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ESP8266 AT Modem Emulator for ZX-Next core
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What is
This is a modem emulator to be installed into a Mister FPGA board.
It allows ZX-Next, or any other core that can use a serial port and expect an ESP8266 WiFi module, to connect to internet, as in the real machine with the WiFi module.
The modem emulator is a work in progress but has the basics and can be used with NXTel smoothly to connect with Next's Videotex sites.
Requisites
- A Mister complete system, you can get one from ManuFerHi for example.
- Internet connection through mister's ethernet or USB WiFi link.
- RetroWiki's ZXNext_Mister core running.
- SD Card or VHD boot file with the basic system distro.
Recommended
- Latest NXTel release. Versions under 1.0.0.251 may freeze.
Installation
SSH as root
user to your Mister an type or paste:
curl -kLs http://bit.ly/modemu-install | bash
That's all.
Usage
- Navigate to Mister's system menu, pressing
ESC
at the core's menu. - Select
Scripts
, andYes
to continue. - Select the
RetroWiki_Modemu_Start
script. This script knows how to install, run and update this modem emulator. PressENTER
to close the console when modemu is listening. - You can load ZXNext's core now and browse to
demos
. - Execute
NXTel
program and connect to any service.
Enjoy!