John Donohue wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 MB> There is also a product available from Microsoft for 
 MB> about US$50, Workgroup Add-On for DOS, which will act 
 MB> as both a client and as a peer server.
 JD> I know this has been out for some time (we use the free
 JD> client for our DOS machines to use our NT servers) but I've
 JD> never actually seen it anywhere. It also doesn't seem to be
 JD> described anywhere on Microsoft's web site. Maybe you can
 JD> answer some questions about it.
It definitely exists.  I have a copy.
 JD> - how much memory does it need?
I don't know exactly.  It is a superset of the client.  I think it needs 
about 20-30 KB more than the client, although it can be loaded into UMB if 
that exists, just like the client.
 JD> - does it support the microsoft TCPIP add-on that WfWG's uses?
I think so.  I have used the TCP/IP components for support of NetBIOS over 
TCP/IP, but I have never done anything else with them.  The Microsoft TCP/IP 
implementation is very, very minimal.
 JD> - will it run on a microchannel box?
I don't see why it wouldn't, provided that you had the proper NDIS drivers.  
On the other hand, I've never tried it.
 JD> - does it have native support for the IBM Lan Adapter/A card on 
 JD> MCA? 
It uses straight NDIS.
 JD> - why am I asking all these questions? ;-)
 JD> somebody gave us a PS/2 model 80 server with a gig of
 JD> disk(s), 2 megs of memory, and no software. I found NDIS
 JD> drivers on an IBM web site, but can't quite make the thing
 JD> work with Lantastic 7. 2 megs isn't enough for WFWG or OS/2
 JD> 2.x, or the MCA tweaked Linux. So, at present, it's a big
 JD> door stop....
You can throw more memory in there.  It takes standard 72-pin SIMM, as far as 
I can remember; they may have to be true-parity, however.  You should be able 
to boot OS/2 to a command prompt in 2 MB, but you really have to know what 
you are doing in that configuration.
 JD> - should I move this to the LANTASTIC echo?
No, I think Lantastic is unlikely to work.
 
-- Mike
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