To: Yigal Hochberg <72144 DOT 3704 AT compuserve DOT com>
Cc: djgpp <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>, luc AT spc DOT nl
Subject: Re: tcp/ip and unix network applic using djgpp 
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 10:31:50 +0000
From: Luc Rooijakkers <luc AT opus DOT spc DOT nl>

> 1. Do you know anybody who compiled a Unix (Berkeley or similar) socket
>    library or part of it for DOS using dgjpp ?
>    Is it publicly available ?

The Trumper newsreader program comes with an external TCP stack called
TCPDRV whose ABI is published; search archie for tcp201.zip and
tcp201.specification. I believe the author is
peter AT psychnet DOT psychol DOT utas DOT edu DOT au. You might be able to use this stack
from within DJGPP, possibly putting a socket emulation library on top
of it.

It's functionality is limited, however; the 2.01 version doesn't support
fragmentation, for example.

> 2. If the answer to (1) is positive, what driver is used to communicate with
>    the Ethernet adaptor? Is it NDIS, packect-driver or something else ?

This stack uses packet drivers.

> 3. What about other applications like ftp, telnet (that requires tcp).
>    Has anybody you know of did any work in this area ?

From the 00readme.tcp file in tcp201.zip:

	archie2.exe     Archie client
	finger2.exe     Finger client
	ftp2.exe        ftp client
	hopchk2.exe     hop check client (trace route)
	ichat2.exe      peer to peer internet chat client  (uses port 2048)
	                (not an IRC client)
	ping2.exe       ping client
	status.exe      provide a tcp status screen  (used with windows)
	tel2.exe        dumb telnet client
	whois2.exe      whois client (speaks to nic.ddn.mil)

	Also available  (not in this .zip file)
	--------------

	newsabi.exe     the latest version of Trumpet
	ircabi.exe      the latest version of IRC client

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