Or Button:
I agree with the earlier responses you got. There is software out there to
use a DOS machine (486 or 8088) as an FTP or even WWW server (though I
confess I've never tried the DOS WWW server software), but it needs to be
done over a TCP/IP network. The problem then is your Windoze box. You need
to set it up to use TCP/IP over the local Ethernet, and then the gateway
machine needs to do IP forwarding, gatewaying, and masquerading (this last
if you don't want to pay for two IP addresses). With Linux, it is
relatively simple, but I don't know if it is even possible with Windoze,
which is designed to seek out and kill anything non-Micro$oft.
I also agree with the suggestion you got of making the 486 a Linux machine,
and using that as the gateway. That may be easier. 4MB is actually enough
for Linux if you're not planning to run XWindows. But, then, why is it
limited to only 4MB? Memory is very cheap these days - it might be worth a
trip to the local Computer Rennaissance to see how much it costs to upgrade.
With Linux 2.x, you could do IP forwarding, gatewaying, and masquerading on
a TCP/IP network, and the poor Windoze-saddled machine would never be the
wiser, as long as it was set up for that type of network. It would think it
was directly on the Internet. The modem would be attached to the 486, which
is plenty fast enough. (One problem - if it's a Winmodem, its pretty much
useless outside a Windows machine. Better to buy an external modem these
days, if you're not running Windows, though they still have decent internal
modems around if you shop.)
Good luck,
Jeff Hayes (formerly tvdog)
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