[NTLK] FujiNet for Newts in 2024?

[Doctor Clu]

Have a FujiNet on the original computer it was designed for, the Atari 
8-bit computers!

A great system, just plug into the connector (SIO) port and the device 
both has disk images you can select, and allows for wifi communication 
to other Atari servers.  I mostly use it for the disk images and for 
using with the term program to call BBSs.

As mentioned, a device that shows as a local store and does the heavy 
lifting of the wifi connection.

Could the Newton do this through a serial port or Compact Flash 
connection?  Well, just saying, the serial port would be easier to 
source for connector parts.  There have been various break out boxes for 
audio in and out and other functions, maybe it could work in the smarts 
of a FujiNet to allow for a micro SD card for storage?  That is what the 
FujiNet uses btw, a micro SD Card in FAT format to easily throw disk 
images onto.

Could be a fun addition to the Newton lineup.

Doc Clu / Greg


On 5/12/24 10:37 AM, craft.steve at gmail.com wrote:
> HI all. I purchased a (beta) FujiNet connector at VCF-East few weeks ago to
> use on my Macintosh Plus, would have bought one for my IIGS but they were
> sold out by the time I got to the table. Anyway, these are awesome. The
> retro computer has no idea it isn't using local storage but in reality it's
> communicating over WiFi to an image server. No more image swapping or doing
> anything on the retro hardware other than using the "local storage" it is
> already using.
>
>   
>
> Then it just hit me, why couldn't one of these go in a MessagePad/eMate in
> the CF slot? It would solve the modern problem of no network connectivity
> for safely saving notes and app data/interchange.
>
>   
>
> Those of you that know the Netwon platform hardware I/O capabilities, please
> comment?
>
>   
>
>   
>
> Thanks!
>
>   
>
>   
>
> https://fujinet.online/
>
> https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI
>
> https://discord.gg/7MfFTvD
>
>   
>
>  From their website:
>
> FujiNet is a multi-peripheral emulator and WiFi network device for vintage
> computers. The first completed hardware was for Atari 8-Bit computers and
> development has begun for other systems with the goal of supporting as many
> as possible. What sets FujiNet apart from other WiFi devices is the new
> Network Device (the N device, or NDEV). The N device allows vintage
> computers that do not have enough processing power to handle TCP/IP
> connections talk to the modern internet over WiFi. Virtual adapters have
> been created for many protocols including: TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, TNFS, HTTPS
> (SSL/TLS), SSH, TELNET, WebDAV and JSON parser.
>
>   
>
>   
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> https://newtontalk.net
> https://bitbang.social/@newtontalk
> https://twitter.com/newtontalk