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First post, by lucky7456969

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I would like to humbly ask what kinds of dos tables are actually missing for dosbox to access the internet? Is it due to the fact that these tables are located inside the dos source code that no body knows about except to secretly make use of it? This question is based on curiosity, so don't take this seriously.... I have talked to yhkwong privately, so I come to know about this fact.
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Jack

Reply 1 of 20, by wd

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Wow.

Reply 2 of 20, by lucky7456969

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Can I have its full name please?
This file? wdrminit.asm?

Reply 3 of 20, by wd

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No clue what you think you may be talking about.

Reply 4 of 20, by Zup

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I guess that he refers to interrupts (he may think that internet access is made via interrupts).

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Reply 5 of 20, by VileR

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Zup wrote:

(he may think that internet access is made via interrupts)

nope, it is in fact made via tables. My computer's sitting on a table and it gots this hole in the table that the internets cable is coming out of. True story.

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Reply 6 of 20, by Stull

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VileRancour wrote:

nope, it is in fact made via tables. My computer's sitting on a table and it gots this hole in the table that the internets cable is coming out of. True story.

Wait, my laptop isn't on a table, and I'm writing this post on the internet!

Reply 7 of 20, by lucky7456969

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Okay, i meant what data structures are missing for dosbox in order to allow me to surf the internet using dosbox without a disk image? sounds better?

Reply 8 of 20, by wd

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Maybe ask microsoft. Still no idea what you are trying to make up.

Reply 10 of 20, by Cyberdyne

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I think he means, how to successfuly run Arachne from DosBox !!!!

I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.

Reply 11 of 20, by bloodbat

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Stull wrote:
VileRancour wrote:

nope, it is in fact made via tables. My computer's sitting on a table and it gots this hole in the table that the internets cable is coming out of. True story.

Wait, my laptop isn't on a table, and I'm writing this post on the internet!

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Reply 12 of 20, by Stull

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bloodbat wrote:

Everything with four legs and a surface is, in the end, a table...you are a table 😜

Last time I checked I only had two legs. 😁

Reply 13 of 20, by lucky7456969

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Cyberdyne wrote:

I think he means, how to successfuly run Arachne from DosBox !!!!

I'd like to use win31, twinsock + Netscape
That's it
Jack

Reply 15 of 20, by wd

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I doubt that would work with "just adding some tables".

Reply 16 of 20, by h-a-l-9000

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I'd like to use win31, twinsock + Netscape
That's it
Jack

Can you please find a more appropriate hobby?

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Reply 17 of 20, by Cyberdyne

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We are freaks muhahaha 😁

I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.

Reply 18 of 20, by Jorpho

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lucky7456969 wrote:

I'd like to use win31, twinsock + Netscape

You keep bringing this up, and I keep telling you: Twinsock requires a Unix host to connect to. If you don't have a Unix host running tshost, Twinsock will do nothing, regardless of whether it's running in DOSBox with a disk image, DOSBox without a disk image, or someone's ancient 386 PC with a 9600 baud modem!

Internet-wise, a disk image is only needed in DOSBox if you want to use the TCP/IP networking built into Windows 3.11 for Workgroups – which, again, has nothing to do with Twinsock!

EDIT: Here's an example of someone using two QEMU virtual machines – one running Unix and tshost, the other running Windows 3.1. However, he uses a more complex setup method for the sake of "authenticity", so trying to duplicate his setup is inadvisable.

Reply 19 of 20, by lucky7456969

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Sorry guys for making nuisance. But if virtual box can do it, why dosbox can't.
Does that mean networking requires to take a thorough boot before those stuff can take effect?
If not, then I want to change my attention to another thing, is it hard to implement shared drive on a booted image? This is for comfortable user experience to have a system as a whole.... hope you understand
Thanks
Jack