There was a very simple network software which operated over the serial line which I had with my XT years ago called The $25 Network. As I recall, it worked very well for a serial line connection. Plus it allowed the use of simple 4 line phone wire.
At 10:35 AM 2/4/2002 -0700, Bob wrote: >"Constant Brouerius van Nidek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [...] > > I have put an ethernet card in the XT and in each of the other > > machines. Basiclinux and Suse can (sorry I broke something ;-()could > > talk to each other but I cannot figure out how to get my wife's XT on > > the net. What kind of program should I run. It should run on a batch > > file to let my wife send her email to/ via the Pentium. > >You could use the MS DOS client on the XT, and run Samba (Windows NT Server >emulation) on the Linux system for basic file and print sharing. It doesn't >sound like that's your primary concern though. The MS network client does >provide a TCP/IP stack, but I don't know what DOS apps can use it. The >packet drivers for DOS will also open up some alternatives, though again I'm >no expert on them. > >Another alternative would be to configure the XT to connect via a serial >connection to the Linux box, although this does limit distances they can be >separated by. Although it's not very exciting, this does work, and would >allow you to use existing packages that utilize serial (dial-up) >connections, with a bit of work. Setting up PPP on Linux can be a hassle the >first time through, but it is doable. > >Once you get the XT connected, either via ethernet or serial, you can use >any of the Linux network daemons (servers), including sendmail, exim, or >postfix to handle your e-mail locally. This is fairly straightforward. > > > The cards are connected with a thin coax and the ends are secured with > > a 75 ohm cap. > >It sounds like your basic network is working, but thin ethernet (802.3 >10Base-2) SHOULD use 50 ohm terminators at the ends of a segment. 75 ohm >terminators were used on ARCnet, way back when. Probably not a big deal on a >small network though. > >Sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it! > >- Bob > >To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. >Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. >More info can be found at; >http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
