Accessing a DOS computer via a network

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 08:42 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
> I am not sure is this is sarcasm or reality.

Not sarcasm, I am genuinely fascinated at the idea. What is your
business? What is the software that runs it? If you can share.

> I use the computers for a 24 hour per day business.

I would say, though, that you have built up a big tech debt there, and
really should be thinking hard about how to protect that business from
the inevitable failure of the hardware it's running on. One way might
be virtualisation. Definitely make sure you have images of all the
software install disks, because you won't be able to replace them.

>   I have been using this network since about 
> 1986.  The network OS is called Little Big Lan

I remember LBL :-)

> 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.

Those sorts of cards are (almost) certainly not available new; they are
the sort of thing you'll find in people's bits boxes.

Good luck :-)

Regards, K.

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