ML>> the old 8bit network card and i cruise the internet with it
 ...

 ML>> from time to time... since it is tied into my home network,
 ML>> i don't have to futz about with dialers and such... i just
 ML>> change the floppy and load the text only browser and away
 ML>> we go O:)

 ML>> of course, telnet and ftp are used quite a bit on that box,
 ML>> too ;)

 BK>>  Ok, now that's primitive.

 ML> hahaha... eeeyup! that's about as primitive as you can go
 ML> unless i can get my timex sinclair or an old TI99 tied in
 ML> and online O:) i don't have my Model 1 Level 1 TRS80 any
 ML> more ;(

 Ok, now that would be worth doing.

 BK>>  OTOH, did you ever try something like a Zip drive? Or an
 BK>>  external drive?

 ML> no, what i need to do is to prep the HD on the same card in
 ML> another machine... i was able to go so far as to fdisk and
 ML> create the partition but then can't get it to go around the
 ML> ROM BASIC so i can boot it off a floppy and format the
 ML> drive... i basically stopped there... at some point, i
 ML> called IBM and inquired about new ROM chips for that box
 ML> that would enable it to have a hard drive... the woman told
 ML> me that the chips would be over $300US (!!) and i simply
 ML> told her thanks but no thanks ;)  i think those chips would
 ML> be the same ones as in an IBM PCXT since those had hard
 ML> drives... this unit is a plain old PC...

 Should be somebody around here with an old XT. Mine went out
 long ago.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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