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How can I make this computers, terminals (X terminals if possible) on a
Linux box?

Thanks,

Tudor

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Quote:> I have a network with some 286 (1Meg VGA Card) diskless / ethernet card.

> How can I make this computers, terminals (X terminals if possible) on a
> Linux box?

Greg Weeks
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you will probably want to get a copy of minux since linux doesn't run
on 286's

Quote:>I have a network with some 286 (1Meg VGA Card) diskless / ethernet card.

>How can I make this computers, terminals (X terminals if possible) on a
>Linux box?

>Thanks,

>Tudor

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Their demo is worth giving it a try : you load an OS + browser + drivers
from a single floppy.

Just my two cents.

Danny

URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/uka_ppp.exe

#  Additional software for uka_ppp on mvmpc9
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/yarnarc.exe
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/minuarc.exe
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/lynxarc.exe
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/xparc.exe
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/bobcat.exe
URL:http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/arachne.exe

A year ago or so, i hope the URLs still valid.

I have a 286 with 4MB ram running up to a graphical web-browser,
arachne, it works.  But i find it to slow on a 286.  The other packets
are ok on a 286.  (not shure about lynx and 286, bobcat, the smaller
brother of lynx, is ok.)  (maybe not yarn with a lot in the spool, but
for mail, ok.)

The packets above inklude some web-browsers, some telnet-clients, ftp of
different brands, mail, an so on.

Works ok on a machine set up with a card and an packet-driver, talking
to a machine running linux.

(there are packet-drivers for null-modem and paralell-cables as well,
it may work, byt then i guess linux must be running plip or slip.  I
have not tried. There is a howto.)

I think the packet-driver, and a telnet easily can be placed on a
floppy. _not_ using the uka_ppp frontend. With static ip.

There is also a microsoft tcp/ip thing useful for mounting shares, run
on 286.  I dont know if it will run of a floppy, it anyway consumes
much memory, but if, the whole uka_ppp thing could be run diskless.

(or maybe not, if the 'microsoft tcp/ip thing' take the card, it can
not also run the packet driver, maybe a couple of cards will be
needed.  And if memory leftover for other aplications get to low. It
may not work.  )

(Or mounting C:  via a paralell-cable, intersrv/interlnk or maybe
fastlynx.  But that demands another machine as disk-server for the
286.)

(both qnx and dos-vnc need a 386 or better, i belive, at least dos-vnc
do.  I am not into IPX, what can pcnfs do, i dont know.)

Vidar Andresen

    URL:http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html
    URL:http://www.linux.org.uk/ELKS-Home/index.html
    URL:http://www.trinux.org

As "linux"/"unix" distributiones able to run on 286.

For whatever it's worth, have not checked the URL's or anything.

Vidar Andresen

Vidar Andresen

I'd go with the msdos version of kermit
   (http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html)
which will run over a packet driver and work in character mode in
telnet sessions.

  Les Mikesell