From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 18:53:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597C437B401 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:53:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from franky.speednet.com.au (franky.speednet.com.au [203.57.65.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514C043F3F for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:53:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [203.38.96.242])h6O1rXDs008875; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:53:34 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.1])h6O1rWXY089175; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:53:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:53:32 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-X-Sender: andyf@hewey.af.speednet.com.au To: James Dietrich In-Reply-To: <20030722212346.28623972.jamesd106@charter.net> Message-ID: <20030724114210.T88806-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal emulation with DOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 01:53:40 -0000 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. -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/