Hi! Ed,

On Mon, 03 Feb 14, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> (I like Alan's answer too.)

 EV> The OS for the 486 is W3.1 . I have an old network card in the box 
 EV> but never have found the drivers for it at the manufacturers website 
 EV> since the card is an old ISA card.

I used to have good luck using the generic Windows drivers for NE2000
cards.  A lot of old ISA cards had an emulation mode for the NE2000
standard.  Give it a whirl if you get time.

 EV> I'll try Alan's idea of using DOSBox to get the 486 working again.

Neat.

 EV> Then I'll try seeing how those Acer W95 CDs will work in a VM.

It's always good to have a backup plan.  ;-)

Cheers,
Paul.

... Gotta go... the orderlies are about to check my room!
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox