Possibly a stupid question...

[JohnBuell]

Someone posted to a Facebook group I'm a member of for "classic computers" very early this morning, putting forward the idea of somehow using the EyeFi cards (SD compatible memory with small wireless transmitters) to create a wireless network adapter for classic computers. I've been thinking about his post, and I wonder if there's possibly a way to do just that, only instead of reading/writing to virtual disks (as SDrive and similar do right now), wouldn't it have to go through a virtual serial device? The base model card seems to be selling for US$50, and includes 4 GB for an SDHC interface. Now granted, it looks like the way you set it up is to give it your wireless network key, which it stores in its flash memory just for the wi-fi portion, and then it can send/receive to a linked computer. But I'd think, especially since it comes with a USB reader, that there must be a way to change that into full 2-way communication to your wireless router, thus bypassing the "linked computer"?

 

Thoughts?

[sloopy]

i setup a wireless sio2pc for someone. i used a bluetooth adaptor and a regular serial sio2pc cable, without the voltage conversion, and stuck it in a A8 brown cart...

 

worked fine up to about 20', but i didnt test it any farther...

 

 

sloopy.

[JohnBuell]

i setup a wireless sio2pc for someone. i used a bluetooth adaptor and a regular serial sio2pc cable, without the voltage conversion, and stuck it in a A8 brown cart...

 

worked fine up to about 20', but i didnt test it any farther...

 

 

sloopy.

 

So something like any of the micro Bluetooth/USB adapters you can get online for about $10? How would you do file to file transfer though, or did you basically set it up as Bluetooth for Atari with keyboard and mouse?

[sloopy]

i setup a wireless sio2pc for someone. i used a bluetooth adaptor and a regular serial sio2pc cable, without the voltage conversion, and stuck it in a A8 brown cart...

 

worked fine up to about 20', but i didnt test it any farther...

 

 

sloopy.

 

So something like any of the micro Bluetooth/USB adapters you can get online for about $10? How would you do file to file transfer though, or did you basically set it up as Bluetooth for Atari with keyboard and mouse?

 

you would use one of those on the laptop, this was a small board for making serial connections. It was SIMILAR to this board from SparkFun (do not try this specific one, as it wont work). I looked into making a few of these 'wireless sio2pc' setups, but the board i used was $120USD, and was a discontinued product, and didnt have the money, nor find a supplier to be able to sell them.

 

(if anyone is interested in one for themselves, contact me via IM here on AA. I will try to find another solution)

 

sloopy.