There are several choices for networking DOS up to a TCP/IP stack. I used TCP/IP for DOS (by IBM) with students. Another choice (free) is PowerLAN.
I tried running Windows 3.1 under TCP/IP for DOS but there were compatibility issues. So, I finally gave in, and went to 3.11 (Workgroups for Windows). Note: this does NOT come with TCP/IP -- there is a separate install floppy ! At this moment I am composing this e-mail in Netscape 3.04, under 3.11, it will be gatewayed via NAT32 (highly recommended NAT, see http://www.nat32.com) to the cable modem via a W95 box. However, the 3.11 box says only a 386SX or better, 4 MB of memory. *** Without extended memory for 3.11, well, the other 2 should work with just 640K running in plain DOS, anything above V. 3.3 Other products: Sun's PC-NFS, NetManage, FTP Software, and Novell's LAN Workplace. There are some packet-based approaches that were freeware, but they were very pesky: Crynwr packet drivers and KA9Q TCP/IP We work with older computers (see http://www.linct.org ) -- so I run everything from DOS 3.3 to NT5 here. (I put stuff like this in the "oldware" category, so can come up with disk images -- but -- only if you're very serious about using it.) When Geoworks (aka NewDeal) wanted their DOS-based GUI to run on a network, they used PowerLAN starting in 1997. I installed it once, but never networked it. Their Windows look-alike does run on a '286, I know that for sure. Heck, it even runs on an 8088 ! William Hooper wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bardelli Luigi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:37 AM > Subject: 286 as xterminal? > > > Dear all, > > I'd like to ask you if is is possible, maybe using vnc, to havean > > old 286 bahave asa Xterminal: i'd like to use it together with my > > "normal" linux box. > > Thank you very much > > > > Luigi > > On the VNC Contributed page there is a link to a DOS version: > http://c0w.inode.at/mjy/dosvnc.html . Not sure what it would take to get > the network going, though. > -- > William Hooper > > Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- W. Curtiss Priest, Director, CITS Center for Information, Technology & Society 466 Pleasant St., Melrose, MA 02176 Voice: 781-662-4044 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 781-662-6882 WWW: http://Cybertrails.org _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
