Connect to DOS box

At work I use a networked box that runs from Novell Netware on DOS v5.0 This runs very old accounting software. The box itself is a P120 with 16 MB RAM and a small HD (about 128MB). No OS on the HD.

I have managed to persuade the somewhat ITphobic management to provide me a standalone box on which to analyse the daily data. Obviously I have installed Debian Etch. Having written a few Python scripts to take the output of printed reports and parse them into an OO spreadsheet it is all coming together.

However, to transfer the files I have to use a floppy disc. How can I connect the 2 boxes? The DOS box cannot boot from CD, has no installed OS (boots into network off floppy) and has only a serial connection spare. The network is 10BASE-2 thin ethernet.

Regards, John

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