Subj : Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Aug 06 2023 21:31:26

  Re: Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Roon on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:20:00

 >  I did that with NE2000 NICs and a Netware network, it was interesting

I had completely forgotten NE2000 cards were a thing until earlier this week when someone mentioned them on a video I was watching. A sudden rush of nostalgia took me back to my friend's house in the late 90s. "NE2000" never entered my head for well over a decade, now twice in a week!

I remember struggling a *lot* getting any kind of networking to work under DOS.  To be fair I was a young kid and didn't have any help but it seemed extremely opaque.

BobW
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