Hello Karen, turning back to your original question, there is a plenty of network chips freedos friendly, in order to know what chip is in your laptop you can use Astra http://www.sysinfolab.com/download.htm last version May 04, 2023, most popular network chip is Realtek RTL8111, RTL8168, RTL8169, RTL8136, etc; Intel E1000, E100; Atheros L1,L2, AR81XX, etc; VIA Velocity Gigabit, etc; Marvell Yukon; Broadcom B57, BX2, B44, etc; the list is very long. In my website you will find more information http://www.packetdriversdos.net one important advice is there not many modern packet driver, but using a "Shim" you can use ODI drivers or NDIS drivers working as packet drivers with small tweaks. In conclusion, many modern laptops are freedos friendly, even with 10th gen Intel Processors and more than 4gb of RAM, the only limitation is UEFI, if the laptop doesn't have CSM it is impossible to load Freedos.Good Luck
Enviado desde Yahoo Mail para Android El vie., 2 de jun. de 2023 a la(s) 5:04 p. m., Karen Lewellen<klewel...@shellworld.net> escribió: Hi folks, After having been on this list for years, although I not running freedos, I am considering a machine using the system alone. That machine would be a laptop, likely a p3 much as my desktops are, if unwise. My main serious concern is how freedos would access the Internet from such a machine. Its been a long time, but previously only a handful of cards could use Freedos and network, has this changed? If so, what laptop specific hardware can freedos access for accessing the Internet? Thanks, Karen _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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