Subj : Wifi232 on a retro PC
To   : Karu
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Feb 13 2021 10:19 pm

  Re: Wifi232 on a retro PC
  By: Karu to All on Sat Feb 13 2021 09:05 pm

 > Hi folks,
 >
 > I've got a lovable old 386 box here that I'm using for BBSing and other
 > purposes by way of a wifi232 device (basically: wifi over serial, it
 > emulates
 > a modem and goes out via telnet).
 >
 > Something I've encountered is that a number of DOS terminal apps (so far,
 > ProComm Plus, Telix, QModemPro show this) attempt to be too smart by half
 > when it comes to "dialing" and not let you send arbitrary characters as
 > "numbers" to dial.
 >
 > For instance, to call into Vertrauen, you'd send the "modem" the command
 > ATDTvert.synchro.net:23. If this is done in terminal mode (communicating
 > directly with the modem), then all is well.
 >
 > However, if you try to use the phonebook function of these apps, then the
 > dial string gets mangled.

Maybe try removing the ":23" portion?

 > The only other app I've been able to use that behaves is Kermit, but I'm
 > really not a fan of its interface.
 >
 > Are there any other decent pure DOS bbs clients that work with "modems" but
 > don't try to be overly clever regarding what they're told to dial?

I have a Wifi232 adapter with modem emulation firmware that allows for phone number aliases (e.g. ATP"5551212=q-link.net:5190") and then you can enter just "5551212" in your dialing directory. Here are the docs for the wifi modem I'm talking about:
https://commodore.software/downloads/send/557-c64net-wifi/11471-c64net-wifi-firmware-3-1-docs

Maybe yours has a similar feature?
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