81 points | by billiob 2 hours ago ago
3 comments
> I didn't work on the Chunnel. That was mainly a British guy named Henry
The British guy named Henry might have named it after another feat of engineering completed around the same time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel
I was half expecting something about how to get tcp into windows, but this is win95 where they shipped it inside the os and put some company out of business that used to sell that.
I used to use Trumpet Winsock with Windows 3.1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Winsock
> I didn't work on the Chunnel. That was mainly a British guy named Henry
The British guy named Henry might have named it after another feat of engineering completed around the same time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel
I was half expecting something about how to get tcp into windows, but this is win95 where they shipped it inside the os and put some company out of business that used to sell that.
I used to use Trumpet Winsock with Windows 3.1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Winsock