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    From Kurt Weiske@1:2320/100 to All on Wed Nov 18 14:50:42 2015

    I'm tempted to take a thin client that boots into DOS and Windows CE as an antique box. It doesn't have a floppy drive, and the flash memory isn't removable so I'm not sure how I'd be able to get files onto it.

    There isn't a USB storage driver for DOS, is there? or a USB floppy driver for DOS?

    I wonder if I could boot with a bootable USB stick into DOS and copy the files over to the filesystem from there?

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  • From Leslie Given@1:2320/100 to Kurt Weiske on Wed Nov 18 20:06:26 2015
    18 Nov 15 14:42, you wrote to all:


    I'm tempted to take a thin client that boots into DOS and Windows CE
    as an antique box. It doesn't have a floppy drive, and the flash
    memory isn't removable so I'm not sure how I'd be able to get files
    onto it.

    I'm not sure if I follow exactly what his antique box is. But, sence Window CE is a 32-bit multi-tasking multi-threading system. Have you thought about just making a multi-boot, DOS and Windows CE system. That way you can send files to a server on the Win CE and it will also see the other DOS drive.

    I have a microxp, FreeDOS/DOS7 multi booting on old hardware here. All the Drive partitions can be seen and used. Making transfering files no problem.

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  • From Mark Lewis@1:2320/100 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Nov 19 10:47:32 2015
    18 Nov 15 14:42, you wrote to All:


    I'm tempted to take a thin client that boots into DOS and Windows CE as an antique box. It doesn't have a floppy drive, and the flash memory isn't removable so I'm not sure how I'd be able to get files onto it.

    the thin client boxes that i'm aware of use netboot to get their OS and file system which is all stored on another machine...

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/100 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Nov 20 18:37:02 2015
    11-18-15 14:42 Kurt Weiske wrote to All about Getting files to DOS?
    Howdy! Kurt,

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    I'm tempted to take a thin client that boots into DOS and Windows CE as
    an antique box. It doesn't have a floppy drive, and the flash memory
    isn't removable so I'm not sure how I'd be able to get files onto it.

    There isn't a USB storage driver for DOS, is there? or a USB floppy
    driver for DOS?

    I wonder if I could boot with a bootable USB stick into DOS and copy
    the files over to the filesystem from there?

    Have You tried plugging a USB Floppy Drive in it?

    If it has USB connections on it, that is.


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