I've found the vintage-modern modem we all deserve, but perhaps never knew existed. This is a modded board which supports 115,200 baud via serial to the host, connecting upstream to modern 802.11 wifi.
Fond memories of my Hayes 14.4K of the same design, running on a Compaq 486DX2 50MHz. With an upgrade to 8MB of RAM it was fantastic on Borland Turbo C++ and Ultima VIII.. no gui, no worries. 🤗 Teenage me never wanted to disconnect.
- https://www.tindie.com/products/retromodem/wifi-retromodem-for-hayes-smartmodem/
