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From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network Dumb Terminal?
Date: 29 Apr 1996 00:20:30 -0700
Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA
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In article <4lemh8$7d6@its.hooked.net>, Matt Clark <mclark@hooked.net> wrote:
>Ok.  Here Is What I Want To Do: I want to have an old Compaq 386/sx do a 
>remote boot off of my FreeBSD server and then act like a dumb terminal 
>without 
>having to load the a complete kernel (640k of ram can't do much), IE act like 
>a serial dumb terminal but use my mini-LAN at home.  Is this possible?


I'm sure I'll get flamed for not recommending a FreeBSD-based solution,
but...

Why can't you run NCSA telnet under DOS with a tcp/ip stack?





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