Subj : Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Roon
Date : Mon Aug 07 2023 11:26:03

Hello poindexter,

04 Aug 23 07:20, you wrote to me:

 Ro>> in the summer i also got some other vintage (pc) hardware and the
 Ro>> plan is to build a Netware and a Windows NT network, just for
 Ro>> learning. also i would like to create network-bootable dos
 Ro>> images, so i don't need all the hard disks to the dos machines.

 pF>  I did that with NE2000 NICs and a Netware network, it was interesting
 pF>  to set up. It's a shame DOS wasn't more network-aware, we always ran
 pF>  into problems with multi-user file access.

i saw yesterday that os/2 warp 4.52 server is also capable to remote boot dos and os2 images. didn't dig further yet, but i am curious for this as well.

Regards,
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