Re: [Q] Connect MS-DOS machines to Linux box

James L. McGill (fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com)
Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:05:17 -0600 (CST)


On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Francis Vidal wrote:

>good day linux users!
>
>we have about 30+ XTs on a computer laboratory that is not often used by
>students and we want to connect them to a linux box running Slackware96.

That is a shame. Linux requires at least a 386 to run.
You could setup a serial port server, and run the XT's
(running a communications program) as serial terminals.
That could make quite effective use of your XT's.

But I believe ethernet is out of the question.

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