10 Dec
2003
10 Dec
'03
9:04 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 02:46:14PM -0800, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I have a Zenith laptop (with the blue/grey screen and the double pop-up
720K 3.5" floppies) attached to my PE-3. I use a packet driver and Kermit.
Mostly, this thing gets used as portable terminal, but on all of my 8-bit
DOS hardware (including my old device burner box), Kermit for DOS has a TCP
stack, and lets me move files and establish terminal sessions.
-ethan
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> > Can it use a parallel to ethernet adaptor?
I've got two from Xircom, and
> > I bought them at a local computer flea market for $5.00 each...
Nice. Are they the newer "PE-3" models? If so, you can use a parasitic
power cable that taps into the keyboard jack. AFAIK, the PE-2 will draw
too much current for some boards to supply.
The laptop is
DOS only -- does it work in DOS mode? Does it come with
TCP/IP support?
IIRC, if you've got the right software these should work under DOS, they're
definitly of the correct era. The problem is coming up with a copy of
something like PC/TCP.