On 31/10/1999, Roy J. Tellason said to Peter Knapper about Network (DOS to
OS/2):

RT> I don't know about that...       :-)
RT> 
RT>  PK> It was a free-bee that allowed DOS machines to connect to a 
RT>  PK> Windows Netbios environment, but because the Windows 
RT>  PK> environment is an SMB environment, just about any SMB 
RT>  PK> environmentt can inter-connect using the Dos Requestor package. 
RT>  PK> SMB environments include OS/2 Peer, *nix SAMBA, etc, so you 
RT>  PK> should be able to get something working.
RT> 
RT> I got a couple of different packages from m$,  and could't 
RT> get either one of them working here.  Which is why this 
RT> (dos/dv) box is the least connected of the four machines 
RT> sitting here...
RT> 
RT> If it weren't for ncsa telnet's ftp software,  it wouldn't 
RT> be connecting at all.  And I somehow managed to break that 
RT> a while back.
RT> 
Either of you have DevCon or TechCon CDs? I heard (from a reliable source)
that a free DOS NETBIOS Requester from IBM was available somewhere there.
 
John Angelico
Co-convener, OS/2 SIG
Melbourne PC User Group
also known as: talldad@kepl.com.au

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