Subj : Re: Home Lab
To   : Nightfox
From : Dennisk
Date : Sun May 03 2020 12:03:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Dennisk <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Home Lab
 Ni>   By: Dennisk to Moondog on Fri May 08 2020 08:54 am

 De> There are USB drivers for DOS, right? I'm sure I've seen some. Add to that
 De> a DOS TCP stack and tools, like mTCP, you should be good to go. That being
 De> said, nothing wrong with using Puppy instead.

 Ni> I don't recall seeing USB drivers for DOS.  I don't remember ever using
 Ni> a USB device in DOS anyway..  A long time ago, I stuck with PS/2 for
 Ni> keyboards & mice for a long time for backwards-compatibility in case I
 Ni> needed to use a DOS boot disk for anything.  If I had a USB mouse, I'd
 Ni> always check to see if it was compatible with a USB-PS/2 adapter so I
 Ni> could plug it into the PS/2 port.

 Ni> But I do remember seeing an ISP dialup program for DOS that provided
 Ni> TCP/IP capability and internet access for DOS.

 Ni> Nightfox

 Ni> ---
 Ni>  þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

I'm using DOS 6.22 on a 486 DX4/100 right now, using mTelnet.  There are USB
drivers, two I can see are DOSUSB, which supports USB1, 2 and 3, and USBASPI
v2.20.  I have no need for them, but they do exist, so perhaps they are an
option for you.

I've luckily kept old hardware, but lost a ps2 to serial adapter for a mouse. 
Can't seem to find those adapters anymore, which means I'm down to one serial
mouse.  Keep all the old hardware, because it is getting expensive.  I was
looking at serial mice
and struggled to find one below $50!  I still use a 20 year old PS2 keyboard on
my main desktop, compatibility with other machines is always a priority.



.... Dennis Katsonis
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