XFS Network File System Client
Version 1.8 · Robert Juhasz
Description
XFS is a Network File System (NFS) client for DOS that runs atop your ethernet card's packet driver. This will allow you to mount network disks and printers as local devices on your palmtop. Requires a palmtop-friendly NIC like the Silicom or Accton. Shareware.
Technical details
- File
xfs180.zip- Size
- 166.4 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1994
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-06-05
- Files inside
- 23
- Author
- Robert Juhasz
- Path
anonftp/pub/xfs180.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 149.2 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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XFS.BAT→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 131 B -
WINPKT.COM→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 3.5 KB -
ARP.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 9.7 KB -
LS.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 17.4 KB -
MV.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 12.7 KB -
NETSTAT.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 9.0 KB -
XFSKRNL.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 44.4 KB -
XFSKRNLF.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 44.9 KB -
XFSTOOL.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 46.8 KB -
XPING.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 16.4 KB
No need to put
0CHANGES, BUGS, HOSTS, INIT, WARNING, XFSFMX.DLL, ORDER.FRM, DIS_PKT9.TCP and 5 more:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 149.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy XFS.BAT, WINPKT.COM, ARP.EXE, LS.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
The author's instructions
4. Installing XFS ..........................................4
4.2.The Kernel ........................................4
4.3.Network Configuration .............................5
4.4.Configuration Syntax ..............................5
5. Authentication ..........................................6
6. Mounting Drives .........................................6
6.1.Mount a Drive .....................................7
6.2.Mount a Printer ...................................7
6.3.Mount Options .....................................7
6.4.Unmounting Drives/ Printers .......................7
7. Other Commands ..........................................8
8. More about PCNFSD and Printing ..........................9
8.2.Printing ..........................................10
8.2.1.Using XFS Printers with Microsoft Windows ..10
8.2.2.Using XFS Printers with other
Applications .....................................10
8.2.3.The Timeout Value ..........................10
9. File Manager Extension ..................................10
9.1.How to install XFSFMX .............................10
9.2.Commands ..........................................10
10.Command Scrips ..........................................11
11.Using XFS over other Networks ...........................12
11.1 Microsoft LAN Manager and Windows for
Workgroups 3.1 ........................................12
11.2 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ............12
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Literal excerpt from XFS.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.