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Reply 20 of 31, by Matth79

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ModernMan wrote on Yesterday, 19:48:
The dongle in question states that it will run windows xp, vista, 7, 10 and 11 […]
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Matth79 wrote on Yesterday, 18:59:

You are trying to mash together things from eras so far apart that they can never go together. If you want networking in DOS (or even 98/XP) from a mobile dongle, you will need a more recent setup running the dongle and bridging to Ethernet, and an Ethernet card in the P4 if it doesn't already have a port in the IO.
Also, DOS is "hard mode" for a lot of the things you want to do, on a machine quite capable of running 98 or XP

The dongle in question states that it will run windows xp, vista, 7, 10 and 11

So I need an Ethernet router right. Meaning DOS can read Ethernet right?
if so then will this do
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296029858600
Think you plug your dongle into the router then plug the router into the Ethernet cable

Or the Sim card goes in the router, depends how they work.

DOS needs either a Network card, or a network port built in, and then a software network stack https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/networking_in_dos.php which requires a driver that supports the card or integrated network controller.
But it is basic, the best use of DOS networking is to FTP things down from another PC, while DOS web browsers exist, they use standards that have been left behind, many sites would not work.

Reply 21 of 31, by Nemo1985

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Are you really giving serious answerso this topic which seems a prank?
Dos 6.22 on a pentium 4 and wifi dongle?

Reply 22 of 31, by ModernMan

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Nemo1985 wrote on Today, 00:48:

Are you really giving serious answerso this topic which seems a prank?
Dos 6.22 on a pentium 4 and wifi dongle?

can you not read or something? there is no bloody wifi!

Reply 23 of 31, by Nemo1985

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ModernMan wrote on Today, 01:07:
Nemo1985 wrote on Today, 00:48:

Are you really giving serious answerso this topic which seems a prank?
Dos 6.22 on a pentium 4 and wifi dongle?

can you not read or something? there is no bloody wifi!

Sorry I don't waste my time with pranks and trolls.
Try to use google and wonder why the wifi doesn't work on dos.

Reply 24 of 31, by ModernMan

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Matth79 wrote on Yesterday, 23:16:
Or the Sim card goes in the router, depends how they work. […]
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ModernMan wrote on Yesterday, 19:48:
The dongle in question states that it will run windows xp, vista, 7, 10 and 11 […]
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Matth79 wrote on Yesterday, 18:59:

You are trying to mash together things from eras so far apart that they can never go together. If you want networking in DOS (or even 98/XP) from a mobile dongle, you will need a more recent setup running the dongle and bridging to Ethernet, and an Ethernet card in the P4 if it doesn't already have a port in the IO.
Also, DOS is "hard mode" for a lot of the things you want to do, on a machine quite capable of running 98 or XP

The dongle in question states that it will run windows xp, vista, 7, 10 and 11

So I need an Ethernet router right. Meaning DOS can read Ethernet right?
if so then will this do
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296029858600
Think you plug your dongle into the router then plug the router into the Ethernet cable

Or the Sim card goes in the router, depends how they work.

DOS needs either a Network card, or a network port built in, and then a software network stack https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/networking_in_dos.php which requires a driver that supports the card or integrated network controller.
But it is basic, the best use of DOS networking is to FTP things down from another PC, while DOS web browsers exist, they use standards that have been left behind, many sites would not work.

reading that artical. looks like i will need something to plug into my eithernet port and a program to install on DOS like "Microsoft MS-Net and LAN Manager" the one that was mentioned

Reply 25 of 31, by ModernMan

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Nemo1985 wrote on Today, 01:09:
ModernMan wrote on Today, 01:07:
Nemo1985 wrote on Today, 00:48:

Are you really giving serious answerso this topic which seems a prank?
Dos 6.22 on a pentium 4 and wifi dongle?

can you not read or something? there is no bloody wifi!

Sorry I don't waste my time with pranks and trolls.
Try to use google and wonder why the wifi doesn't work on dos.

you are a f@@ing idiot! (and a troll!) there is no wifi

Reply 26 of 31, by douglar

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ModernMan wrote on Yesterday, 20:04:
douglar wrote on Yesterday, 19:28:

In DOS, you need to load device drivers to make DOS understand any device that is not supported directly by the ROM BIOS. Usually this is done via entries in the config.sys file.

My keyboard is USB, how comes that it works when i am in the DOS OS?

The USB keyboard is supported by the BIOS ROM.

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Reply 27 of 31, by RetroPCCupboard

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ModernMan wrote on Yesterday, 23:05:

It has an inbuilt drive that can not be altered! that drive contains the file for it to run it
hear is what it looks like

Looks like that device can take an SD card also, so can add storage to your windows PC. It is unlikely to work in DOS. Though some motherboards can allow it by making it appear as a hard drive. My ASUS P5PE-VM does so:

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I have to admit, this thread does seem very much like a prank. But I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Could you please provide a bit more detail on what you are trying to do. There must be some motivation for you installing DOS, right? You seem to not have even basic knowledge of it. It might be an idea to buy a book or watch some tutorials first in order to learn the fundamentals.

Reply 28 of 31, by douglar

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Ok, sounds like you have a USB SD card reader that presents itself as mass storage.

There is a decent chance that this driver might work for you

https://hddguru.com/software/2006.02.09-USBAS … -MS-DOS-Driver/

If that driver detects your device, you will need to navigate through a variety of other limitations, since DOS 6.22 doesn’t easily understand mutligigabyte storage devices or modern file system layouts.

So, once the device driver is loaded and your device detected, you will likely need to run fdisk to create a partition on the storage device, reboot, and then run format to put a FAT file systems on the partition you created

Then you can access the device as D:

Reply 29 of 31, by Many Bothans

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wierd_w wrote on Yesterday, 19:12:

DOS did have art software.

PC Paintbrush, and Corel Draw 1.x, for example.

Also before Halo was a game, he was a well established Doctor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Halo

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Reply 30 of 31, by NeoG_

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Trying to get a cellular modem USB device to work in DOS is just not going to work, it's far too new. Your USB dongle needs to go into a router that supports it, then the router can connect via acable to the DOS PC. The curve ball though is that the network card will also need to work in DOS and P4 era network card might not have DOS drivers, you would need to check.

At the end of the day though, internet in DOS was pretty much about accessing BBS systems so hopefully that's what you are interested in

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Reply 31 of 31, by wierd_w

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There's always 'bluetooth serial devices' to consider.

The kind intended for retrocomputing.

Example product, no endorsement:
https://www.usconverters.com/rs232-bluetooth-adapter

There are products made for old 8bit micros, like the c64 as well, that could be cajoled to live on a pc serial port.