wireless, I don't even go there, it's an iwi that need proprietary Intel
firmware - no sale.

No, the machine is a geriatric Compaq Nx8220 and the NIC in question is a
Broadcom Ethernet card. BCM5751M.

On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 00:09, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:

>
> Hi!
>
> > laptop is 15 years old, and even that has hardware that is 'too new'
>
> You mean wireless?
>
> > I think you're asking two implicit questions here: a) Should we abandon
> > 16 bit hardware as nobody has any, which would mean FreeDOS goes 32bit.
>
> No. Things which work well with 640k can AND should stay 16 bit :-)
>
> Just relax that requirement for things which work BETTER in 32 bit.
>
> > why FreeDOS?
>
> Because you can :-) And because many DOS apps already exist.
>
> > Not trying to get too philosophical here
>
> Who knows ;-)
>
> > FreeDos needs to find its main purpose and then adjust course
>
> It already has a purpose - the question is what you want to change.
>
> Regards, Eric
>
>
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