From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   Paul,   
      
   Are you aware of the WiFi232?   
      
   I would never have described the WiFi232 anything like you're describing   
   your modem, especially the EBCDIC part.  But I can see how someone   
   /might/ describe the WiFi232 like you are describing your ""modem.   
   Especially if they weren't aware of the WiFi232.   
      
   TL;DR:  The WiFi232 is a serial device that pretends to be a modem and   
   interprets standard Hays commands to establish a connection to a remote   
   Internet connected system converting the connection to serial data.   
      
   Ostensibly the WiFi232 is meant to appear to be a modem for and to a   
   retro computer while actually being a contemporary 802.11 WiFi client to   
   establish Internet connections.   
      
   The WiFi232 also happens to be a little bit larger than a small match   
   box.  It's definitely smaller than a large match box.   
      
   The WiFi232 is also a full (low power) computer and significantly   
   smarter and more capable than a lowly modem that it pretends to be.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Grant. . . .   
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