On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote:
> I see that someone on Ebay is selling an HP mini
> with a FREEDOS os installed. All the HP minis that
> I've seen have wifi & bluetooth built in. That would
> mean an 802.11 client to do it. The ad doesn't
> mention wifi or bluetooth but every mini that I've seen
> has it.

The machine may have the *hardware*.  Whether the hardware will be
*usable* will depend on software.

MSDOS was written back before Wifi and Bluetooth *existed*.  FreeDOS
tries to be compatible with MSDOS, which means "support for what
existed when MSDOS was current."

I would *not* expect Wifi or Bluetooth to be usable on the machine in
FreeDOS, because the drivers don't exist.  If you want to use Wifi or
Bluetooth on that hardware, you'll need to install another OS that
supports them.  (Depending on exactly which HP mini model it is, there
might be a flavor of Linux that can do it.)
______
Dennis

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