Am 01.08.2014 um 14:23 schrieb Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr:
That's a question to those of you who happen to still keep an oldish
hardware machine dedicated to DOS tasks...
How do you transfer files between your main computer and your
FreeDOS-powered machine ?
Myself, I haven't found any really creative solution so far, and rely on
one of these:
- using the DOS port of SCP (this works both ways, but not very
user-friendly)
- putting files on my gopher server, and fetching them from my DOS PC
using a gopher client (works only if I need to copy files TO the DOS
workstation, but not the other way around)
This is always a good question. :-)
My oldish machine is a Compaq Contura Aero from 1994. When it wasn't quite so
oldish I used to transfer files over the LPT parallel port with a software
called winlink. (Despite of its name there was a Windows 3.1 AND a DOS
version of it.) It's comparable to laplink or filemaven. (Who created these
names by the way? ;-).)
It came also with a 3,5 floppy drive connected over a PCMCIA adapter (which
doesn't work on other computers PCMCIA slots).
Now floppies and LPT parallel ports are history.
In the end, the 16bit PCMCIA slot of the Contura Aero turned out to be the best
way to connect to modern machines. There are still 16bit PCMCIA network cards
available. My favorite is the D-Link DFE-670TXD, which comes with a packet
driver for DOS.
So that means networking. And of course this opens a lot of ways to exchange
files, even for FreeDOS :-)
For me, the most exotic ways was IPXCOPY. See:
http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/25743826/
Normally I set up a DOS FTP server and then make a connection with a FTP client
on my main computer (which is a mac BTW). First I used some freeware called
EZNOS2, but it didn't work reliable for me. Then I found a company called
Datalight, who are still distributing their ftpd program for non-commercial
use. For details see:
http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/20246025/
FreeDOS now comes with the FTP server from Michael B. Brutmans mTCP apps, which
is robust, reliable and Free Software. So this is the way to go for me,
whenever I like to startup FreeDOS and exchange files. (Although I do this in a
virtual machine most of the time and leave the Compaq Contura Aero in the
basement... ;-))
kind regards
Uli
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