Message-ID: <00f501be545a$9db18800$ecce28c3@dell> From: "Ben A L Jemmett" To: Subject: Re: DR-DOS newbie questions Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:31:04 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0810.800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0810.800 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com >As I'm new to this list, I'd like to pester you with a few questions: >I want to revive a ca. 1986 Schneider PC 1512 DD, it has 512 kbyte RAM >and two 360 k 5.25" floppies, no hard disk. I want to put *some* OS on >in that makes it accessible in a network. Can this be done with DR-DOS, >and if so, how? If you tell me it's an exercise in futility, I guess >I'll have to wait for the ELKS guys and gals to get their act together. OK... well, AFAIK the Schneider name is the foreign Amstrad, and I run a PC1512DD (I've ripped out the second drive and put in a HD from my 1640 though, plus upgraded to 640K). This only has TCP/IP on it right now, but you can fit the PNW client on a 360K floppy disk if you remove some non-essential bits. However, when I ran it (with a 3Com Etherlink II) VLM.EXE crashed. Maybe you might have better luck with different drivers and/or configurations. Regards, Home page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8786 Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866 JGSD e-mail: benjemmett AT geocities DOT com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- '' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------