I am working on these esp01/8266 with at commands from dos you can connect to a 
wifi in dos and other retro machines. This should be a viable option for 
freedos.

https://www.instructables.com/Getting-Started-With-the-ESP8266-ESP-01/ 
<https://www.instructables.com/Getting-Started-With-the-ESP8266-ESP-01/>

Thoughts?

> On 2 Dec 2020, at 9:26 am, Danilo Pecher <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> wireless, I don't even go there, it's an iwi that need proprietary Intel 
> firmware - no sale. 
> 
> No, the machine is a geriatric Compaq Nx8220 and the NIC in question is a 
> Broadcom Ethernet card. BCM5751M.
> 
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 00:09, Eric Auer <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > laptop is 15 years old, and even that has hardware that is 'too new'
> 
> You mean wireless?
> 
> > I think you're asking two implicit questions here: a) Should we abandon
> > 16 bit hardware as nobody has any, which would mean FreeDOS goes 32bit.
> 
> No. Things which work well with 640k can AND should stay 16 bit :-)
> 
> Just relax that requirement for things which work BETTER in 32 bit.
> 
> > why FreeDOS?
> 
> Because you can :-) And because many DOS apps already exist.
> 
> > Not trying to get too philosophical here
> 
> Who knows ;-)
> 
> > FreeDos needs to find its main purpose and then adjust course
> 
> It already has a purpose - the question is what you want to change.
> 
> Regards, Eric
> 
> 
> 
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