ml>> windows = too expensive
 ml>>         = too many resources needed
 ml>>         = old boxes are dog slow

 SH> I must either be making too much money or have equipment which
 SH> has lots of oomph.  My Windows 2000 has a ton of resources,
 SH> everything runs, and it was even relatively cheap.

cheap depends on one's perspective...

w2k, wnt and newer stuff all manage the system resources differently than
win9x ever did... we're speaking of memory and such allocations... i've one
program here that is fine inder w2k but is a resource hog under w98se...
just loading it on w98se eats up 35% of each of the resource catagories
that the resource meter shows...

 ml>> linux   = too much of a learning curve
 ml>>         = existing programs won't run
 ml>>         = too geeky

 SH> Does Linux not have a DOS box available?

yes and no... yes as in one can install DOSEMU... no in that its not link
one might think... its kinda of like an addon in an emulated machine... you
have an image of the DOS flavor you want to run and configure DOSEMU to
load that in the emulation and run it from there... yes, DRDOS, MSDOS,
FreeDOS, whateverDOS...

 ml>> AIR, they are using some MSCHAP that's a buggar to authenticate
 ml>> thru...

 SH> If he did not have to call long distance to do it, I'd get him
 SH> to call up here.:-)

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