Re: TCP/IP for Windows for Workgroups 3.11

In article <4314ec76$0$17458$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Martin Underwood <a@b.?> writes
>"Conor" <conor.turton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1d7ecc547650e32298a99c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <slrndh6t93.2tc.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marcus Houlden
>> says...
>>> More of an exercise than anything else. My brother has an ancient Toshiba
>>> notebook (too old to be a Satellite) running DOS 6.22 and WfWG 3.11.
>>> Networking on it (through Windows setup) is limited to Banyan Vines,
>>> Netware, and MS Networking. What kind of options would there be if we
>>> decided we wanted it to get on the net via TCP/IP? I know I'd need some
>>> kind
>>> of TCP stack, and I know Trumpet winsock is one of them, but what other
>>> choices are there?
>>>
>> Typically support for this was in software suites. Demon brought out
>> Turnpike for example.
>
>Mmm. I'm trying to remember what TCP stack I had at ICL on my Windows 3 and
>3.11 PCs before Windows 95. I certainly remember Trumpet Winsock but I think
>there were others. WFW would have had some native networking built in. Did
>MS Networking have any hooks at TCP level as well as at NetBIOS/SMB level
>for browsers (Mosaic) to use?
>
>I wonder how modern web sites will display on the sort of browser that will
>be available for WFW, given that most sites will be geared at IE 5 or
>greater (or compatible versions of Netscape Mozilla etc).
>
>I remember at ICL we spent a lot of time developing OSI ("OSLAN") stacks for
>general PC to UNIX server comms over NetBIOS and SMB (to a "Windows NT
>server look-alike on a UNIX box" product), which rather died a death with
>the growth of web browsers which would only work over TCP. I've vague
>memories of loading OSLAN 386 (Windows drivers), TCP (DOS mode) and NetBEUI
>(DOS mode) on a PC, with much juggling of HIMEM.SYS and LOADHIGH lines in
>autoxec.bat and config.sys, in order to do comparative speed tests to
>servers running each of the three stacks. I'd forgotten the joys of juggling
>with himem and loadhigh to find ways of leaving as much free base memory as
>possible. Those were the days...
>
>
Those were the days......

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine, he is a solicitor in
practice on his own.

He runs uses PC's for word processing and spreadsheets (well accounts
actually).

His word processor is Displaywrite 3 and the spread*** program is
SuperCalc. He runs them in DOS windows running under Windows 95! They
were setup years ago and fulfil all his requirements. As he says why
should he upgrade? The big problem, I suppose will be if his printer
breaks down irreparably. I doubt if a replacement printer will have
suitable drivers.
--
Nicholas David Richards -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"
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