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  • Thin client PC to run MS-DOS

    From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to All on Fri Nov 21 09:32:57 2025
    Was thinkingg about buying another thin client PC to run DOS on, started thinking and remembered that outwest.synchro.net runs on a HP 5740e thin client that can run DOS.
    now I'm planning to move the Otwest BBS over to my Dell wyse 5060 thin client so I can use the hp 5740e as my DOS machine.
    Or I could move the BBS to my Dell optiplex 790, <- my plex server.

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to All on Sun Nov 23 16:47:23 2025
    Re: Thin client PC to run MS-DOS
    By: Denn to All on Fri Nov 21 2025 09:32 am

    Was thinkingg about buying another thin client PC to run DOS on, started thinking and remembered that outwest.synchro.net runs on a HP 5740e thin client that can run DOS.

    Got it done, now my hp 5740e will be my next project, I will put the 4GB ssd back in it and remove the 2.5 500 GB HD that I mounted on the outside of the case, (thin client has no room on the inside),
    I will need to istall DOS and partition ssd.
    Will do that during thanksgiving holiday.

    ... Toto, I don't think we're in DOS anymore...

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Sun Nov 23 16:24:30 2025
    Re: Thin client PC to run MS-DOS
    By: Denn to All on Sun Nov 23 2025 04:47 pm

    Got it done, now my hp 5740e will be my next project, I will put the 4GB ssd back in it and remove the 2.5 500 GB HD that I mounted on the outside of the case, (thin client has no room on the inside), I will need to istall DOS and partition ssd. Will do that during thanksgiving holiday.

    I'm wondering if DOS will be able to successfully boot from an SSD on that machine.. I seem to recall hearing about issues with old operating systems booting from certain newer types of drives. I've seen people using period-correct hardware for old operating systems, and sometimes if they want a fast boot drive, I've seen adapters that will let you use a CompactFlash card with an IDE interface - so you'd basically be using a flash drive but make it look like an old IDE drive.

    Also, I remember DOS having a partition size limit too; you might not to make use of all of the 4GB with one partition with DOS. I think DOS might have a partition size limit of 2.1GB or something?

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 18:34:32 2025
    Re: Thin client PC to run MS-DOS
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Sun Nov 23 2025 04:24 pm

    Got it done, now my hp 5740e will be my next project, I will put the
    4GB ssd back in it and remove the 2.5 500 GB HD that I mounted on

    I'm wondering if DOS will be able to successfully boot from an SSD on that machine.. I seem to recall hearing about issues with old operating systems booting from certain newer types of drives. I've seen people using period-correct hardware for old operating systems, and sometimes if they want a fast boot drive, I've seen adapters that will let you use a CompactFlash card with an IDE interface - so you'd basically be using a flash drive but make it look like an old IDE drive.

    From what I've read the Intel Atom N280 x86 can run DOS natively, I have read the only incompatability is with the sound, but there's a couple of solutions to fix that.



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  • From Denn@VERT to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 22:19:31 2025
    Re: Thin client PC to run MS-DOS
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Sun Nov 23 2025 04:24 pm

    Got it done, now my hp 5740e will be my next project, I will put the
    I'm wondering if DOS will be able to successfully boot from an SSD on tha

    Also, I remember DOS having a partition size limit too; you might not to

    Nightfox
    Nightfox

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  • From Lordwoodoo@VERT/CONCHAOS to Denn on Mon Nov 24 11:19:38 2025
    Re: Thin client PC to run MS-DOS
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Sun Nov 23 2025 10:19 pm

    Also, I remember DOS having a partition size limit too; you might not to

    MSDOS 6.22 is limited to 2 gb hard drive partition. Better to create this partition first, if you plan to have multiple partitions on your Hard Drive.
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