Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 09:58:54 +0100 (BST)
From: "Rich N.S. Dawe" <rd5718 AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: libsocket 0.7.1
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libsocket 0.7.1 Announcement
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libsocket Copyright 1997, 1998 by Indrek Mandre
libsocket Copyright 1997, 1998 by Richard Dawe
Portions of libsocket Copyright 1997, 1998 by the Regdos Group

Hello.

    I'd like to announce libsocket 0.7.1, the latest version of a BSD-style
socket library for DJGPP. libsocket uses Windows 3.x and '95's networking
services to provide networking functions to programs running in a DOS box
under Windows. It is primarily intended for TCP/IP networking, but sockets
using other protocols can be created.

    libsocket programs should be able to auto-configure itself to a certain
extent by obtaining Windows's TCP/IP settings. It also comes with a
configuration program, Netsetup, that should ease configuration when this
fails.

    It comes with some example programs and a large amount of socket function
documentation (man and HTML pages). A FAQ is also included, but needs more
questions - I've tried to anticipate many of them, but I'm sure it doesn't
answer all of them. Some pointers to further sources of information about
socket programming are provided in the FAQ.

    Please see the libsocket home page for a list of changes from the previous
version. Version 0.7.0 was *very* unstable and didn't work too well. Hopefully
this version works a lot better - it seems stable. The auto-configuration of
the library needs testing, however. Any feedback on whether it works is just
as welcome as feedback on whether it doesn't work.

    libsocket is distributed under the GNU Library General Public License
(LGPL). It is available from the libsocket home page at:

    http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/libsocket/

Hopefully it will appear on the DJGPP archive soon.

    If you have any questions relating to libsocket, please mail me and I'll
be happy to help.

    Thanks,

    Richard Dawe
    <rd5718 AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk>
    http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/

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   Rich Dawe - 3rd year Physicist   |     mailto: rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk
      @ Bristol University, UK      |  Web: http://irix.bris.ac.uk/~rd5718/
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