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- * THE SIGMA NETBIOS ENGINE 2.0 *
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- * Sigma Software Research TEL: 205 244-7230 *
- * P.O. Box 231239 CIS: 74130,3116 *
- * Montgomery, AL 36123-1239 *
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- INTRODUCTION
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- This archive contains several programs to demonstrate the Sigma NetBIOS
- Engine for Windows 3.0. If you would like more information, please call,
- mail or use CompuServe to leave a mailing address. The Engine is available
- with complete source code, 60 page guide/reference manual, and several demo
- programs. The Engine also includes interface classes for Actor 4.0 and a
- sample NetBIOS Chat program.
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- Please make sure that NetBIOS is properly installed and working on your
- system before executing the demo applications. If you are not sure about the
- driver installation refer to your network systems manual for details. You may
- use the demo programs NFERRET, or TDS and TDC to test the Engine with your
- network.
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- Time/Date Server (TDS)
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- The TDS application broadcasts the current date and time from a node. Other
- nodes may use TDC to receive and display the time/date datagram. Simply start
- TDS and the time should update in the window every second. The number of
- servers is limited by NetBIOS resources and the number of Windows timers
- available.
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- Time/Date Client (TDC)
- ----------------------
- TDC receives and displays all time/date datagrams from local and/or remote
- servers. Since each instance of TDC adds the NetBIOS Group Name "TIMEDATE"
- to the network, you may only run one instance of the TDC application. If you
- attempt to execute a second copy of TDC locally, you will get a NetBIOS Add
- Name error 0DH and the application terminates.
-
- The Network Ferret
- ------------------
- This program demostrates reading the Adapter Status. This works on the local
- or a remote adapter (provided the name exists on the remote adapter). Simply
- start the program and select a enter a node name or "*" for the local adapter.
- The program updates the status every second in the window. Note that you may
- run many instances of this program and simultaneously monitor the adapter
- status on several nodes at once.
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- Actor 4.0 Classes
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- In addition, the Engine contains NetBIOS interface classes for Actor 4.0.
- This includes a Network CHAT program to illustrate usage with the Actor
- programming language.
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