Helpful suggestion

[Dave & Irina Eicher]

That was one of the primary reasons Ethernet (networking) was developed was
to allow different types of machines to speak some common language so they
could communicate. The problem is, whoever sets up the DOS machine has to
know networking for DOS, there probably aren't that many people around
anymore who have this skill.

I'd be REAL surprised if some prom burner company hasn't developed a Windows
based version of their software by now. Has anyone looked around? If it
exists, usually upgrading from an older version of software to a newer
version is quite cheap compared to the regular purchase price.

regards,

Dave Eicher
319-295-8348 work deeicher at collins.rockwell.com
319-922-2626 home sailors at mwci.net
319-431-9001 cell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannen Durphey" <Shannen at grolen.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Helpful suggestion


> 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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