Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
Fair enough. I'll get on that. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 08/01/2018 05:54 AM, Z.B. wrote: > On We

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Z.B.
On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 05:42:45AM -0500, David McMackins wrote: > I knew how to use a SLIP driver, I wouldn't have asked, but since I > don't know, I asked, and you take that as an indication that it's of no > use to me. How does that help anyone? If you googled for "SLIP8250.COM" - the very fir

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
> If you don't know how to use a SLIP driver you most likely don't need > one. :/ I was born in the mid 90s. I never experienced any of this stuff when it was relevant. I've been trying on and off to get my FreeDOS computer networked ever since I first installed it in 2016. Only very recently did

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr David McMackins, am Mittwoch, 1. August 2018 um 03:48 schrieben Sie: > Ah, it appears I should've looked past my nose. FreeDOS's own Crynwr > package has a SLIP driver. > Is using it as simple as just running SLIP8250.COM? If you don't know how to use a SLIP driver you most likely do

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-07-31 Thread David McMackins
Ah, it appears I should've looked past my nose. FreeDOS's own Crynwr package has a SLIP driver. Is using it as simple as just running SLIP8250.COM? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#1288

[Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-07-31 Thread David McMackins
I am looking for a free/libre packet driver using the SLIP protocol. I have heard that there is one. Someone said to me that there is one available from Crynwr, but I only found one for PLIP. I also was told that WATTCP itself might come with such a driver? I'm sure somebody out there knows. Happ