Helpful suggestion

[Shannen Durphey]

Geez, I was gonna send this offlist.  Seems there's some interest in the topic.

Ya know, I pinned the guy (err, kid) that maintains the company network down one
day and asked about connecting the 2 boxes.  He was pretty lost.  If it's not
Windows, it doesn't work.  

One pc has windows NT workstation, the other is DOS only.  I've got a few network
cards around.  It only seemed natural to connect the two.

Any sources of info you can recommend?  I'm going to look for readme files on the
NT machine.  I found a webpage that says there might be some info there.  

Right now the floppy disk solution works.  Someday I'd like to connect the machines
together.  Floppy disk drives plus garage environment make for trouble.

Some things I've found:

Workgroup Add-On 3.11 for Dos seems to be the most common hit on the search
engines.
There's some update files around.
No good pages explaining the set up part yet.

Shannen

Keith D. Miller wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > [mailto:owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org]On Behalf
> > Of Shannen Durphey
> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:24 PM
> > To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > Subject: Re: Helpful suggestion
> >
> >
> > You're talking to a mechanic, not an EE or CS grad.
> > What are NIC's?
> 
> Network Interface Card. In a pinch, you can skip a hub and
> cable 2 cards to together for a real cheap, 2 computer
> network.
> 
> > What is WGA0 ?
> >
> 
> WorkGroup AddOn For DOS, it's about the easiest way to add
> networking to a DOS computer. Interlink works, but not too
> well on a 9x and up computer.
> 
> >
> > I'm using the software that came with my burner, which is
> > the same software many listers are using.  I do not know
> > of any better software, and I don't have the knowledge to
> > write any.  The software won't work in Windows.  Not only
> > does the documentation specifically say this, but I've
> > taken the time to prove that it's true.
> >
> 
> There you're pretty much at the mercy of what the manufactor
> has written :( Mine is setup using a Needhams PB-10. I'm
> sure some studying of eprom datasheets and knowledge of
> parallel port programming could lead to writing one, but in
> most cases, why bother...
> 
> > But if you're willing to spend time explaining, I'm willing
> > to spend time learning.
> > Shannen
> >
> >
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