Using Windows Sockets Under Win32s and WOW (105757)

SUMMARY

Win32s versions 1.1 and later provide a thunking layer for Windows Sockets. A 16-bit Windows Sockets 1.1 package must be installed on the Windows machine. Otherwise, the system will report that WINSOCK.DLL was not found. Windows NT provides a versions 1.0- and 1.1-compliant WOW (Windows on Win32) thunking layer.

MORE INFORMATION

There are a number of vendors that sell Windows Sockets packages. Windows Sockets support is available from Microsoft for LAN Manager version 2.2 for MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 at no additional cost. Similar support is also being shipped in "Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows For Workgroups" and the "Microsoft Network Client."

If you have LAN Manager with Microsoft TCP/IP, you can pick up everything you need from ftp.microsoft.com. Or, call Microsoft Sales at (800) 426- 9400.

The following is information on how to subscribe to an Internet mailing list for Windows Socket programming as of 07/94:

Send mail to majordomo@mailbag.intel.com with a body that has

      SUBSCRIBE WINSOCK <your_full_internet_email_address>.

If you want to be on the winsock hackers mailing list (for implementors of Windows sockets), use the following body in a separate piece of email.

      SUBSCRIBE WINSOCK-HACKERS <your_full_internet_email_address>.

Other lists available include:

winsnmp
winsock-2
ws2-app-review-board
ws2-appletalk
ws2-conn-oriented-media
ws2-decnet
ws2-generic-api-ext
ws2-ipx-spx
ws2-name-resolution
ws2-oper-framework
ws2-osi
ws2-spec-clarif
ws2-tcp-ip
ws2-transp-review-board
ws2-wireless

Use the command 'info <list>' to get more information about a specific list.