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First post, by Kahenraz

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I have my build environment running in a Windows 7 x86 VM which allows me to use modern text editors and build tools but with 16-bit compilers. This is working great for the coding and build step but I now have to get the release files onto a DOS machine for testing. In this case, I am doing diagnostic testing against real vintage hardware and I can't do this in an emulator.

Ideally, I would like to be able to automate the step which occurs after the build is complete for copying files onto the DOS machine. It doesn't need to run automatically once it's there; I just want to it to get there without having to manually copy files over some physical media. This means a network connection, ideally ethernet or WiFi if possible for less clutter. I'll have to have access to the PCI bus so I won't be able to use a laptop, unfortunately.

Is anyone familiar with what hardware (network cards) and software (LAN/FTP) would be ideal for this process?

Reply 1 of 1, by the3dfxdude

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Put mbrutman's FTP server on the DOS machine, and then you can use the convenience of modern FTP applications from your development machine to manage the files. Pretty much any ethernet card that runs on DOS will do the trick. Wireless would have to be done via a bridge.