[vcf-midatlantic] PC needed for VCFed BBS

Neil Cherry ncherry at linuxha.com
Wed Apr 26 19:14:20 EDT 2017


On 04/26/2017 06:18 PM, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic 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 have at least 2 ISA NICs from the DOS era.I have no use for them.

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