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hi
could you be specific about the components?
i like to build my own computers and think this may be a fun project.
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, .dan. wrote:
> Several people wanted additional information. Here are some particular
> questions and ansers then those many had in common.
>
> First:
>
> "What programs are there in DOS, that is, for the Internet, and can you get
> broadband speeds?"
>
> The way I use it connected to a mac it acts like a terminal to send and
> recieve information. I use unix and linx based internet programs on the mac
> and in a couple of shell accounts to which I have access. The speed is a
> matter of the connection speed to the internet you have on the machine to
> which the dos machine is attached. There are still dos programs which use a
> network connection to the network so such programs could be used directly and
> browsers etc. used in dos or in shell accounts.
>
> Second:
>
> "may I ask what edition of DOS this uses?"
>
> It can use any of them. I happen to run the extended version of dr dos which
> is free and has many functions added to the original. In fact any operating
> system that can be run on a regular pc will work on it.
>
> Third:
>
> Most wanted to know where it is available and the price. There are several
> companies who sell small scale dos mother boards. They are intended mostly
> for industrial control use and other purposes. They however have all the
> functionality of full size machines and the port and other devices that can
> be added are like wise the same. They come with various cpu in various
> speeds. Most are more recent forms which require less power then older
> versions of chips.
>
> I had concieved the idea of using one of these as the basis for a custom dos
> machine to use as I described before. Some of them now have the option of
> using a flash chip as a hard drive so I chose one of them. I also made the
> choice based on what I wanted to perform with it as to choice of ports and
> what devices such as drives I wanted. It can boot from a usb port so I use a
> memory stick as a boot drive like a floppy used to do. Mine has 3 regular
> serial ports with 4 possible. One for speech synth, one for connection to
> the mac and one goes to a modem so I can use the phone function scripts I
> have to dial out and do other phone tasks automatically.
>
> A friend put the various parts together and in a box for me. This is a
> sighted project only because every thing is tight and on a small scale. The
> price depends on which mother board used, how many ports it supports, what
> other devices like drives etc. it can use, the cpu speed and chips used and
> other factors.
>
> My friend is a phd grad school student in computer science more on the
> hardware side of things . By doing this he now has the idea he can do it for
> a few dollars if one only wants to connect to another machine as I do without
> local dos computer functions except on a small scale such as screen readers
> and connectivity software . He says if he were to do my project again for
> others he would have to charge for his time. Depending on configuration I
> would guess about $400.
>
> XB
> IC|XC
>
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