Forgot to update everyone on the thin client DOS project. It's an HP t5740e thin client PC with 2GB of RAM and a 4GB drive. I formatted almost 2GB for the system boot drive and 2GB for the extended DOS partition.Originally, I installed DOS 6.22 on it, but I decided to put FreeDOS on instead. FreeDOS already has most of the drivers needed, so I can install stuff using the USB port. I still have programs on floppies that I bought way back in the early '90s; I was able to just install them from a cheap USB floppy drive.I literally paid like $14 for it, the floppy disks cost more than the drivethese days, $20 for 10 Disks locally! The DOS machine is up and running like a charm. I actually played the original DOOM from way back. Now I am getting back to writing a few batch files. I haven't done that in over 30 years."

... Whaddya mean you don't staple-on diskette labels!?

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Denn wrote to All <=-

Forgot to update everyone on the thin client DOS project. It's an HP t5740e thin client PC with 2GB of RAM and a 4GB drive. I formatted
almost 2GB for the system boot drive and 2GB for the extended DOS partition.Originally, I installed DOS 6.22 on it, but I decided to put FreeDOS on instead. FreeDOS already has most of the drivers needed, so
I can install stuff using the USB port.

Sounds great! I still have a 19" 4:3 monitor I keep around in the hopes
of setting up a DOS box. I'd love to try going back to DOS for a month
and see how it goes.



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Re: Thin Client PC to run DOS.
By: Denn to All on Sat Jan 10 2026 08:56 pm

Forgot to update everyone on the thin client DOS project. It's an HP t5740e thin client PC with 2GB of RAM and a 4GB drive. I formatted almost 2GB for the system boot drive and 2GB for the extended DOS partition.Originally, I installed DOS 6.22 on it, but I decided to put FreeDOS on instead. FreeDOS already has most of the drivers needed, so I can install stuff using the USB port. I still have programs on floppies that I bought way back in the early '90s; I was able to just install them from a cheap USB floppy drive.I literally paid like $14 for it, the floppy disks cost more than the drivethese days, $20 for 10 Disks locally! The DOS machine is up and running like a charm. I actually played the original DOOM from way back. Now I am getting back to writing a few batch files. I haven't done that in over 30 years."

They are really nice machines. I have a HP T630 Thin Client running FreeDOS 1.4. I was able to install network drivers and can telnet with it. Using mTCP's DHCP, it gets assigned an IP address, which is nice too.

Lonewolf
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Re: Re: Thin Client PC to run DOS.
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Sun Jan 11 2026 09:35 am

Forgot to update everyone on the thin client DOS project. It's an HP
t5740e thin client PC with 2GB of RAM and a 4GB drive. I formatted
almost 2GB for the system boot drive and 2GB for the extended DOS
partition.Originally, I installed DOS 6.22 on it, but I decided to
put FreeDOS on instead. FreeDOS already has most of the drivers
needed, so I can install stuff using the USB port.

Sounds great! I still have a 19" 4:3 monitor I keep around in the hopes
of setting up a DOS box. I'd love to try going back to DOS for a month
and see how it goes.

On Ebay i,ve seen the HP 610's go for about $20 - $30, They're Ideal for running DOS, They usually come with a 1 or 2GB HD.
My router went out today, Good thing I had my old nighthawk x6 out in the shed.

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