11 Jan
2006
11 Jan
'06
8:04 p.m.
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 05:39 pm, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Got one of those, too, only I haven't decided where I might use it just yet.
It came along with a bunch of other stuff...
New they cost me something like $15, but I've found a number at a local
computer flea market for $1-$2. A lot cheaper than another system.
Most of my recent acquisitions have been zero cost. Prolonged periods of zero
income will do that to you.
Heh.
Sure. I think I have WFWG around here someplace on floppies.
Heh. There
are three monitors on my desk, four machines above it on the
"second level" I built when things started getting tight, and a
(seldom-used) monitor sitting on top of those,
I think I already mentioned "KVM". Almost all of my machines here have drive carriers in
them - this lets
me
I like that idea, but then you gotta buy those things, and I hsve no
funds to spend on any computer hardware at this point in time. I have
somewhere around here the original IBM card that has the DB37 on
the back of it,
If you are not doing any HD or 8", this might work (except for the physical
problem you mentioned) - Check my web site I have details on how I put
together the cable system. I have the 37-pin 'D' connector mounted on a
card backplate in an empty PCI slot. If you don't have a suitable
backplate, you can make one from a DB-25 backplate with a bit of patience
and a nibbling tool. What are you
using for networking under dos? Best I've been able to do
is to load a packet driver (3c509) and then an ftp program, but that at
least lets me move stuff around. DOS networking stuff is a mess,
Getting full networking running with TCP/IP is daunting, but it can be
done. I generally use a simpler route - I use the network client from
Windows for Workgroups - which can be distilled down to 12 files (counting
the NDIS driver for your network card) in a single directory, accessing my
win2k server via NETBEUI. This is *VERY* easy to get working, I can send
you the info. Anyhow - what compromises you are willing to make with
your machines is
your own business ... right now ImageDisk (and Teledisk) are only available
for DOS and close compatibiles, so if you want to make or create images,
it might be worthwhile finding a way to at least temporarily run it.
Got one box still running dos, and that's the former BBS machine, which is
currently shut off. And it's the only one here currently with a 5.25" drive
in it, too. I need to do something about that autoexec.bat going into
desqview and firing up the bbs software, though.
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