Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/09/01/13:35:02
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.
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