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From: jb3207 AT eclipse DOT co DOT uk (Jason Barstow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Telnet client with DJGPP?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 16:15:12 GMT
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mohan AT stealth DOT net (Mohan Khurana) wrote:

>John Sabean <docmani AT eng DOT umd DOT edu> wrote:

>>As for using the Win95 TCP stack, thats tricky. The only software
>>I've seen that uses DJGPP to do that is Quake. So, it is in fact,
>>possible to do this, however, I've looked long and hard for the
>>information on how to do this and have come up with nothing.

>I'd also very much like to see the Windows95 TCP/IP stack used in a
>DJGPP program.  If Quake does use the Windows95 TCP/IP stack and it
>truely was compiled with DJGPP, then I am sure that someone will
>eventually figure out a way to access it, atleast I hope so.

My understanding on Windows apps and ,indeed, TCP/IP is insignificant. That
said, I believe Quake does use the Win95 stack but not directly. It uses
MPath's "technology". From what I can tell this is just a simple Win95 app
that Quake communicates with.

My guess is that MPath does all the work; Quake just sends requests to MPath
and receives the results (probably via a fixed memory buffer).

This would be fairly easy to acheive.

If anyone out there has the skills, the time and the interest, I would urge
them to have a go. The resultant "package" would be a great addition to the
DJGPP library/toolset.

Jason.