[F256K] How to install your own Wifi Feather module

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Foenix Retro Systems: https://c256foenix.com/

00:00 Intro and motivation for wifi networking
01:51 Part 1 Firmware for ESP8266 Feather module
07:00 Part 2 Soldering everything
22:42 Part 3 Flashing the F256K kernel for wifi support
23:42 Part 4 Testing out the Wifi support
25:03 Closing thoughts

ESP8266 Feather Huzzah module from Adafruit:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3046

Foenix Wiki page on setting up the Wifi module:
https://wiki.c256foenix.com/index.php?title=F256_WiFi_Setup

Firmware (bin files) for ESP Slip Router for the Wifi module:
https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_slip_router

Firmware update tool (esptool) as a Python script:
https://github.com/espressif/esptool

(optional) Chocolatey for managing Windows packages, possible making it easier to install and manage Python and pyserial:
https://chocolatey.org/

Manual Python installs:
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Python for Windows releases:
https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

pyserial for communicating serially through USB, a python extension:
https://pypi.org/project/pyserial/
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(optional) CP210x Drivers download in case yours was as old as mine in your Windows installation:
https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers?tab=downloads

F256K and F256Jr latest firmware (flash content: kernel, superbasic, etc.)
https://github.com/FoenixRetro/f256-firmware

Tail Recursive YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pweingar
(which has another F256K wifi tutorial)

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