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echo: os2inet
to: JAN DOGGEN
from: JAMES MCKENZIE
date: 1997-09-10 22:04:00
subject: W3 Internet programs under WinOS2

Hello Jan!
05 Sep 97 00:21, Jan Doggen wrote to All:
 JD> Hello All!
 JD> What do I have to do to have Internet access under Win/OS2 (OS/2
 JD> programs no problems; Warp 4; no fixpacks)?
 JD> In my CONFIG.SYS I have TCP/IP support for DOS/Windows:
 JD> DEVICE=d:\tcpip\bin\vdostcp.vdd
 JD> DEVICE=d:\tcpip\bin\vdostcp.sys
 JD> RUN=d:\tcpip\bin\vdosctl.exe
Ok here.  These are the virtual stack drivers.
 JD> There are two WINSOCK.DLLs in directories that ae both in my PATH:
 JD> (BTW, which one wil be used?):
 JD> \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WINSOCK.DLL  105216 bytes 21 Oct 94
 JD> \TCPIP\DOS\BIN\WINSOCK.DLL 83817 bytes 1 Aug 96
You need to be have the second one in both places and put one of the two in 
your PATH= statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
 JD> I have installed Internet Explorer 3.03 for W3, custom installation
 JD> *without* TCP/IP stack and dialer.
Whew.  Tell us how you did that feat...
 JD> If I now connect with InJoy, IE still can't visit any site.
You still do not have a winsock enabled TCPIP stack because of the above 
problem.
James
... I figured out why the world is such a mess: God uses Windows!...
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