Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 12:45:29 -0600
From: Bob Jamison <rjamison@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov>

Herr Back,

Thank you very, very much for posting your Netscape "fix"
on the Internet.  Since version 2.0 is now out, I thought
I'd let you have a copy of the C file I have used to patch
moz2_0.zip:
===================== CUT HERE ====================
/**********************************************************************/
** fix.c
**
** This is the "patch" file which enables arbitrary Java sockets in
** Netscape 2.0 by Godmar Back, to whom we owe a working Java browser.
**
**
***********************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

/************************** THESE WORK FOR BOB ******/
/* Linux
moz2_0.zip:filesize 763601
0006c9d0 2a04b500 6bb12a05 b5006bb1 00000002 *...k.*...k.....
change to: 06           06
*/
#ifdef linux
#define BEGIN (0x0006c9d0L+1L)
#endif


/* SunOS / SGI IRIX  / Win95
moz2_0.zip:filesize 763745
0006c9d0: 9900092a 04b50047 b12a05b5 0047b100 ...*...G.*...G..
change to:         06           06
*/
#if defined(sunos) || defined(solaris) || defined(SGI) || defined(win95)
#define BEGIN (0x6c9d0L+4L)
#endif
/*********************************************************/

main()
{
FILE *f;
unsigned char six;
char *fname="moz2_0.zip";
unsigned long begin = BEGIN;
        six = 6;
        printf("Modifying at %ld %lx\n",begin,begin);
        f = fopen(fname,"r+");
        if (!f)
          {
          printf("Could not open %s for modification\n",fname);
          return;
          }
        fseek(f,begin,0);
        fwrite(&six, 1,1,f);
        fseek(f,begin + 6,0);
        fwrite(&six, 1,1,f);
        fclose(f);
        printf("ok\n");
}

=================END FILE==================================

The files produced by the "defines" all seem to work well
with 2.0.  The modifications seem to occur usually
in the same places, but the files ARE different.

I wish you would try an applet of mine, a "chat" program
which I have done entirely in Java, and which depends upon 
your patch to work.  It can be found at:
http://www.phoenix.net/~jalonso/applets/chat


...

Several of my friends (we are all software developers)
are now using your "fix," so I would also like to send
their appreciation, also! Thanks!



Bob

...

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