mark lewis wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 ml>> the problem with DOS ones is that there are several tcp/ip
 ml>> protocol stacks and they are not compatible with each
 ml>> other... not compatible in that programs coded for one will
 ml>> not work with another... i'm aware of two, possibly three,
 ml>> stacks for DOS... actually, that may be three, possibly
 ml>> four... i have run the m$ workgroup addon stack with netbios
 ml>> and tcp/ip on a DOS only machine and even had a DOS 5
 ml>> workgroup server... no windows software at all...

 RJT> I might want to hear about the way to accomplish that some
 RJT> time...

 ml> i did it by using the ODI stuff to stack the additional protocols
 ml> in...

That's where I start getting confused.  I've run across "ODI" for
example but can't remember what the heck it means.  There's so *much* out
there for networking stuff that's either way early and not being used much
any more or else more current but not particularly relevant to what I'm
doing here.

And if I'm not using some tidbit of info,  I tend to forget it...    :-)

 RJT> What were some of the differences between these incompatible
 RJT> stacks?

 ml> the main thing being the API calls not being the same...

That'll do it!

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