NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows User Guide: WinSock

Obtaining winsock Software

Commercial Options

If you have commercial TCP/IP networking software you must obtain winsock software from your vendor. Some winsock examples are:

Trumpet International Software winsock

Trumpet International Software's winsock is available on the anonymous FTP server ftp.utas.edu.au in the /pc/trumpet/winsock directory. This is shareware. (Shareware means you may use the software for a trial period.) If you decide to keep the Trumpet winsock, you must register it and pay a fee.

NetManage, Inc. winsock

Chameleon Sampler is freely licensed courtesy of NetManage, Inc. for personal and educational use only. This product, which is copyrighted, only supports modem connectivity to the network.

Chameleon Sampler software is available on NetManage's anonymous FTP server ftp.netmanage.com. A public version of the Chameleon Sampler in the /pub/demos/sampler directory. It is also on NCSA's ftp server (sampler.txt in the /Mosaic/Windows/sockets/Chameleon directory contains copyright and installation information). The file sampler.exe in the same directory contains the Chameleon Sampler software.