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mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! (Announce)

posted by mbbrutman , Washington, USA, 29.10.2010, 17:32

> I don't like discussions about licenses because it mess the practical point
> of view. So I would like to ask if you could make some resident or loadable
> version of mTCP to be usable from other programming languages like Turbo
> pascal or QuickBasic.
>
> Ideal solution would be:
> 1) in main program allocate a block in conventional memory
> 2) in this block load something like NETWORK.DRV
> 3) call functions by CALL block_adr+func_offset

The TSR approach avoids the licensing problem and makes it easier to use from a variety of environments. I might do it some day but I have a few concerns about it, which is why I went with a static library:

- Code size is limited. I would have to remove my tracing support, which is a valuable debug aid. The code is pretty stable so I don't use it as much anymore, but I'm not crazy enough to remove it completely.

- Performance: you get better performance and more control when you link the code in. Not a big issue for a lot of apps looking for basic connectivity though ...


Mike

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Complete thread:

• mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - mbbrutman, 17.09.2010, 02:16 (Announce)
  • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - DOS386, 13.10.2010, 03:43
    • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - mbbrutman, 13.10.2010, 06:16
      • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 05:59
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 21.10.2010, 06:06
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 08:21
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 15:23
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 18:48
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 22.10.2010, 20:40
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 21:59
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:36
                • License choice? - Rugxulo, 24.10.2010, 00:55
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:19
                • License choice? | TEST | not DOG-BOX - DOS386, 24.10.2010, 04:05
                  • Problem reports - send me a TRACE! - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:15
                • License choice? - ecm, 28.10.2010, 23:02
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 01:33
                    • License choice? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 14:02
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 22.10.2010, 22:24
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:42
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Laaca, 29.10.2010, 07:51
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 17:32
            • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 23:31
              • mTCP - TSR? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 23:50
                • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 30.10.2010, 00:04