From: "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: Downloading Windows platform SDK for RSXNTDJ
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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 13:11:27 +1000
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jdm wrote in message
<9C34E0F8AE1AE974 DOT 578846A6EC9FEC1C DOT 38C48A1682BF01B5 AT lp DOT airnews DOT net>...
>Has anyone had much luck downloading the platform SDK from Microsoft?
>I tried last night but didn't have much luck.  It would transfer 3 or
>4 files, then just sit there for 15 minutes then maybe another file
>would go through and then it would time out.   I tried repeatedly for
>hours.  Doesn't surprise me, given my past experiences with MSDN, but
>I gotta put up with it if I want to get the SDK.
>
>I'll bet you Microsoft has their download server running on an old
>386sx in a Janitor closet in some massage parlor on Federal Way or
>something.

Is this the file IBLDENV.EXE?

I must admit, I had to restart my download a few times before this behemoth of a file
would download successfully.
So, stick with it. Hopefully it will work in the end.

Get a download manager like GetRight that can resume the file if Microsoft's pathetic
server stops responding.

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