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From: anonymous@bogus_address.con
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Subject: Re: Dead or alive...
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:44:37 -0000
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On 2001-09-25 nowhere@nowhere.co.uk said:

   > > nowhere@nowhere.co.uk wrote:
   >
   > > >But DOS has no networking facilities at all. Do you have to
   > > >download a load of extra shite like a TCP/IP stack?
   >
   > >No; not usually.  Some of the DOS-based 'Net software
   > >(such as Net-Tamer) sets up its own internal TCP/IP
   > >stack when the program loads...so it's totally self-
   > >contained.
   >
   >But then what if another program wants to use the Internet,
   >does it have to set up another stack and connect again?

???  This doesn't make much sense within the context of this
discussion.

With a full-featured DOS-based 'Net access program (such as
Net-Tamer), all possible Internet functions (Mail, Usenet,
Ping, Finger, ICQ, MIME...you name it) are already available
=within that one program.=  It's a totally integrated suite of
functions.  There's no need for 'another program to want to
use the Internet.'