On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM Christian Groessler via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2/14/25 1:43 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > > > > That would be cool. I found this link for all the networking gear: > > https://www.ardent-tool.com/Xircom/Xircom_Pocket_Adapters.html > > Do you have drivers for them? > > I think DOS packet drivers supported the PE3.
Yes, They did. I used them in the 90s. We used them at work in 1995-97 for laptops to go out in the field before most laptops had PCMCIA (we were still supporting 386 and 486 laptops at the time, very few of them were good enough to run Windows 95). At home, I have a Zenith dual-"720K" 8088 laptop and I used to mostly use it as a telnet "terminal" with DOS 3.3, Kermit, and the PE3 packet driver. > I haven't found the source > code of it, although the packet drivers are GPL and source should be > available (unless Xircom cheated). I don't have source AFAIK. I'm in favor of it, but I was unlikely to be rebuilding DOS drivers at any time. Cheers, -ethan
