Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
From:    MRO
Date:    Wed Oct 21, 2026 13:36

@VIA: BBSESINF
  Re: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
  By: Boraxman to Digital Man on Wed Oct 21 2026 09:03 am

>
>  > Isn't there a TCP/IP stack for MS-DOS.
>
>  DM> MS/PC-DOS did not come with a TCP/IP stack and Microsoft never sold one
>  DM> for it as an add-on either. So, "writing a (TCP/IP) program for MS-DOS"
>  DM> means writing/including/depending-on a 3rd party network stack. --
>
> There are DOS programs that can speak TCP.
>
> I've used mTCP tools to use FTP sites and telnet internet hosts.  I've used a > gopher client on DOS to access the internet. Its build into the application,
> rather than a seperate stack.
>
> There is also the Arachne web browser.
>
> The difficulty is getting the stack to fit in memory.
>
Yeah i've done all that just to play around years ago.  I don't think
I had any memory issues.  I think i used memmaker so that might be why.

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