Trumpet Winsock

Trumpet Winsock is an implementation of the Winsock application programming interface for Windows 3.x developed by Peter Tattam from Trumpet Software International.[1] It was a shareware program that had a TCP/IP stack.[2]

Trumpet Winsock
.ico used by the application shortcut to TCPMAN.EXE, which is part of Trumpet Winsock
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
WebsiteTrumpet.com.au

History

The first version, 1.0A, was released in 1994. It rapidly gained reputation as the best tool for connecting to the internet. Guides for internet connectivity commonly advised to use Trumpet Winsock.[3] The author received very little financial compensation for developing the software.[4] In 1996, a 32-bit version was released.[5]

Lawsuit

In the Trumpet Software Pty Ltd. v OzEmail Pty Ltd. case, the defendant had distributed Trumpet Winsock for free with a magazine. It did also suppress notices that the software was developed by Trumpet Software.[6]

Replacement by Microsoft

Microsoft eventually released their own TCP/IP stack on Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 3. Windows for Workgroups had support for TCP/IP, but only on a LAN.

Architecture

The binary for Trumpet Winsock is called TCPMAN.EXE.[7] Other files included the main winsock.dll and three UCSC connection .cmd file scripts.[8]

References
  1. Freed, John C. "Internet Q&A". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Edwards, Benj (2015-11-18). "What It Was Like To Build A World Wide Web Site In 1995". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Cifuentes, C.; Fitzgerald, A. (May 1997). "Copyright in Shareware Software Distributed on the Internet - The Trumpet Winsock Case". Proceedings of the (19th) International Conference on Software Engineering: 456–464. doi:10.1145/253228.253382. ISBN 0897919149. S2CID 14737455.
  4. "The Story of Shareware, the Original In-App Purchase". Vice. Retrieved 2021-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Trumpet launches 32-bit 'sock". Australian Financial Review. 1996-07-23. Retrieved 2021-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Reed, Chris (2004). Internet law: text and materials (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-521-60522-9. OCLC 56632088.
  7. Hopke, Philip K. (1995-11-01). "How to start surfing the internet". Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. InCINC '94 Selected papers from the First International Chemometrics Internet Conference. 30 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1016/0169-7439(95)00064-X. ISSN 0169-7439.
  8. Abraham, Ralph (1995). The WEB empowerment book: an introduction and connection guide to the Internet and the World-Wide Web. Frank Arnoud Jas, Willard Russell. Santa Clara, Calif.: TELOS. p. 121. ISBN 0-387-94431-1. OCLC 32517658.
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