from "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know that your reply was directed mainly to the other and mostly > original Sam; however, I have a question about the upcoming IPv6 > (alias IPng), whatever that is. This is the first mention I have > ever seen of such a beast.
> My question is this: > If this new beast makes an appearance on the internet, will it be > difficult for us to connect with many of the current versions of > of DOS internet applications? I'm surprised you never heard of IPv6. You must be all-DOS and not up on news regarding other OSes. I remember inquiring whether DOS Internet applications would run under IPv6 or if they would fall of the edge of the earth. I think that must have been in newsgroup demon.ip.support.pc. DOS is apparently falling behind, and not only with regard to Internet applications. Is anything new happening for Win 3.1, or has that really come to a standstill? Now I wonder when IPv6 will take effect, and will it be all of a sudden, or will there be a transition period where servers have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, sort of like new telephone area codes, where both the old and the new area code work for a period of time? It looks like the Arachne list is down or was down when this message was sent, so I resend.
