[Oberon] WinAosOberon/PluginOberon: Modem connection

[John Drake]

--- Edgar at EdgarSchwarz.de wrote:
> John Drake <jmdrake_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've ported most of the XML system over. It seems 
> > that everything compiles without a hitch!  I
> suspect
> > porting WebDAV will be relatively straightforward
> > also.  (Crossing my fingers).  This will also help
> > in the XML/WebDAV porting effort to PlugIn/Native
> > Oberon.
> Sounds good. I hope you are right :-)
> To give it a try I downloaded WinAosOberon.
> Now I have a dumb question :-)
> The first step is to connect to the web. Normally I
> use my PPP for this.
> I guess it's different for
> PluginOberon/WinAosOberon.
> Can I use an existing Windows modem connection and
> how do I do it ?
> Can I connect with Windows to my provider and how
> can I tell Oberon to
> use this connection ?
> Sorry to be lazy. But before wasting perhaps a lot
> of time to find out
> I decided to ask the experts.
> I'm on W98 on this machine.
> 
> Cheers, Edgar

Hello Edgar,

When running under Windows Oberon uses the 
Winsock.dll.  So you can connect to your 
ISP through Windows and then use Oberon 
transparently.

Regards,

John M. Drake

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