use IO::Socket;
use IO::Pipe;
my $machine_addr = 'sb002562';
$sock = new IO::Socket::INET(PeerAddr=>$machine_addr,
      PeerPort=>1200,
      Proto=>'tcp',
      );

die "Could not connect: $!" unless $sock;
$id = shift;

foreach (1 .. 10) {
  print $sock "From $id: Msg $_: How are you?\n";
}

close ($sock);