ml>> now, i was being pedantic ... your statement seemed, to me, to
 ml>> be a blanket statement and covering all situations which i knew was
 ml>> false and thus my post... i have built, in the past, several

 SH> Incomplete, perhaps, but not false.  If the boxes come with
 SH> Windows 9X, NT or 2K, the Windows Socket stack and TCP/IP
 SH> protocol come with it ready to be installed.

> ready to be installed is not the same as installed
>

 ml>> hundred machines that did not get the network protocols installed
 ml>> by default... networking was not needed or desired... yes, win9x,
 ml>> winNT, and w2k machines...

 SH> In North Carolina?  Here the boxes either need networking
 SH> installed to connect to LANS or to connect to the Internet, or
 SH> both.  If I have seen a PC around here which did not have
 SH> networking installed, it was only because I had to install it.

not only in NC but in GA, SC, VA and other places where the machine is
intended for standalone operation with no outside connections or internal
LAN connections...

  ie: controller for injection moulding equipment
      controller for equipment in food processing plant
      controller for satelite dish positioning

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