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echo: dos_internet
to: Roy J. Tellason
from: mark lewis
date: 2003-06-19 09:58:14
subject: The right source

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...

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

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

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

)\/(ark

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