Helpful suggestion

[Bob Valentine]

Some eprom burner companies dead-ended their products and never developed
Windows software, Xeltek did that with the Rommaster/2 I use.

And hey, I know DOS networking and I'm not *THAT* old!  FWIW, most POS
(Point of Sale) people usually know it, a lot of POS apps still use DOS
beause it's simple and reliable.    

-> Bob Valentine
-> bob at tecmark.com

At 07:35 AM 2/25/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>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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