-=> Quoting Bruce Legrande to All <=-
 BL> 486dx4/100 w/16m OS/2 Warp - main BBS & FTS/ISP mail client/serv/gate
 BL> 386sx33 w/4m MSDOS v6.22 - HAM Radio BBS/FTSmail node (FD212/Maximus)
 BL> 286/25 w/2m MSDOS v6.22 - JNOS (KA9Q variant) tcp/ip AMPR.org node
 BL> 286/20 w/1m MSDOS v6.22 - IRC client w/robot script (VOICE v0.20r)
 BL> (uses Novell type stack with ppp-ODI)
 BL> 286/12 Toshiba T-1600 Laptop w/1m MSDOS v6.22 - local operator term
 BL> The storage media on these machines consists of a mixture of (E)IDE
 BL> and SCSI-1/2, read/write and CDROM drives.
 BL> I plan on adding another 486+ to the collection later for inet
 BL> surfing, and running business related applications (ie Tracking SW,
 BL> WinVelope, inventory managment, billing, PIM, etc) under Win3.11
 BL> Is there ANY way for me to link these systems together as they 
 BL> are (ie a TSR on the DOS machines) ?  I've been looking at a 5-pack
 BL> of ISA 10Base-2/10Base-T Combo cards (NE2000/IEEE802.3 compatable) 
 BL> for $170 and wondering if this hardware would work for what I'm 
 BL> looking to do ?!
 BL> I realize that the laptop doesn't have room for a card, but it
 BL> DOES have an expansion port where something(?) might be connected.
 BL> Any ideas ???  The budget is very limited so PLEASE don't suggest
 BL> a 'big bucks' upgrade.  I need to work with what I have.  Thanks!
        Sure, this should work out fine. Get the cards, and if possible win95
or win3.11 on one of the machines, that isn't really necessary, but I don't
know the capabilities of OS/2. Anyways, for the dos machines, get the
microsoft client package for dos off of the web site and install it one the
dos based computers. I have this setup here, two machines running win95,
one running win3.11, and the last two running the dos client, works like a
charm, nice and quick to, the network drives are faster than the hard drive
on the XT! :) TTYL
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