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- In article <2mvejl$p46@lynx.dac.neu.edu> j.perry@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Jeffrey Perry) writes:
- >From: j.perry@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Jeffrey Perry)
- >Subject: WinSock DLL for modem use w/o slip Interested?
- >Date: 25 Mar 1994 14:38:29 -0500
- >Summary: Considering creating such a program
- >Keywords: winsock slip modem mosaic
-
- >I am considering creating a software set composed of two parts: 1) a
- >winsock compatible DLL and 2) a C program to run on the remote UNIX host
- >that would decode a protocol that the DLL would use to talk over the
- >phone to the UNIX host. This would allow people who didn't have access
- >to slip or didn't want to deal with it to use any winsock application
- >with a minimum of fuss. Users could then easily run such applications as
- >WinMosaic and WinIrc.
- Iwas thinking about doing that myself.
- Never got started though, and then UCB started SLIP accounts last semester,
- so now I don't need it. But there's probably a lot of people who could use
- that. The real pain in the neck would be getting a UNIX client part generic
- enough to run on any 'nix system
-
- >What I need to know is how much interest is their in such a tool?
-
- >If you would be interested in using such a tool please send me email.
-
- >Thanks
-
- >Jeffrey Perry
- >j.perry@lynx.dac.neu.edu
-
- >PS. If you know anyone else working on this sort of project already
- >please send me email as well.
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