From f82f00d0e5c9972ee2d9fd87d15d6eca2785e296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:30:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the `can we run under win3.1' question to the FAQ. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1504 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 77245fa7..6150ed2a 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.14 2001/12/14 12:48:24 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.15 2001/12/16 15:30:03 simon Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -183,6 +183,23 @@ system. However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port. +\S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1? + +PuTTY is a 32-bit application from the ground up, so it won't run on +Windows 3.1 as a native 16-bit program; and it would be \e{very} +hard to port it to do so, because of Windows 3.1's vile memory +allocation mechanisms. + +However, it is possible in theory to compile the existing PuTTY +source in such a way that it will run under Win32s (an extension to +Windows 3.1 to let you run 32-bit programs). In order to do this +you'll need the right kind of C compiler - modern versions of Visual +C at least have stopped being backwards compatible to Win32s. Also, +the last time we tried this it didn't work very well. + +If you're interested in running PuTTY under Windows 3.1, help and +testing in this area would be very welcome! + \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac? A Mac port was started once and is half-finished, but development -- 2.11.0