What I would need is just a packet driver installed for the NIC. The MajorBBS software has a TCP/IP module which will handle the telnet capable lines, etc. On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:18 PM, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
This computer has TWO slots for cards. One has a sound card in it, the other is empty.
So if you want a DOS Ethernet connection, you'll need to find a NIC that works with DOS, and populate that second slot.
If you need more than the two on-motherboard serial ports, you'll need to remove the sound card and put a serial card in there.
The riser board that has the "slots" has to PCI connectors, plus one of the slots also has an ISA expansion connector, so it can "swing both ways".
I *may* have a NIC that works in this box. I'll start looking for something like a 3C509 in my "collection".
If I find a NIC, do you want me to install PC-TCP? That's a full network implementation for DOS, telnet, ftp, etc. However, there isn't any way to run telnet as a daemon. Does the BBS software know how to do that if you have a TCP-IP stack installed?
Bill Dudley
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Will bring one down this Saturday
Okay. Schedule privately via Jeff Brace.
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