From: "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id: <9705081659.ZM6000@caldera.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 16:59:54 -0600
In-Reply-To: randir <goehrigd@gort.canisius.edu>
        "TCP/IP" (May  8,  4:13pm)
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To: randir <goehrigd AT gort DOT canisius DOT edu>
Subject: Re: TCP/IP
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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randir wrote:
>
> 	I know there are some sort of plan type things for adding
> 	TCP/IP to OpenDos.  But I also know that there are a couple
> 	TSR based stacks out there as freeware that are nearly
> 	impossible to set up and harder to use.
>
> 	Now since it looks like Sun wants to do something unheard of
> 	[web browsers for DOS that aren't garage projects!] eventually
> 	we'll have a working TCP/IP interface no matter what.
>
> 	My question is how long will it be until we'll find an official
> 	driver.. and then once we have it what good will it be?
Caldera plans to announce something within about 2 weeks, that should
be available mid-summer.  Please, please, PLEASE, don't hold your
breath.  The mid-summer date is a very wild guess, but I have actually
seen the browser that we licensed running on OpenDOS.

>
> 	To me OpenDos is one of those ideal platform for setting up a
> 	weekend MUD, while maintaining the usefulness of all that
> 	DOS software that collected over the ages :)
I agree.  Java support, however, (from Caldera, independent of Sun's JavaPC
 effort), will not come soon (if ever)

Tim Bird