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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:12:43 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: BSD socket library compatible with Win NT ??
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, David Ehrens wrote:

> I recently got a package in source form that requires sockets.h and a few
> other networking components.  I discovered that DJGPP doesn't support
> sockets natively, but libsockets does (for Win95/98 users) and Watt-32
> doesn't either (only DOS packet drivers).
> 
> Is there a BSD-compatible socket library that will work on Windows NT?

Besides a native Win32 library? Yes, Watt-32 can be used under Win-NT
provided you use (and buy) the NDIS3NT packet-driver. Get a trial version 
from http://danlan.com. AFAIK, it still costs $25.

Gisle V.

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