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  • Re: New here (hope I can get back!)

    From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Ole Juul on Mon Jan 25 16:05:01 2010
    Hi Ole,

    Thursday January 21 2010 05:40, Ole Juul wrote to Kevin Klement:

    though (I collect everything). How big are those clients?

    MS Client v3.11

    Volume in drive C is HDD_C
    Volume Serial Number is 0D1D-16F6
    Directory of C:\MSCLIENT.NET

    . <DIR> 30/09/09 15:13
    .. <DIR> 30/09/09 15:13
    README <DIR> 30/09/09 15:14
    SYSTEM BAK 549 30/09/09 15:20
    WFWSYS CFG 840 03/03/09 17:27
    SHARES PWL 622 03/03/09 17:27
    SETUP INF 1,477 31/08/94 0:00
    OEMODI INF 431 31/08/94 0:00
    OEMTCPIP INF 1,673 31/08/94 0:00
    OEMDLC INF 688 31/08/94 0:00
    SETUP EXE 286,032 28/04/95 10:07
    MSD EXE 158,470 02/09/94 6:00
    NCDINFO INI 182 03/03/09 17:22
    PROTOCOL 001 124 03/03/09 17:23
    DNR EXE 31,312 16/12/94 18:47
    EMSBFR EXE 4,294 31/08/94 0:00
    HOSTS 715 31/08/94 19:37
    IPCONFIG EXE 11,205 31/08/94 0:00
    NEMM DOS 2,619 31/08/94 0:00
    NETBIND COM 8,513 31/08/94 0:00
    NETWORKS 395 31/08/94 18:52
    NMTSR EXE 22,826 31/08/94 0:00
    PING EXE 66,460 31/08/94 0:00
    PROTOCOL 795 31/08/94 18:52
    SERVICES 5,973 08/05/95 14:34
    SOCKETS EXE 50,096 01/09/94 13:22
    TCPDRV DOS 4,174 31/08/94 0:00
    TCPTSR EXE 71,040 31/08/94 0:00
    TCPUTILS INI 233 31/08/94 0:00
    TINYRFC EXE 37,024 01/12/94 19:39
    UMB COM 3,325 31/08/94 0:00
    VBAPI 386 9,524 31/08/94 0:00
    VSOCKETS 386 9,535 31/08/94 0:00
    WINSOCK DLL 48,288 23/01/95 15:21
    WIN_SOCK DLL 30,912 31/08/94 0:00
    WSOCKETS DLL 33,280 31/08/94 0:00
    NE2000 DOS 13,838 31/08/94 0:00
    PROTMAN DOS 21,940 31/08/94 0:00
    PROTMAN EXE 13,782 31/08/94 0:00
    README TXT 18,194 25/05/95 13:55
    WCSETUP INF 1,477 31/08/94 0:00
    NET MSG 76,234 03/03/95 19:11
    NETH MSG 123,066 03/03/95 19:12
    NET EXE 450,326 07/02/95 12:40
    IFSHLP SYS 4,644 31/08/94 0:00
    EXPAND EXE 16,378 31/08/94 0:00
    RASCOPY BAT 2,639 31/08/94 0:00
    NWLINK EXE 27,670 30/08/94 14:05
    MSD INI 1,002 05/01/08 14:42
    CONNECT DAT 160 24/01/10 16:02
    HUMANIOD PWL 630 04/03/09 13:07
    OEMRAS INF 919 31/08/94 0:00
    NETWORK INF 37,231 31/08/94 0:00
    ADDNAME EXE 19,569 31/08/94 0:00
    SYSTEM INI 576 20/10/09 17:07
    LMHOSTS 411 12/10/09 17:50
    BACHDDCA 0 14/10/09 16:39
    PROTOCOL INI 867 19/10/09 16:10
    58 file(s) 1,735,179 bytes
    1,686,405,120 bytes free




    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

    ... Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass.
    --- Squish/386 v1.11
    * Origin: Gypsy BBS -- Gypsy Designs CDN (403) 242-3221 (1:342/77)
  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Ole Juul on Tue Jan 19 17:18:53 2010
    Hi Ole,

    Thursday January 14 2010 05:54, Ole Juul wrote to All:

    Hello, I'm new here and would like to help keep this echo
    alive. I have been using DOS for many years now and it is my

    Howdy from Calgary CA.

    I've been running a MS-DOS bbs since 1988, and still am. :)

    I use Internet REX (IO) and a USR v90 (POTS) to move fido data around. My setup works good. I also use Microsoft Client - Full Redirector. A Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS to connect to my Win server.

