Am 01.08.2014 um 14:23 schrieb Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr>: > That's a question to those of you who happen to still keep an oldish > hardware machine dedicated to DOS tasks... > > How do you transfer files between your main computer and your > FreeDOS-powered machine ? > > Myself, I haven't found any really creative solution so far, and rely on > one of these: > - using the DOS port of SCP (this works both ways, but not very > user-friendly) > - putting files on my gopher server, and fetching them from my DOS PC > using a gopher client (works only if I need to copy files TO the DOS > workstation, but not the other way around)
This is always a good question. :-) My "oldish machine" is a Compaq Contura Aero from 1994. When it wasn't quite so oldish I used to transfer files over the LPT parallel port with a software called "winlink". (Despite of its name there was a Windows 3.1 AND a DOS version of it.) It's comparable to laplink or filemaven. (Who created these names by the way? ;-).) It came also with a 3,5" floppy drive connected over a PCMCIA adapter (which doesn't work on other computers PCMCIA slots). Now floppies and LPT parallel ports are history. In the end, the 16bit PCMCIA slot of the Contura Aero turned out to be the best way to connect to modern machines. There are still 16bit PCMCIA network cards available. My favorite is the D-Link DFE-670TXD, which comes with a packet driver for DOS. So that means networking. And of course this opens a lot of ways to exchange files, even for FreeDOS :-) For me, the most exotic ways was IPXCOPY. See: http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/25743826/ Normally I set up a DOS FTP server and then make a connection with a FTP client on my main computer (which is a mac BTW). First I used some freeware called EZNOS2, but it didn't work reliable for me. Then I found a company called Datalight, who are still distributing their ftpd program for non-commercial use. For details see: http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/20246025/ FreeDOS now comes with the FTP server from Michael B. Brutmans mTCP apps, which is robust, reliable and Free Software. So this is the way to go for me, whenever I like to startup FreeDOS and exchange files. (Although I do this in a virtual machine most of the time and leave the Compaq Contura Aero in the basement... ;-)) kind regards Uli ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
