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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP for OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.220654.28458@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <JR5051.92Nov6212457@cehp17.coewl.cen.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov7.160237.23925@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <BxD1sr.C0D@nic.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:06:54 GMT
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- In article <BxD1sr.C0D@nic.umass.edu> mcrocker@titan.ucc.umass.edu (MATTHEW S CROCKER) writes:
- >Does the TCP/IP package need to see an ethernet card in the box?
-
- No. You can set it up with SLIP.
-
- >I have a 486/33 with 20 MB and I want to set up a client server application
- >that will eventually run on a network, However I don't have a network..
- >I don't see any reason why I can't have the server & client running in the
- >same box.... Does TCP/IP uses sockets and all that neat stuff like unix?
-
- Yes. I think you'll probably want to get the source code package.
- See the IBM TCP/IP announcement letter in /pub/os2/all/info on
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
- >IBM tech support was no help with this...
- >How much is TCP/IP with an educational discount?
-
- Base services is $130. Take 35% off all prices you see in the
- announcement letter.
-
- >How much Harddrive space is needed?
-
- Varies. I believe the announcement letter covers this.
-
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