On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 00:59 +0200, Ulrich Hansen wrote: > Networking the two computers and transfer files over a crossover > cable > is also possible, but it is a bit more work. The one thing you need > to > find is a DOS driver for your network cards. > > This might be either a "packet driver" (which is the easiest to use), > an "ODI" driver (file name ending "*.com", you find it in a directory > called "netware", "nwclient", "ODI" or "VLM" on the cards drivers > disk) or a "NDIS" driver (file name ending "*.DOS"). > > Which network cards exactly are you using? > > Transferring files and directories can then be done with a lot of > tools. I think I would use a ftpserver and a ftp client. The method > over IPX, I wrote about two days ago, works, but it is not very > user-friendly, so I cannot really recommend it.
One of my projects on the back-burner is TcpLink that works the same way LapLink does, but over a TCP/IP network, needs DOS packet drivers to run, and uses WATTCP32 library. I have it successfully broadcasting its presence over the network but haven't really done anything further. -- http://www.munted.org.uk One very high maintenance cat living here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
