On 13 Dec 2000, at 15:22, Or Botton wrote:
> Does anyone have TCP/IP working ok on an XT?
> According to an article on FreeDOS's site, this is impossible due
> to required CPU speeds. It says that its quite heavy, and therefor IPX
> is more recommended for anything below 286 systems.
>
> This sounds rather strange to me, as I have heard of people in this
> list allready using nettamer and bobcat on an XT?..
>
> (not to mention the Atari ST)
Dear Or,
Sure, this can be done, and it can work quite well. I've personally
run TCP/IP and IPX simultaneously on the same machine, over
Ethernet networks, and had performance that was good enough to
run the NCSA terminal emulator to a remote site with no problems.
I have had problems running it over anthing faster than a 14.4
modem, though, so I can't recommend that. A shell account is
probably going to be required if you are planning to go on-line, too.
Equipment was AT&T 6300, 4.77MHz processor with a NE2000-
compatible 10-Base-2 NIC. Software used was NCSA telnet, and
the ODIPKT interface atop the NE2000 ODI driver.
Whether there are any more modern programs that will work
efficiently with this interface, I don't know, but I do know that this is
still in use on 286 systems on our campus, being used as dumb
terminals.
Hope this helps,
Anthony J. Albert
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