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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Using bcc 3.1 I compiled a really big NOS.exe
yesterday. I packed in as much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>stuff as I could imagine that would actually be
used on the air, and then added</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>some more. I have a nos.exe that will do smtp, ftp,
telnet, ttylink, finger, hopcheck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bbs...pretty much everything except I ditched
the POP3 SERVER, and the NNTP code.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have 150k dos memory left over. Last night I had
my ethernet card attached and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>monitoring, had a dialup modem connected also via
ppp on com1, and a kiss</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tnc on com2. Configuration took under 20 minutes
from scratch, most of that time was</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>spent on the dial script for the dialup
modem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funny though was telnetting out the ethernet cable
modem connection</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and into the dialup connection to the BBS. HopCheck
was pretty cool too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Big deal you say? Well I did it with
a miniscule operating system and about 450K</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of conventional ram.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am just wondering what the system requirements
are of a 2.6.20 kernel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>compiled with the minimum necessary to get Jnos to
be able to ping <A href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</A>?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This isn't an operating system comparison, or even
an attempt at a flame war.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a presentation, along with a request, that on
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>both the documentation side,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and the development side, a consideration is kept
for </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the capabilities of a 386</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> with DOS 6.2 and an ISA ethernet
card.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steven N1OHX</FONT></DIV>
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