This isn't strictly a DOS solution, but I installed XDENU on a
386-16 with 4 MB RAM for the very reason you are describing.
It is a Linux distribution which was developed to use old
computers as X terminals in a university network. It comes in
several flavors - one of which is a UMSDOS (Unix under MS-DOS)
version that you can install on a hard drive. I use a floppy
version that bypasses the OS on the hard drive altogether.
It took me some time to get my server and client straight - since
some people refer to the 386 as the X server while others do it
the other way around. In practice, it was prett y slow using the
386-16 and the Pentium 100 running Netscape in Linux. My guess
is that more memory and a faster CPU on the Linux would have
helped a lot. BTW, this works with VGA on the 386, a VGA driver
is available - and it didn't look half bad.
Since my application was running a browser, I just scrapped the
idea and went back to running Arachne or telnetting in and running
Lynx. Both are reliable and straightforward. Arachne uses the
available Ethernet drivers and I used Xdenu for the disk based
unix to Telnet in for Lynx. You need an additional package to
run Telnet - but it can be downloaded with Xdenu.
I don't have the URL off-hand, but there used to be several places
to get it. There are also several other Linux versions which will
run off a floppy - like LOAF. If you're already a little familiar
with Linux, getting them to run is a snap.
Bob
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