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Several years ago I wrote everything I could find out about DOS and Wifi here:

http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/WiFi

If anybody finds out more about it, please give some feedback...


> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:07:35 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com>
> writes:
>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Dale E Sterner
>> <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote:
>>> I see that someone on Ebay is selling an HP mini
>>> with a FREEDOS os installed. All the HP minis that
>>> I've seen have wifi & bluetooth built in. That would
>>> mean an 802.11 client to do it. The ad doesn't
>>> mention wifi or bluetooth but every mini that I've seen
>>> has it.
>>
>> The machine may have the *hardware*.  Whether the hardware will be
>> *usable* will depend on software.
>>
>> MSDOS was written back before Wifi and Bluetooth *existed*.  FreeDOS
>> tries to be compatible with MSDOS, which means "support for what
>> existed when MSDOS was current."
>>
>> I would *not* expect Wifi or Bluetooth to be usable on the machine
>> in
>> FreeDOS, because the drivers don't exist.  If you want to use Wifi
>> or
>> Bluetooth on that hardware, you'll need to install another OS that
>> supports them.  (Depending on exactly which HP mini model it is,
>> there
>> might be a flavor of Linux that can do it.)
>> ______
>> Dennis
>>
>>
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Several years ago I
wrote everything I could find out about DOS and Wifi
here:</div><div><br></div><div><a 
href="http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/WiFi";>http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/WiFi</a></div><div><br></div><div>If
 anybody finds out more about it, please give some 
feedback...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote 
type="cite"><div><span></span><span>On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:07:35 -0400 
dmccunney &lt;<a 
href="mailto:dennis.mccun...@gmail.com";>dennis.mccun...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><span>writes:</span><br><blockquote
 type="cite"><span>On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Dale E Sterner 
</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>&lt;<a 
href="mailto:sunbeam...@juno.com";>sunbeam...@juno.com</a>&gt; 
wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>I see that someone on Ebay is selling an HP 
mini</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>with a FREEDOS os installed. All the HP minis 
that</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="ci
te"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've seen have wifi &amp; bluetooth built in. 
That would</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>mean an 802.11 client to do it. The 
ad doesn't</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>mention wifi or bluetooth but every 
mini that I've seen</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>has 
it.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The 
machine may have the *hardware*. &nbsp;Whether the hardware will 
be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>*usable* will depend on 
software.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>MSDOS 
was written back before Wifi and Bluetooth *existed*. 
&nbsp;FreeDOS</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tries to be c
ompatible with MSDOS, which means "support for 
what</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>existed when MSDOS 
was current."</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I would 
*not* expect Wifi or Bluetooth to be usable on the machine 
</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>FreeDOS, because the drivers don't exist. &nbsp;If you want 
to use Wifi </span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>or</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>Bluetooth on that hardware, you'll need to install another OS 
that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>supports them. 
&nbsp;(Depending on exactly which HP mini model it is, 
</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>there</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>might be a flavor of Linux that can do 
it.)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<span>______</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span>Dennis</span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote 
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type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>******************************************************&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><br><blockquote
 type="cite"><span>From Dale Sterner - MS organic 
chemistry</span><br></blockquote><span><a 
href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052";>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052</a></span><br><span>*******************************************************&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><br><span></span><br><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>The
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