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- From: dan@cedb.dpcsys.org (Dan Busarow)
- Subject: Re: Winsock available?
- Organization: DPC Systems
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:40:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <BzGuFA.4FG@cedb.dpcsys.org>
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- jallard@microsoft.com (James 'J' Allard) writes:
- :
- : FYI: socktsr.exe corresponds to the name of our real-mode stack's sockets
- : interface (there could be other socktsr's out there too). We shipped socktsr
- : with LAN Manager 2.1, and have since renamed it to "sockets.exe" to avoid
- : confusion. When we release our Windows Sockets API support via "winsock.dll",
- : you will have to load this TSR for functionality. Both files will be
- : included in the TCP/IP for Windows for Workgroups package.
-
- Are there any plans to develop a 'winsock' API library which could
- be used by non-windows dos programs?
-
- At the birds of a feather session for Winsock at InterOp there was a
- bullet on the topics board which mentioned dos but the discussion
- never touched on this.
-
- Any info?
-
- Dan
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