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First post, by AlessandroB

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I'll start by saying I don't know much about networking under DOS... what I'd like to do is connect to a shared folder (perhaps in smb1 on a machine with WinXP installed just for that function) where I can copy and write files and maybe make Ghost backups on it (for experimentation). My DOS computers all have 3COM ISA or PCI 509 series cards, I think. What do I need to install? The card drivers under DOS and insert them into the config.sys? Install some memory-resident software that makes the shared folder on XP appear as if it were an internal drive on the DOS retrocomputer? From your questions, you can see that I know very little about networking under DOS...

I would add that I would like to use drivers and software from the 90's if it were possible and it wasn't terribly more complicated than some more modern software.

thank a lot

Reply 1 of 2, by wierd_w

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The DOS SMB1.0 stack is period software, but that, plus the nic driver, will consume every scrap of your upper memory and then some.

You are better off using modern stuff, like mbrutman's mtcp.

https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/

That gets the job done, without breaking the bank.

It only needs a packet driver, which are *substantially* smaller than ndis2 drivers. Packet drivers should be on the same dos driver diskette as an ndis2 driver, usually for use with novell's odi model. You dont need anything more than this packet driver to use netdrive.

But, if you insist on the path of pain and perdition...

You will need:

DOS NDIS2 driver diskette for your NIC.
Microsoft Lan Manager for DOS disk set.
greater than 128kb of free upper memory.
enable SMB1.0 features on your windows box / network share
thick skin

(I'd provide links, but the ndis2 drivers are nic specific, and the lan manager for dos set is still under copyright, and maybe not proper to link to here.)

Reply 2 of 2, by Guld

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You can look into Brutman's netdrive as well. Works great on my PCjr, 8086, 386, etc. systems. Requires mTCP as well to work

Here's one of Brutman's YouTube videos about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86QSxJO8otI&t=3s

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