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.

... Vegetarians eats vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

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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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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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