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How did Microsoft take over Winsocks (Windows Sockets)?
In the early days of the Internet, Windows users had to install an application called "Trumpet Winsock" in order to use Internet apps like e-mail, FTP, WWW, etc. There were competitors, but Trumpet ...
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In Windows 3.11, did a unusual subnet mask actually work?
AFAIK, in Windows 3.11 it was possible to enter all kind of subnet masks, e.g. 255.255.255.1. Nowadays, the bits of the mask have to be consecutive.
However, I could imagine that such a unusual subnet ...
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