Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation

2024-04-25 Thread Jose Senna via Freedos-user
Robert Riebisch said: > This collection of **packet drivers** is still available at > . And packet drivers are typically for > Ethernet network cards, not modems. Thank you for pointing that most modems do not need device drivers. I had not used one for over 10 years.

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-25 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Here is a neat summary of the DOS PPP drivers: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/internet.html#I ...but, someone has already raised this question: Do you have a "counterpart"? I mean - a dial-in service answering with a modem and a PPP stack. Or at least a null-modem connection to a PPP

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation

2024-04-25 Thread Robert Riebisch via Freedos-user
Hi Jose, > Tomas said: > > network card =/= modem > > I never said nor implied they are the same. What you said is: "Anyway, you will still need a **modem driver** for DOS." (** added by me to emphasize) You continued with: "There used to be many of them in old software repositories as the

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user
r a web > browser like Arachne. > > Brandon Taylor > > > From: Frantisek Rysanek > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 4:52 PM > To: Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user > > Cc: Brandon Taylor > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? > > Hello there Brandon,

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread tsiegel--- via Freedos-user
On 4/24/2024 11:33 PM, Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user wrote: I'm not looking for anything out of Qmodem specifically. I'm searching for a TSR that handles dial-up networking in the background while I use TCP/IP utilities like PING, TRACERT and FTP; and/or a web browser like Arachne. In

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 4:52 PM To: Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user Cc: Brandon Taylor Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? Hello there Brandon, to me the key question is - what do you expect of Qmodem? What would you like to achieve in / by using that program? I've never used

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user
overwhelming, well there you have it :-) On my part, questions to the point are always welcome. You have my sympathy for being curious. Frank > > Indeed, I'm using an old-school program called Qmodem. My question > now is – would I be able to use the Internet using the emulated > modem?

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation

2024-04-24 Thread Jose Senna via Freedos-user
Tomas said: > network card =/= modem I never said nor implied they are the same. I said that, if an user has a machine with a network card, and a suitable DOS driver for the card is available, he/she may use it, instead of setting a dial-up connection.

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 2:04:17 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Robert Riebisch Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? Hi Brandon, > Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's > emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure th

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Tomas By via Freedos-user
On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:08:49 +0200, Michał Dec via Freedos-user wrote: > So I would try to get regular DOS drivers for that modem if I were you. There were no DOS drivers for modems? There were "winmodems" that needed drivers, maybe that is what you are thinking of. /Tomas

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Michał Dec via Freedos-user
> Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure there's no way FreeDOS is gonna be able to connect to the Internet, right? Well... Lol. Lmao, even. I did manage to connect my FreeDOS to the Internet at some point but

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Robert Riebisch via Freedos-user
Hi Brandon, > Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's > emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure there's no way > FreeDOS is gonna be able to connect to the Internet, right? Well... Says who? Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user
stions about FreeDOS. Cc: tom ehlert Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? > Indeed, I'm using an old-school program called Qmodem. > My question now is – would I be able to use the Internet using the emulated > modem? yes (if you had any idea what you are doing). B

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread tom ehlert via Freedos-user
___ > From: Jim Hall via Freedos-user > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:12 PM > To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. > > Cc: Jim Hall > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? > On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 9:38 PM Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user > ma

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-24 Thread Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user
about FreeDOS. Cc: Jim Hall Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation? On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 9:38 PM Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's emulated in a program lik

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-23 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-user
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 9:38 PM Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's > emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure there's no way FreeDOS > is gonna be able to connect to the

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-23 Thread Michael Brutman via Freedos-user
You clearly don't use search engines too much ... Try "FreeDOS" and "Networking" as your two words for the search. On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if

[Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

2024-04-23 Thread Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user
Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure there's no way FreeDOS is gonna be able to connect to the Internet, right? Well... The developers of the 86Box project have recently implemented emulation of a