Subj : Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : Tracker1
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 17:46:02

  Re: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
  By: Tracker1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 25 2023 06:05 pm

 Tr> Coax because the cards, cables etc were dirt cheap and didn't have a lot
 Tr> of money back then (working two jobs) until I managed to get a paying job
 Tr> doing helpdesk support and shifted web development. Was definitely a
 Tr> relatively fun time in my life.

I was lucky - worked in IT at the time, and was available any time old tech was tossed out to make room for new tech. I ended up with 3 LANTastic cards, the software, tons of thinnet cable, t-connectors and terminators.

I networked the BBS running DOS and my desktop running OS/2. LANTastic didn't support OS/2, so I made a custom DOS VDM for it. Unlike a modern virtual machine, it could share the filesystem with OS/2.

LANTastic had file sharing, some nice print directors and a remote KVM feature. I could run the software on the BBS, share the BBS-connected printer and see the BBS screen from my desktop.

Not bad for DOS - in 1992.

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