Mike Chambers
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Apprently you can get Free-DOS to access the internet too, this is something I have yet to get working myself (and the full distro even comes with various internet programs and utils), but that could be because I'm trying to use it in VirtualPC rather then on a real PC, and during the installation it stalls trying to find my DHCP server on my network.
Might be worth a try for anyone else who is interested.
http://www.freedos.org
i don't know much about virtual pc, i've only tried it a couple times. i've found VMware Workstation to be the vastly superior product. for a network card, it emulates an AMD PCnet adapter. it's a very well supported card. i reccommend you try it out.
http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/
you get a 30-day free trial with the download. a serial number can easily be found on google, not that i reccommend you doing anything illegal. check with your local jurisdiction's laws, as always. :wink:
i use it VERY often because i run windows XP 64-bit which doesn't allow 16-bit DOS code to run in the command prompt, so i set up a little MS-DOS 6.22 system inside it. sometimes when i get bored i'll load up VMware and run debian or fedora core inside windows too, because i'm a nerd like that.