Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:53:32 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: James Dietrich <jamesd106@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal emulation with DOS Message-ID: <20030724114210.T88806-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030722212346.28623972.jamesd106@charter.net>
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, James Dietrich wrote:
> Sorry if this post is a litte off-topic. I am trying to set up an old
> DOS laptop as a terminal to my FreeBSD firewall/nat box. Has anyone
> come across good (read: free) terminal emulation software for DOS? If
> so could you point me in the right direction?
[Note: please wrap your lines]
If you don't need DOS on the laptop (or maybe you put DOS on because its a
very old slow system that wont do windows..) I suggest you put an old copy
of FreeBSD (2.2 would do) onto it.
I have an old Toshiba T5100/100 (25MHz 386DX, 4MB RAM, 120MB HD) with no
expansion slot so I cant put a network card in it. So I connect the serial
port to my gateway and use ppp to make a network connection over the
serial cable. Then, I can telnet to anywhere I want from the laptop. It
runs FreeBSD-2.0, but I've been meaning to upgrade :) The main advantage
of this setup is the fact that FreeBSD has virtual consoles, so you can
telnet to different machines in different windows. Its a great job for an
otherwise useless piece of equipment.
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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