Re: Networking my Thinkpad in DOS to Windows desktop

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From: Mark Bell (bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: Thu Jul 01 1999 - 06:38:40 EDT

At 05:45 PM 07/01/1999 +0800, Warren Tan Wing Wah wrote:
>I have a TP 560X running MS-DOS 6.0, without a CD-ROM drive. I have a 3Com
>3C589D
>PCMCIA network card, as well as Windows 98 running on a desktop PC. The
>desktop's network adapter and settings are configured already. I need the
>laptop to access a CD-ROM drive on the desktop, but I can't install Windows
>(because I don't have an external CDROM drive) to do so the normal way.
>
>Now the question is how I network a DOS laptop with the Windows machine.

IF you want to install Win9x, in cases like this, I either:

A. Use a bullet parallel port drive that holds all the various OSR releases
   of Win9x

B. Copy the win9x directory via laplink (parallel).

C. Use a terminal program and link the machines via serial (serial).

If you are installing OSR_0-2 (Win95, Win95a, Win95b), the files are
relatively
small. You can safely delete the 25meg CIS monstrosity install file and bring
your OSR_2 (revB) down to a comparable size.

If you need to install Win98, do the same procedure, but goto bed after
starting the procedure, because your systems will be occupied for awhile. :)

If you still require a MS-DOS based machine that requires access to Win9x/NT
resources:

For older machines that need access to Windows network resources but still
mandate pre Win9x environment, I install Windows for WorkGroups 3.11. It is
able to access all Windows resources, is a lot smaller and was the last gasp
for Windows 3.x with decent networking (precursor to Win9x). You can map and
use printers and drives on Win9x and NT machines. I have a TP755c that runs
MSDOS and WfWG 3.11, and it uses a 3c589d combo adapter. It works perfect.

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