Accessing a DOS computer via a network

[John R. Sowden]

I am not sure is this is sarcasm or reality.  I use the computers for a 
24 hour per day business.  I have been using this network since about 
1986.  The network OS is called Little Big Lan, using standard Ethernet 
BNC connector cards.  It is a peer to peer Lan. I am not sure  what you 
want a picture of:  The Ethernet cards, the coax, the original floppy 
LBL disk, or the smile on my face due to its long term reliability.

Now, the network still works, but one of the computers died.  I moved 
the HD to another computer (FreeDOS/4DOS only, no Windows). Plan on 
setting it up with a minimal Linux (I use Xubuntu in my office on a 
non-networked computer.  I am going to try to find a card newer card 
with BNC and RJ-45, but I am concerned about the setup.

John



On 08/29/2016 01:46 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 09:36 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 07:13:24PM -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
>>> My network was a daisy chained RG-58 coax network.
>>> It has worked flawlessly for a couple of decades.
>>> Peer to peer DOS only.
> Wow. That is something truly beautiful.
>
> Do you have pictures? What do you DO with your DOS systems? What
> network stack is running on them?
>
> Regards, K.
>


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