Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Ulrich Hansen
> I've used David Dunfield's DDLINK[0] successfully in VirtualBox over > the virtual switch & NICs. > > [0] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/index.htm Yesterday evening I tried winlink, filemaven and DDLINK. DDLINK was by far the easiest to configure and use. Put it on both machines.

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Bret Johnson
Ulrich: If you really have an "MCB chain corrupted" error, you have a serious problem and need to figure out what's causing it. It's more than likely a device driver or TSR that isn't compatible with FreeDOS for some reason (could be INTERxxx or could be something else). Eric/Tom: I used to

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
Bret, > Eric/Tom: > I used to use INTERxxx a lot many years ago using the special > parallel cables designed for that purpose (I think I still have a > couple of those cables in my "spare cable box"). Parallel is MUCH > faster than serial (null modem) cables. I also used it *A LOT*. in times

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread perditionc
Have tried with latest* kernel, there is a fixed bug in int 25/26 that may effect it. You may want to try RIFS as well, it has source, but I don't recall if it used serial, parallel, or either but did work with FreeDOS kernel as well as it did with PCDOS. * I'm releasing updated version this

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Louis Santillan
I've used David Dunfield's DDLINK[0] successfully in VirtualBox over the virtual switch & NICs. [0] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/index.htm On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM, wrote: > Have tried with latest* kernel, there is a fixed bug in int 25/26 that may >

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Ulrich Hansen
Tom suggested to put a line version=3.31 in FDCONFIG.SYS, right before DEVICE=C:\INTERLNK.EXE /AUTO /NOPRINTER This solved the problem of the crash/freeze. (Thanks!) As you can see in the first picture, interlnk is now able to make a connection. I tried it with an empty AUTOEXEC.BAT and

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Don Flowers
I had to install NON-ECC RAM to eliminate the MCB error On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:05 PM, wrote: > Have tried with latest* kernel, there is a fixed bug in int 25/26 that may > effect it. > > You may want to try RIFS as well, it has source, but I don't recall if it > used

Re: [Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?

2016-02-05 Thread Don Flowers
Reviving this thread to post an update: I am trying to stay in FreeDOS on one of my PC's. I installed GRUB4DOS and am pleased with configuration options, I can boot CDROM's of various emulationn, I can boot PLOP Boot Manager to Boot USB flash drives (no more searching for PLOP floppies around the

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Jose R Gimenez
Hi all, I haven't read all the mails. The problem I am facing is that one client of mine has an old industrial PC that lost some data files due to low battery. The PC has INTERLINK installed and no other means to copy files to it. On the other hand, my work computer has FreeDOS, Windows XP and

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread my . green
Tom suggested to put a line version=3.31 in FDCONFIG.SYS, right before DEVICE=C:\INTERLNK.EXE /AUTO /NOPRINTER This solved the problem of the crash/freeze. (Thanks!) As you can see in the first picture, interlnk is now able to make a connection. I tried it with an empty AUTOEXEC.BAT and

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > Just want to know if FreeDOS can run interlink.exe and intersrv.exe > If FreeDOS is compatible with interlink, then what steps should follow? As far as I remember, those provide sector based connection of FAT partitions through a serial or printer port cable: As long as your sector size

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Just want to know if FreeDOS can run interlink.exe and intersrv.exe >> If FreeDOS is compatible with interlink, then what steps should follow? interlink/intersrv are part of msdos. this should work in theorie, but you are probably the first to test this on FreeDOS. > As far as I remember,

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Ulrich Hansen
> Am 05.02.2016 um 03:35 schrieb Jose R Gimenez : > > Just want to know if FreeDOS can run interlink.exe and intersrv.exe In theory. Out of curiosity I booted two Compaq Contura Aeros, installed intersvr and interlnk and tried it. It didn’t work for me so far. The intersvr

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Don Flowers
FileMaven is ok for small file transfers, I happen to have LapLink V and it works the best for me, but still speed is limited on serial ports. I have been trying to configure a LAN crosslink transfer but no luck so far. Until then USB is my goto for file tranfers. On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 6:45