plip and win95
Here is the email I recieved regarding plip-win95 connection:
>>James, if you could find that you would make me very happy. Thanks
>>for the response. --David
>Here is is:
>
>From: Adam Williams <awillia1@chuma.cas.usf.edu>
>To: James Vahn <jvahn@short.circuit.com>
>Subject: Re: PLIP on Windows95
>
>I succeeded. PLIP does work on Windows95. You need to create an
>additional hardware profile with the LPT device disabled in Control
>Panels->System Properties. Then you may need to boot into Linux because
>Windows95 screws up the hardware somehow and Linux somehow fixes it. Then
>boot back onto Windows95 with plip.com, winpkt.com, and your new LPT-less
>hardware profile to use PLIP.
I have yet to finish doing this...it involves replacing the winsock.dll file
with the one from Trumpet Winsock. The instructions with Crynwr's plip.exe
(http://www.crynwr.com) discuss the 16-bit version for dos/win3.1, which is
a 16-bit. The one from win95 is (i believe) a 32-bit winsock.dll.
I don't know much about winsocks, but don't think I want to downgrade my
winsock to 16-bit...although I'm not exactly sure why...it just doesn't seem
like the right thing to do. Any winsock gurus care to shed some light?
-David
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