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- From: "Albert P. Belle Isle" <belleisl@cerberus-sys.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.winsock,alt.winsock.trumpet,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 16 bit vs 32 bit winsock
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 08:22:45 -0500
- Organization: Cerberus Systems, Inc.
- Message-ID: <31627BA5.BB4@cerberus-sys.com>
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- Mike J. M. wrote:
- >
- > In article <315bcd51.5996084@news.iprolink.ch>, aaronw@wam.umd.edu (Aaron Weintraub) wrote:
- > >2) If you are using trumpet for windows 95, then the called gets
- > >handled right there. If it were a 32 bit winsock app, the call would
- > >get thunked down.
- > >
- > >I may be totally wrong..
- > >Aaron
- >
- > Hi Aaron,
- >
- > As I understand it, you're correct. With a true 32-bit stack such as Windows
- > 95 Dialup Networking, winsock.dll acts as a thunking layer for 16-bit
- > winsock apps and redirects calls to wsock32.dll, where the real guts are.
- >
- > Trumpet 95 is exactly the opposite - the guts are in winsock.dll, and
- > wsock32.dll is the thunking layer. Calls from 32-bit winsock apps are thunked
- > _down_ from 32-bit to 16-bit, much like using a win32 app on a Windows 3.x
- > system with win32s installed.
- >
- > Yet another reason not to use Trumpet if you're using Windows 95!
- >
- > - Mike
- >
- > TWIG, The Windows Internet Guide
- > http://twig.hypercon.com
-
-
- Gentlemen:
-
- At the risk of getting caught in a WinSock religious flame war, I think the other
- readers in the group should be reminded that both the Win95 and Trumpet TCP/IP stacks,
- indeed *all* dial-up WinSocks, are *one* bit software on the end that determines how
- fast you can surf the 'net: your com port.
-
- Regards,
-
- Al
-
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