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as I managed to install your firmware on the esp8266 dev board I use, but normally use the sub-etha firmware from above , it should work in reverse too, you may need to rewire some flow control pins though (I can't remember if the sub-etha firmware has it's source code, so most likely cannot change ...

There could be a number of reasons for this.I would suggest trying to click the attachments section and adding by browsing. when dragging a file, this is all that happens.

Hi, I finally got around to testing the firmware on my modem, it does indeed work , but without flow control (I guess they used different pins). I didn't get any issues connecting at 300 or 1200 to the BBS I connected to, I guess the suggestion above about certain BBS's having some limitations is mo...

Interestingly, I noted your firmware is for the 8266. The firmware I use is for the 8266 too, so in theory I could load it except I may have a different pinout for the flow control pins. when I get a few mins, I'll load up that firmware and give it a go. I'm just using one of these https://subethaso...

Hi, To simplify this, your 'wifimodem' isn't a modem in a traditional sense. it is a 'computer' that is connecting to the internet, this computer passes it's data via serial. I will call this computer B. the QL is computer A. in a traditional modem setup, computer B would be miles away and the speed...

the issue where you changed to 9600, then saved it, it seems to me , you did not then change the baud of the terminal too. this is why you then saw the output from the modem after hard resetting it, as I believe the modem will then default to 1200 Baud and the ONLY way you'd see the display on the s...

I too have a copy of gwiltpprogs.info from about dec 2023

Derek, I have made a few of those. I found the 3.5 firmware not to work. I use the 3.4 and it works great. Another pitfall was finding a genuine MAX232. I bought some MAX232 based converters from china (thankfully socketed) and the MAX232 was running hot. I also got some random characters after a wh...

The tool you asked about is
https://github.com/Digitoxin1/DiskImageTool
I used this to sanity check my hex editing, however it has a 'boot sector' hex editor built in along with some other useful tools.

This is just showing what the settings are (hopefully). I copied as many settings as I could from the manual.