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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
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