    I call my MS-DOS box my retro time killer.

    ttyl...

    Kevin

    --- Squish/386 v1.11
    * Origin: My other computer is a 486! (1:342/77)
  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Ole Juul on Tue Jan 26 14:15:16 2010
    Hi Ole,

    Monday January 25 2010 22:46, Ole Juul wrote to Kevin Klement:

    Woa! Well so you're not running on a floppy then. :)

    Nope, My dosbox has a 40gb HDD, I tricked the BIOS into seeing the whole HDD with ez-bios. You know MS-DOS can't use anyting over 2gb.

    Kevin

    ... No Glove. No Love Ole
    --- Squish/386 v1.11
    * Origin: My other computer is a 486! (1:342/77)
  • From Ole Juul@1:261/20 to Kevin Klement on Wed Jan 20 04:31:50 2010
    Hi Kevin,

    I just finished a round of trying a lot of boards and checking
    them out. Now I've got a handful to work with. The reason I'm
    saying that now, is that I'm not sure how it works to answer
    from a different place than I posted. Probably no problem
    except the Fido delay.


    Kevin Klement wrote to Ole Juul:
    Howdy from Calgary CA.
    I came by there about 50 years ago. lol We're not that far
    apart though.

    I've been running a MS-DOS bbs since 1988, and still am. :)

    Roughly the same here.

    I use Internet REX (IO) and a USR v90 (POTS) to move fido data around. My setup works good. I also use Microsoft Client - Full Redirector. A Microsoft
    Network Client for MS-DOS to connect to my Win server.

    I call my MS-DOS box my retro time killer.

    Interesting. I don't understand the setup. Perhaps because I have
    no MS-Windows knowledge. Would you care to explain a little?

    The way I do it is load a driver for my card and then everything
    talks directly to it. I run quite a few tcp/ip programs. Even
    though I have a couple of much more powerful *.nix machines
    at my fingertips, I like the directness of DOS - not to mention
    that such small code runs faster than instant on a P133. <g>

    Do you browse in DOS? I used to with Lynx but find it tiresome
    and that's what the newer computers are for. I just finished
    another blog entry about my new BBS adventure. It's at http://voxigo.wordpress.com and (I checked) it reads beautifully
    on a text browser.

    Cheers,
    Ole



    Greetings, Ole Juul

    ... At a store: In God we trust; all others pay cash.

    --- MBSE BBS v0.95.6 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Omicron Theta * Grand Island, NY * CentOS Powered! (1:261/20)
  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Ole Juul on Wed Jan 20 15:47:18 2010
    Hi Ole,

    Wednesday January 20 2010 04:31, Ole Juul wrote to Kevin Klement:

    Roughly the same here.

    It's a pretty good hobby, I've made a TON of good friends in Fido land.

    Interesting. I don't understand the setup. Perhaps because I
    have no MS-Windows knowledge. Would you care to explain a
    little?

    Sure...

    The MS-DOS box has a 16bit NIC. Now you have to setup a Network Client for MS-DOS like Microsoft LAN Manager or Microsoft Client v3.11. on the MS-DOS box.

    Once the Network client and NIC+drivers are set I talk to my router, all my box's are behind a Linksys router.

    My server and notebook are on my LAN (local area network) too. So once you setup shared files and directories on /all/ box's you can (push @ pull) files and directories across the LAN.

    The way I do it is load a driver for my card and then
    everything talks directly to it. I run quite a few tcp/ip
    programs. Even though I have a couple of much more powerful

    Ah... no router hu.

    Do you browse in DOS? I used to with Lynx but find it

    Nope, but my MS-DOS has access to the internet, via my router. So any MS-DOS browser should work. My MS-DOS FTP does, via the router. :)


    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

    ... Microsoft: Making it all. Make sense?
    --- Squish/386 v1.11
    * Origin: Gypsy BBS -- Gypsy Designs CDN (403) 242-3221 (1:342/77)
  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Ole Juul on Wed Jan 27 17:58:15 2010
    Hi Ole,

    I think you
    were thinking of the partition limit. :)

    Yep

    Kevin

    --- Squish/386 v1.11
    * Origin: This unit must survive! (1:342/77)
  • From Ole Juul@1:255/36 to All on Thu Jan 14 05:54:14 2010
    Hello, I'm new here and would like to help keep this echo alive. I have been using DOS for many years now and it is my OS of choice for basic networking. I do ping, traceroute, htget, ftp, ssh, and telnet which I'm using now. Actually this is a new telnet client by Mike Brutman which I'm testing. So far it is the best I've found in DOS. I'll come back and talk some more if there is anybody here. :) Also, a new blog posting at http://voxigo.wordpress.com about BBSs.

