Linda Proulx wrote in a message to Peter Knapper:

 LP> Greetings and Salutations,

 LP>      -=> Peter Knapper wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 PK> However be warned that the DOS Code is a CLIENT ONLY, it does NOT
 PK> contain any Server code.

 LP> So I will have to access the lan from the old unit & not the os2 unit?

 PK> I am not too sure what you mean by "access the lan from the old
 PK> unit"???. This may help to explain it better -

 LP> I want to use the OS/2 box to access the DOS box.  I want to
 LP> run the occasional use DOS programs I will put on it &
 LP> potentially a disk drive. Will the DOS box have to have the
 LP> server component or use the DOS box to access the OS/2 box
 LP> only?

There may be some terminology questions here. You say you want to run programs 
on the DOS box. Do you mean you want to have the OS2 box trigger programs to
execute on the DOS box hardware or that you want the OS2 box to be able to run 
programs stored on the DOS box? 

In either case the DOS box isn't going to have any server code running so
allowing the OS2 box to access it's drives is not an option. If you need the
DOS box to just take direction from the OS2 box and execute a program on
command then you need to create a flag file that the DOS box will cycle and
check for. When it sees the flag file, it will run whatever is supposed to be
run. 

Loading server component on a DOS box is going to be a very expensive
proposition memory wise. There isn't enough to do a server properly and still
have the system be able to run real large DOS commands. 

Lastly, I have to ask why have the DOS machine anymore at all? What does it
get you? The OS2 box can create virtual DOS sessions with more memory that
will be better performing than what you are running on the DOS box. 

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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