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- > >From: xxnoble@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Paul Noble)
- > >
- > >WSOCKET.DLL is NOT WinSock. Winsock was a new feature of version 2.2 of
- > >PC/TCP. Version 2.11 and prior releases were not Winsock compliant. A few
- > >weeks ago, a similar thread appeared and in response to a question, someone
- > >from FTP itself replied that the WINSOCK.DLL file is available on there FTP
- > >site (FTP.FTP.COM) and would work with 2.11.
- >
- > Well, this is not technically correct, but it is correct enough. WSOCKET.DLL
- > is a dll to suport version 1.0 of the Winsock specification. It has long been
- > superceded by WINSOCK.DLL and verison 1.1 of the specification. Since the
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- Actually, Paul's answer was entirely correct :) Even the 1.0
- WinSock spec was but a sparkle in Martin's eye when we were shipping
- our WSOCKET.DLL (which was a mostly BSD Socket compatible DLL that
- lacked many of the WINning features of WinSock).
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