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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Organization: What? (Poznan, Poland)
To: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:02:12 +0100
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Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
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CC: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Once upon a time (on 15 Jan 97 at 22:36) Gene Buckle said:

> RTFM is a wonderful concept eh? *grin*
Yup ;-)

> > > > mention such a toy like a null-modem link driver - just to make a
> cheap,
> > > > home TCP/IP-based network ;-)
> > > > 
> > > 
> 
> You might want to invest in some cheap NE2000 ethernet boards.  They can be
> had for $25 each in this area (Tacoma,WA).  If you get the 10Base2 version
> (uses coaxial cable) you don't need a pricey hub.  I've got 8 machines
> linked at home this way...
A fried of mine and I have setup a similar network of 6 computers but we have 
used 4 Genius III and 2 Intel FastEthernet cards. So the cards are not a 
problem (Geniuses stand even cheaper ~$15 here at Poland). But we have three 
laptop computers and one true-blue IBM XT ("portable" ;-)) version with 10MB 
HDD and no room for extension cards - we'd have to find an extension card 
with some slots, you know such a vertical one) that we'd like to connect into 
an experimental network. This is, of course, just for fun but if that can be 
done, I can see no reason why not to do that? That's why I need the 
null-modem driver.
And as to the dial-up connections. I have an account on the University free 
ISP and cable connection is not possible - I have to use the dial-up 
solution. For that to work from DOS, I need the packet driver able to drive 
my modem. I normally connect from Linux or Windoze, but I'd like to try it 
from DOS (both Open and M$). As WATTCP requires a packet driver - I have to 
write it.

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