IMO, ISA is a better option for truly vintage machines. I think if someone combined the ideas PiModem/Wifi232, Pi Virtual Floppy [0], and ISA8019 [2] (which is an NE2000!), then that would be the ideal. An ISA card powered by a Pi Zero W that could emulate a Floppy/HDD/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM and provide 1000BaseT Ethernet and/or WiFi would be a super card. Doing BaseT or WiFi transparently in SW like Dr. Baker did showed could be done in the Pi Virtual Floppy would be awesome.
[0] https://www.smbaker.com/raspberry-pi-virtual-floppy-for-isa-pc-xtat-computers [1] https://github.com/Manawyrm/ISA8019 On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 2:03 PM <andrea...@tiscali.it> wrote: > Hi! Eric > as for the wi-fi I have solved the problem in an empirical way: I have > long bought > > a TP-Link TPL-MR3020 mini router which detects available wireless > networks and which > > has an ethernet port to which I can connect my laptop . > > It also has the possibility to connect - on the move - an internet key. > > The only problem is that to configure it and to detect the networks I need > a win or linux browser because with LINKS - which I use in dos -it is > obviously not possible. > > regards > andrea > > Il 18.03.2021 13:55 Eric Auer ha scritto: > > Hi! > > Am just wondering if this is the current status, or some old comment: > "Wireless devices connected via USB can not yet be used with FreeDOS." ( > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/WiFi) > > This meant "USB dongles which serve as WiFi or Bluetooth modems > have no DOS drivers" and is still the case as far as I know: > > In rare cases, DOS drivers for PCMCIA WiFi modems have existed. > For current computers, the recommended workaround would be to > use an external WiFi to LAN converter, as it is much easier to > find LAN style wired network drivers for DOS. > > Similarily, I would expect Bluetooth to serial port converter > modules to work reasonably well with DOS: Those tend to have a > modem-style command system to control them and actually serial > interfaces between microcontrollers and Bluetooth modules are > widespread. It is slow enough to be useful even if not connected > by for example a faster SPI bus. Of course you would still need > a converter for RS232 signal levels. Combined products may exist. > Also, DOS users tend to have modem command skills and dialup tools. > > Maybe people here could talk about their experiences with specific > brands of WiFi LAN gateways or Bluetooth RS232 adapters in DOS :-) > > Regards, Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing > listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > Con Tiscali Mobile Smart 30 4G hai minuti illimitati, 100 SMS e 30 Giga in > 4G a soli 8,99€ al mese. http://tisca.li/smart30 > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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