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How to configure and connect an 1995 MS-DOS IBM PC 110 to the WiFi in 2021

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Yes, you read that correctly.  I've finally managed to get my IBM PC 110 devices running MS-DOS and hooked up to the internet.  The follow page is basically a reminder for myself on how to take a stock device that may or may not have been purchased from Buyee.jp and get it configured for Internet awesomeness... CLICK THE LINK BELOW to READ & SEE HOW IT IS DONE: https://tonyisageek.blogspot.com/p/setting-up-ibm-pc-110-for-wifi-from-ms.html It is indeed possible - if you have enough time and patience, which funny enough I seem to have an abundance of at the moment..... BTW - for context, the IBM PC 110 device is SMALL and I mean really small, considering it was made in 1995, the dimensions are: (HxWxD) (158mm x 113mm x 33mm) - it's the size of an external 3.5" floppy drive ( if you're old enough to remember what one of those is ) https://tonyisageek.blogspot.com/p/setting-up-ibm-pc-110-for-wifi-from-ms.html CLICK THE LINK BELOW to READ & SEE HOW IT IS DONE: CLICK...

Old Skool Saturday....

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" Soooo....what ya' been up to today? ",  " It being a Saturday, y'know that day of freedom and no work? "... Well, working, but playing, if that makes sense.  Okay, so I decided that today was going to be a day of "going back Marty, going back.... to 1995/6" I have burnt a LOT of time trying to get the IBM PC 110 laptop device to work with a vast array of WiFi cards - yes, I know I'm asking a lot to get it to run from MS-DOS, but, y'know, my other device, the HandBook 486 doesn't seem to be having any trouble with the config/setup. I've narrowed it down to the hardware.  I had to have a bit of a refresher on the device, I'm glad this guys website is still up and running (I'll leave links here for the future, also if they every disappear the WayBackWhen machine can be used to go fetch the archives, if they have been archived) http://www.basterfield.com/pc110/pc110idx.htm Pressing F1 on the physical device (with the external ...