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| 2927.1 | | TUXEDO::WRAY | John Wray, Distributed Processing Engineering | Fri May 16 1997 14:19 | 5 |
| Lantastic will do what you want. I have an old 286 running as a print
server managing an Epson Color II and an HP DeskJet500. It runs on all
flavors of Windows as well as DOS.
John
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| 2927.2 | Need cheap network solution | DABEAN::NEARY | Bob Neary Lexington,Mass | Mon May 19 1997 12:01 | 3 |
| Looking for CHEAP solution. How much is LANtastic ? Any special h/w
needed ?
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| 2927.3 | | levers.dechub.lkg.dec.com::GENOVA | | Mon May 19 1997 12:06 | 8 |
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why do you need lantastic?
you can use the Microsoft Client software that comes with Win95.
$25-$35 per nic board, and some bnc and you should be all set.
/art
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| 2927.4 | | TUXEDO::WRAY | John Wray, Distributed Processing Engineering | Mon May 19 1997 12:18 | 8 |
| > why do you need lantastic?
>
> you can use the Microsoft Client software that comes with Win95.
The base noter wanted to use a DOS machine as a server. As far as I
know, MS doesn't support DOS servers.
John
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| 2927.5 | How do you know it's a dos server? | levers.dechub.lkg.dec.com::GENOVA | | Mon May 19 1997 13:11 | 29 |
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Hi John,
Do you think that he wants to use it at the dos level because they are
286s? Because I don't see a reference to using them in a dos
environment.
/art
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>The base noter wanted to use a DOS machine as a server. As far as
>I know, MS doesn't support DOS servers.
>John
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>My brother-in-law has 4-5 Win95 based PC's at his shop. I want to
>hook up some old 286's I have hanging around to be his printservers.
>(So that it won't tie up his "useful" PC's to run print jobs )
>I can by some ~$30 isa i/f network cards but they come with Windows
>based software these days.
>Any CHEAP way to use these 286's in a WIN95 environment ?
>Novell ? Linux ? ...
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| 2927.6 | | TUXEDO::WRAY | John Wray, Distributed Processing Engineering | Mon May 19 1997 14:40 | 14 |
| > Do you think that he wants to use it at the dos level because they are
> 286s? Because I don't see a reference to using them in a dos
> environment.
Yes. That was an assumption. Assuming they run an MS operating
system, with a 286 they're limited to MS-DOS or Win3.1 in real or
standard modes. I think WfWG needs a 386 or higher, and Win95
certainly does. So these machines would need some sort of LAN server
software, and LANtastic is a good fit as it runs fine in a bare-bones
DOS environment. However, it may not satisfy the basenoter's
requirement for "CHEAP". On the other hand, since Novell was mentioned
as a possibility, it may be OK.
John
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| 2927.7 | | BBQ::WOODWARDC | ...but words can break my heart | Tue May 20 1997 21:07 | 13 |
| hey!
for free - check out OpenDOS at www.caldera.com
It's a 'repackage' for DR-DOS/NovellDOS - an MS-DOS clone, with the
addition of the source code (for those interested) *and* "Novell's
peer-to-peer product, Personal NetWare (for non-commercial use)."
This would have to be a *perfect* fit!
hth,
H
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| 2927.8 | Thank you all | DABEAN::NEARY | Bob Neary Lexington,Mass | Wed May 21 1997 13:28 | 9 |
| THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES. !
I'll look into each and update here in case others would wnat to know.
The 'free' webpage looks great right now.
Regards,
Bob
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| 2927.9 | Workgroups for DOS (Microsoft) | OGOPW1::tunsrv-remote.alf.dec.com::fulton | Other Vehicle=Federation Starship | Tue Jun 03 1997 16:19 | 13 |
| A little late, but I have a cheap solution.
I was in a similar situation in that I wanted to connect some 286 (DOS)
machines to my home network running WFW and WIN95. Microsoft has a product
called "Workgroups for DOS" which they distribute on the WinNT CDROMs. This
addon allows a DOS machine to function as part of a windows network complete
with file and printer sharing.
Give it a try...
Ken
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| 2927.10 | | TUXEDO::WRAY | John Wray, Distributed Processing Engineering | Thu Jun 05 1997 09:57 | 5 |
| Isn't Workgroups for DOS client-side only? That is, does it let you
make disks and printers attached to the DOS machine visible to the
network?
John
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| 2927.11 | Networked whatever.. across the house... maybe I can connect to the alarm ??!! | PTOSS1::MATSCHERZ | | Thu Jun 05 1997 11:14 | 16 |
| This is what I use for a new client installation. I pop in the network
card and have a bootable floppy with the network card drivers already
loaded. Once you boot the "new" machine you connect to the server
using standard commands (ex.. //matscherz/drive c ) once connected you
can fdisk, copy, format your little heart away. It works using
Netbeui. I've done this now with several "new" system configs for
reloading software and other functions where you don't want to
configure software on someone else machine but you want it on the
network temporarily to copy some 30-40 mb (or larger sometimes) files
to the hardrive. Once done you just remove the card and floppy and
your set. (sometimes you do get IRQ conflicts so you have to be ready
to handle those if your addresses are being used too. )
I've been able to get mine to work with networked printers as well.
It's just another // connection.
L8tr..
Steve m..
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