    However, I do hope there are more people here soon. I'll check tomorrow!

    /s

    --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux
    * Origin: (1:255/36)
  • From Ole Juul@1:261/20 to Kevin Klement on Thu Jan 21 05:40:43 2010
    Kevin Klement wrote to Ole Juul:

    It's a pretty good hobby, I've made a TON of good friends in Fido land.

    I'm getting the idea. :)

    The MS-DOS box has a 16bit NIC. Now you have to setup a Network Client for MS-DOS like Microsoft LAN Manager or Microsoft Client v3.11. on the MS-DOS box.

    I've never seen either of those. I only tried 3.1 for a bit and then
    left all MS-Win for good. So no networking from that world. I might
    have a copy of 3.11 sitting somewhere though (I collect everything).
    How big are those clients?

    Once the Network client and NIC+drivers are set I talk to my router, all my
    box's are behind a Linksys router.

    My server and notebook are on my LAN (local area network) too. So once you setup shared files and directories on /all/ box's you can (push @ pull) files
    and directories across the LAN.
    I use FTP between all computers. I've gotten comfortable with it
    and it's like mounting a FS to me now.


    The way I do it is load a driver for my card and then
    everything talks directly to it. I run quite a few tcp/ip
    programs. Even though I have a couple of much more powerful

    Ah... no router hu.

    I meant on my DOS setups. I run a lot of computers on a LAN.
    Yes, of course. I have a WRT54GL (you probably know it) facing
    the net and a switch to add some more holes. Unfortunately
    with the (currently) 3 Linux, 1 Unix, 2 DOS boxes, and a printer,
    all the holes are full and I sometimes have to unplug something.
    My kid just came up with a 16 hole 10base which might be fine
    for more dos and other functions. Probably I should just get
    a bigger switch though. I don't like to spend money on
    computers so it could be a while.

    Do you browse in DOS? I used to with Lynx but find it

    Nope, but my MS-DOS has access to the internet, via my router. So any MS-DOS
    browser should work. My MS-DOS FTP does, via the router. :)

    Unfortunately I think the only browser which works on the net
    anymore is Lynx. Good pages always work in text. Even the forums
    can be browsed in text, but it's a nightmare. I tried it.

    FTP is great in DOS. I use my dosbox for all my text needs, and
    I write a lot. Then when I want to publish it on the net or on
    paper, I FTP it to a Linux machine. I use batch files to automate
    the process. My little personal home page resides on my dosbox.
    To make any changes, I just use a tiny text editor and save it.
    Then I type "HOP" and the file is automatically replaced on
    the Nethop server. Check it out if you want.
    http://nethop.net/~ole
    Anyway, this simple batch file stuff is probably old hat to you.
    I just enjoy it and like to advertise the fact that it can be done.
    You know what I mean. :)

    Cheers,
    Ole


    Greetings, Ole Juul

    ... "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates '81

    --- MBSE BBS v0.95.6 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Omicron Theta * Grand Island, NY * CentOS Powered! (1:261/20)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:261/1381 to Ole Juul on Fri Jan 15 22:52:40 2010
    Quoting Ole Juul to All on 14 Jan 10 05:54:14 <=-

    Hello, I'm new here and would like to help keep this echo alive. I
    have been using DOS for many years now and it is my OS of choice for
    basic networking. I do ping, traceroute, htget, ftp, ssh, and telnet
    which I'm using now. Actually this is a new telnet client by Mike
    Brutman which I'm testing. So far it is the best I've found in DOS.

    Hello, there... I too, only use DOS... My local Wizard wrote me a
    telnet program which works well, also... I'm glad to see others staying
    with DOS. :)

    I'll come back and talk some more if there is anybody here. :) Also, a
    new blog posting at http://voxigo.wordpress.com about BBSs.
    However, I do hope there are more people here soon. I'll check
    tomorrow!

    I'm always here, but it takes a day or so to get messages answered, I do
    it all with my Bluewave offline reader, so I get a packet one night, and generally answer the next before doing my BBS run... Good to see a new
    face here. :)

    ttyl neb

    ... I'll stop worrying when life stops giving me things to worry about.
    --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20
    * Origin: :::The Holodeck BBS::: telnet://holo.homeip.net (1:261/1381)