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sn (sn@plato.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de) wrote:
: We have a new Novell (3.11) Network at our university, and
: I'd like to program some multi-user games taking advantage
: of the network. Where can I get information about how to
: do the communication-routines? Do I have to buy a book about
: this or are there some text files available via FTP?

I had the same problem.  I wanted to do multi-user stuff over Novell,
without even having to worry if the server itself was up or if users
were logged into it.  If you want to do this, you want to learn IPX/SPX
programming.  This is peer-to-peer communication.  It's not too bad
(there's about a dozen or less routines you need to use).

Two good books on this are:

Programmer's Guide to Netware, McGraw Hill
Network Programming in C, Que

- Darren
  stoned@wimsey.bc.ca
  Xanth Software F/X