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EtherSpaceLink-RG408
EtherSpaceLink family User Manual
14. 3 . Comp i l i n g P r o gra ms th a t use the Ethe rS p a ceL i nk A P I
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cl /MT /D _X86_ c-api-example.c EtherSpaceLink.c wsock32.lib
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