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- From: towfiq@Microdyne.COM (Mark Towfiq)
- Message-ID: <TOWFIQ.93Jan11110858@sparcipc.Microdyne.COM>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 11:08:58
- Organization: Microdyne Corporation, Westford, MA, USA
- In-reply-to: backman@FTP.COM's message of 8 Jan 93 16:03:27 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: WinVN over Winsock
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- >>>>> On 8 Jan 93 16:03:27 GMT, backman@FTP.COM (Larry Backman) said:
-
- >> I have placed a Winsock compliant WINVN NNTP newsreader to kkkdksf
- >> for anonymous ftp. This version of WINVN should be compatible with
- >> Winsock 1.0 & 1.1.
-
- lb> and in what domain and what host could I find kkkdksf?
-
- Please note a version of WINVN has been placed in the Windows
- Sockets archive on Microdyne.COM (mirrored at sunsite.unc.edu, which
- has a higher-speed connection to the Internet, as well as Windows
- Sockets information available via WAIS). At the end of this posting,
- please find the README from the Microdyne.COM archive.
-
- Mark Towfiq
- Windows Sockets Mailing List Coordinator
- winsock-request@Microdyne.COM
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Via anonymous FTP to Microdyne.COM, anyone is free to access the
- directory pub/winsock, which contains files and information pertinent
- to the Windows Sockets API.
-
- Here are the contents of the directory:
-
- README The file you are reading now.
-
- archive/ An archive of the winsock@Microdyne.COM
- mailing list. (Send subscription requests to
- winsock-request@Microdyne.COM.)
-
- finger30.zip Lee Murach's sample Finger clients, version
- 3.0, written to version 1.1 of the Windows
- Sockets API. "Finger" is written to the
- synchronous, "fake blocking" form of the
- Windows Sockets calls, and "Mfinger" written
- to the asynchronous, message-based ones.
-
- ftpsoftware.zip FTP Software's Windows Sockets DLL, intended
- to run with PC/TCP 2.10 and PC/TCP 2.11. This
- DLL was designed specifically for use with
- PC/TCP from FTP Software. It will not run
- over other vendors' protocol stacks.
-
- ../incoming/ A directory where submissions to the archive
- (e.g. sample programs) should be placed.
-
- microsoft/ This directory contains the necessary files
- for 16-bit Windows Sockets support for the
- Windows NT October Beta release.
-
- netmanage.zip The NetManage WINSOCK.DLL and associated
- files, provided by Boris Yanovsky to assist in
- testing.
-
- press-releases/ The text of some of the press releases about
- the Windows Sockets API.
-
- winvn.zip A NNTP-based newsreader, written to use the
- Windows Sockets API.
-
- In the subdirectories winsock-1.0 and winsock-1.1 you will find the
- specification in any of these following formats:
-
- winsock.def Sample Windows Sockets DLL Module Definitions
- File
-
- winsock.doc Windows Sockets API specification in WinWord
- 2.0 format
-
- winsock.h Windows Sockets API header file
-
- winsock.hlp Windows Sockets API specification in WinHelp
- 3.1 format (you need the 3.1 WINHELP.EXE to
- read it)
-
- winsock.ps Windows Sockets API specification in
- PostScript format
-
- winsock.rtf File used to build WINSOCK.HLP.
-
- winsock.txt Windows Sockets API specification in ASCII
- Text format
-
- winsock.zip A file in ZIP format suitable for a developer
- to program against -- it contains WINSOCK.H
- and WINSOCK.DEF.
-