Subj : Re: ipx
To   : Tom Laermans
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Tue Aug 01 2000 12:38 am

 DG>> Doom runs using the IPX protocol only. IPX is a protocol which is
 DG>> proprietary to Novell Inc - Windows 95 supports it by adding the
 DG>> correct drivers from the installation CD - but for Windows 3.11
 DG>> you'll need to download the Novell client from www.novell.com and
 DG>> fiddle with it
 TL> Huh? I have had Win3x running without anything else than just some ipX
 TL> drivers from the windoze disks.

Are you certain it's Win 3.x and not Windows for Workgroups? 3.x came with _no_ 
networking support at all - especially not for Novell. How do you think the 
authors of Trumpet Winsock got rich? Putting in a way for 3.x to access the 
internet.

It wasn't until W4W that M$ realised they'd better put some networking stuff in 
there, or they'd be in trouble.

 TL> But, for DOS, I wouldn't run Doom From Win3, just fire up lsl.com,
 TL> your driver for your card, ipxodi.com and off you go.

 TL> (Oops, I just realized, you WOULD need some Novell package, wouldn't
 TL> you? <g> But NOT for win3...)

Win 3.x still needed parts of the Novell package. W4W didn't - but even when 
they were included with the WindoZe disks, they were directly licensed from 
Novell - IPX is Novell's proprietry protocol, and you simply can;t write a 
driver for it without asking them first.

DaZZa

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