Jonathan Leffler wrote:
> Mark D. Stock wrote:
>
>>Ian Logan wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone tell me the difference between olsoctcp and onsoctcp? I've
>>>searched the manuals but there is no info on olsoctcp.
>
>>My best guess is that the 'ol' suffix comes from OnLine as you didn't
>>need a network entry even for a network connection in the Turbo and
>>early OnLine products, so the first prefix was based on the engine name
>>even though the executables were suffixed with 'tb'. Then when they
>>changed the executable's suffix to 'on', having realised that the
>>product was no longer called Turbo, I guess they thought it prudent to
>>change the network protocol suffix as well. Not sure when they'll change
>>it to 'ds' though. ;-)
>
> It's a long time ago - 1990 for OnLine 5.00 (31 Dec 1990). I think
> both 'ol' and 'on' come from OnLine. I don't recall all the ins and
> outs, but certainly even the older (x.10.03, 4.00, 4.1x) versions of
> the products could use an sqlhosts file, but equally, they didn't have
> to all the time because it assumed that a server name (meaning DBMS
> instance) was the same as the host (server) name (meaning machine
> name). And it would connect correctly using the default service
> (1526/tcp) by default, etc. But that's based on flaky memory. I do
> have a x.10.03/4.00 I-Net/I-Star Guide in the office, but I'm not
> there at the moment.

The default port number was 1525, a number etched on many a brain. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mark.

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