Re: Telnet client for dos/ethernet

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From: Richard Letts
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 00:00

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In demon.tech.unix Geoff Blake <geoff@palaemon.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I have an Amstrad ALT 386SX laptop which would be highly convenient for use
> as an ethernet connected terminal to my various systems (primarily Linux but
> includes SunOS) on the network.
> 
> So what I am looking for is a telnet client that will run under dos and will
> support (particularly) an Intel EtherExpress 16 or 3com 3c509C NIC - or has
> anybody successfully installed a Linux distribution on this 4MByte system -
> it could boast(?) a reasonable sized HDD (say 500MB-ish).

Use MS-Kermit with the ODI or packet card driver; it should fit on a 1.4 MB
floppy. {MSK-3.14 and later have a built-in TCPIP stack, so all you
need are: net.cfg, 3c5x9.com, lsl.com, mskermit.exe, mskermit.ini}

Richard
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From: Richard Letts <richard@illuin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Telnet client for dos/ethernet
Date: 1998/03/05
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