I finally dug my heels into the Net code, last night.
For the meantime, it'll be very Windows specific, and I'll have to tackle each different system in it's own way.

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It doesn't help, then, that the "easy" Windows code isn't quite working accurately.
For some odd reason, instead of getting..

Header A
Header B
Header C
Returned output from server
END

I'm getting something more like..

Header A
Header B
Header C
Retu....---==-=jgjoraeoahouvheaorur5$^%~76'8#'678]#'u27
..der B
Header C
---ed output from server
END

Which is odd, because the server definitely isn't sending that!!

I have to dig a little deeper, today, to try and figure out what might be causing that, although I have a feeling it might be something to do with me not having threaded the code.

*sigh*

So much to do, and yet the end of the year is closing in, rapidly.
Hopefully I can at least get the Windows version up and running before the first game of next year.