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From: barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd)
Subject: Re: PC/NFS, Socket Libraries, TCP/IP (FAQ?)
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References: <1991May24.075827.15558@ecn.nl> <1991May24.081224.15834@ecn.nl>
Date: 24 May 91 16:16:31 GMT
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I have been following several threads through several groups since January,
all pertaining to TCP/IP applications and Windows 3.0.
 
I get the general impression that DOS/Win 3.0 don't handle multiple TCP/IP
applications well (if at all). If this is the case, can someone please
(briefly) explain why there are no native Win 3.0 TCP/IP implementations. If
this is not the case, can someone please post a menu of necessary software
(from config.sys to Win 3.0 app's) used in accessing NFS resources, FTP
sites, TELNET sites -- SIMULTANEOUSLY and WITHOUT reverting to a DOS Window?
 
Having recently gotten our LAN connect to our campus Internet I am personally
interested in the specifics thereof. 
 
Here is what I would like to be able to do:
 
Add a few devices to my config.sys, and a few command lines to my autoexec.bat.
Everytime I boot my PC the appropriate drivers and TSR's are loaded, then
Win 3.0 is loaded. From within Win 3.0 I would like to mount and unmount
virtual NFS drives (located somewhere on the Internet). At the same time I
would like to have an FTP deamon running (for anonymous FTP access to my local
disk drive), an FTP session running (for access to remote resources), one or
more TELNET sessions running. I would like to have all of these applications
take advantage of the Windows environment (cut/copy/paste, DDE, mouse and 
menu bars, resizable windows, etc.)
 
I am aware of (and use) WinQVT 4.x. Soon I will be using Win QVTNET 1.x. I
understand that it offers a news reader, FTP and TELNET services but not
NFS services (too bad). I am aware of PC-NFS 3.5, does it work in enhanced
mode? Does it work well with (simultaneously) QVTNET? Is it a native Win 3.0
app or a DOS app running in a DOS window?
 
Ultimately I would like to know why NFS, TCP/IP, et al is not an integral
part of Windows installation and configuration? Is there a purely technical
limitation associated with DOS and/or Windows API that prohibits anything
but DOS window access to these services? Is it partly a political problem
between Microsoft and Sun (et al)?
 
If it is the latter (and not the former, it would appear that MS/Sun are
neglecting a non-trivial market (Internet connected PC's and TCP/IP LAN's)
for the sake of saving face. 
 
end o' ramblin
 
barry

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