Re: Terminal emulation with DOS
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, James Dietrich wrote:
> Sorry if this post is a litte off-topic. I am trying to set up an old
> DOS laptop as a terminal to my FreeBSD firewall/nat box. Has anyone
> come across good (read: free) terminal emulation software for DOS? If
> so could you point me in the right direction?
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If you don't need DOS on the laptop (or maybe you put DOS on because its a
very old slow system that wont do windows..) I suggest you put an old copy
of FreeBSD (2.2 would do) onto it.
I have an old Toshiba T5100/100 (25MHz 386DX, 4MB RAM, 120MB HD) with no
expansion slot so I cant put a network card in it. So I connect the serial
port to my gateway and use ppp to make a network connection over the
serial cable. Then, I can telnet to anywhere I want from the laptop. It
runs FreeBSD-2.0, but I've been meaning to upgrade :) The main advantage
of this setup is the fact that FreeBSD has virtual consoles, so you can
telnet to different machines in different windows. Its a great job for an
otherwise useless piece of equipment.
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Re: Terminal emulation with DOS
On Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003, at 19:23 US/Pacific, James Dietrich wrote: Sorry if this post is a litte off-topic. I am trying to set up an old DOS laptop as a terminal to my FreeBSD firewall/nat box. Has anyone come across good (read: free) terminal emulation software for DOS? If so could you point me in the right direction? You mean for serial connection? Kermit, Qmodem, Procomm, Crosstalk... start with those and you can Google up a bunch more, I'm sure. KeS ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
