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- From: jallard@microsoft.com (James 'J' Allard)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP programming reference material wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.221105.9212@microsoft.com>
- Date: 01 Sep 92 22:11:05 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug30.011626.730@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug30.011626.730@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> a_millsbs@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >I am intersted in trying to do some tcp/ip programming on some MS-DOS systems
- >and I was wondering if anyone out there could recommend some good books or
- >documents. This is my FIRST attempt at tcp/ip pragramming so any references
- >of general nature are valuable not just those that apply to ms-dos.
-
- Probably the most widely referenced book for TCP/IP programming is
- Stevens' UNIX Network Programming which is widely available (I think it's
- a Prentice Hall title). It explains the basics of sockets, etc.
-
- However, if you want to do MS-DOS TCP/IP programming, the interface will
- vary from implementation to implementation. Your best bet is to get in
- touch with the manufacturer of the stack that you'll be working on to get
- the correct library and header files. Most MS-DOS based interfaces are
- based on BSD sockets of some flavor.
-
- Finally, if you're thinking about doing some Windows programming over TCP/IP,
- it's probably worth your time to check out the recently released Windows
- Sockets specification available on ftp.uu.net under the /vendors/microsoft
- directory. The specification was jointly developed and endorsed by about
- 20 vendors in the community and will be the new interface by which to
- access TCP/IP via Windows. Windows NT will have a Windows Sockets compliant
- interface as well.
-
- Hope this helps,
-
- J. Allard
- Microsoft Corp.
-
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