Re: [Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?
Karen Lewellen wrote: Personally I'd go for the D-Link DFE-670TXD (ethernet adapter) which is available at Ebay at the moment and an Orinoco Gold Card (wifi adapter) which I didn't try yet, but which is supposed to work with DOS. Depending of what is available, cable ethernet or wireless Wi-Fi, you may switch the cards in your 16-bit PCMCIA slot. Fantastic! will go a hunting. Side note: ORiNOCO Gold / Silver adapters only support weak WEP encryption. WPA2 encryption is a must nowadays, but there is no DOS-compatible adapter for this. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?
Hi Karen, Karen Lewellen wrote: it is indeed a 560 series 2640-foe which seems to mean just a 560, there is no additional letter given. I visited the wifi and will hunt for one of these cards then. but I suppose there is a chance that I might not actually find a wireless network where I need it, making the Ethernet adapter perhaps a good thing to have? Personally I'd go for the D-Link DFE-670TXD (ethernet adapter) which is available at Ebay at the moment and an Orinoco Gold Card (wifi adapter) which I didn't try yet, but which is supposed to work with DOS. Depending of what is available, cable ethernet or wireless Wi-Fi, you may switch the cards in your 16-bit PCMCIA slot. Both cards should come with a packet driver (the driver for orinoco card can be found at: http://www.szivarvanynet.hu/download/radionet/Drivers/Avaya/Dos/ The installation of a packet driver is described at: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=Networking_FreeDOS_-_Packet_driver_installation Afterwards you have to install the networking application you need. For instance, you can do your email with Pegasus and your websurfing with Arachne. Of course choosing DOS as a platform for your daily work means to choose the way DOS works. That means: Not (much) multitasking, not (much) WYSIWYG. Memory is a big issue, as all programs need to fit into the 640 KB (plus UMBS plus HIMEM) window that DOS programs can use. On the other hand, small is beautiful. ;-) regards Uli I suppose I could set up both and just change the adapter? Where would I find the one you suggested, since I would rather have both options than just one. Also, now that I know I could do wireless in theory, which freedos is the install I require? Thanks, Karen On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, uhan...@mainz-online.de wrote: Hi Karen I want to use a wireless pc card adapter, if possible? if so, can anyone recommend any brands for this? The answer depends of your hardware: - The Thinkpad 560 and 560E have a 16bit PCMCIA slot, which means there are only 802.11b network cards available with a bandwidth of 11 Mbps. - The 560X and 560Z have a 32bit cardbus slot, so they support the 802.11g standard with 54 Mbps bandwidth or even 802.11n with 300 Mbps. If you have a Thinkpad 560 or 560E, don't worry: ;-) As far as I know, FreeDOS only works with 802.11b adapters anyway. Look in our wiki for more info: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=WiFi If you could live with wired internet, I can recommend the 16bit D-Link DFE-670TXD PC-Card with a 10/100 Mbps ethernet adapter. It comes with packet drivers, ndis and odi drivers so you can do any networking, that FreeDOS can do. If you have a Thinkpad 560X or 560Z and need a fast wireless network connection, you might want to give Linux a try. regards Ulrich -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?
Hi there, Sorry to be a touch late with my answer but I wanted to confirm the hardware meaning extra eyes. it is indeed a 560 series 2640-foe which seems to mean just a 560, there is no additional letter given. I visited the wifi and will hunt for one of these cards then. I am honestly not sure which is best. I will not use this laptop much, I do not think? and have a pcmci regular us robotics modem that would I guess predate the one you referenced, both being wired though. What is leaning me towards the wireless is having to skip a conference once because I would not have wired incident which was needful for the meeting. I take it though that your suggesting would let me use dsl, if I had it, in my house or where ever else there might be a dsl modem like those provided in a hotel? forgive if this seems like a mega newbie question, but I suppose there is a chance that I might not actually find a wireless network where I need it, making the Ethernet adapter perhaps a good thing to have? I suppose I could set up both and just change the adapter? Where would I find the one you suggested, since I would rather have both options than just one. Also, now that I know I could do wireless in theory, which freedos is the install I require? Thanks, Karen On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, uhan...@mainz-online.de wrote: Hi Karen I want to use a wireless pc card adapter, if possible? if so, can anyone recommend any brands for this? The answer depends of your hardware: - The Thinkpad 560 and 560E have a 16bit PCMCIA slot, which means there are only 802.11b network cards available with a bandwidth of 11 Mbps. - The 560X and 560Z have a 32bit cardbus slot, so they support the 802.11g standard with 54 Mbps bandwidth or even 802.11n with 300 Mbps. If you have a Thinkpad 560 or 560E, don't worry: ;-) As far as I know, FreeDOS only works with 802.11b adapters anyway. Look in our wiki for more info: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=WiFi If you could live with wired internet, I can recommend the 16bit D-Link DFE-670TXD PC-Card with a 10/100 Mbps ethernet adapter. It comes with packet drivers, ndis and odi drivers so you can do any networking, that FreeDOS can do. If you have a Thinkpad 560X or 560Z and need a fast wireless network connection, you might want to give Linux a try. regards Ulrich -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?
Hi Karen I want to use a wireless pc card adapter, if possible? if so, can anyone recommend any brands for this? The answer depends of your hardware: - The Thinkpad 560 and 560E have a 16bit PCMCIA slot, which means there are only 802.11b network cards available with a bandwidth of 11 Mbps. - The 560X and 560Z have a 32bit cardbus slot, so they support the 802.11g standard with 54 Mbps bandwidth or even 802.11n with 300 Mbps. If you have a Thinkpad 560 or 560E, don't worry: ;-) As far as I know, FreeDOS only works with 802.11b adapters anyway. Look in our wiki for more info: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=WiFi If you could live with wired internet, I can recommend the 16bit D-Link DFE-670TXD PC-Card with a 10/100 Mbps ethernet adapter. It comes with packet drivers, ndis and odi drivers so you can do any networking, that FreeDOS can do. If you have a Thinkpad 560X or 560Z and need a fast wireless network connection, you might want to give Linux a try. regards Ulrich -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
