On 2020 Apr 21 13:26:00, you wrote to me:
i forget the files that i used long ago but i ripped a few of the
network drivers from WfWG and used them on an original IBM PC running
off floppies... the machine was able to be a NETBIOS file server or
client but only just barely... loading a different driver provided
TCP/IP capabilities... again, it was just barely functional because it
was highly limited by memory and disk space but it worked and that was
the main thing...
I have/had a copy of the MS network client working a few years ago...
also barely. IIRC, I was able to map to a network drive on a system running as the server. I was able to do a few other things, include
get an IP address assigned from the network. I do not remember ever
being able to get traffic out past the local network, though.
yeah, you would have to check the routing table and ensure the default route was to the perimeter device like the other systems on the network have...
you would definitely have to have external tools like ping, tracert, host, and ftp, too... also a text based browser like links or lynx for any web browsing... all of these would have to work with the configured packet driver, too... this is where the one
those were the fun times! getting it working and then trying to hunt down the pre-compiled tools to work with that version of DOS and the packet driver being
used...
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"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty,
ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!" ... we've got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss righ
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