, i used MS-DOS..
MSX1 with 40 columns, no color.
A sort wideo about the connection: