Subj : FileMgr
To   : Bob Jones
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Nov 02 2003 05:57 am

Hey Bob!

Nov 01 22:50 03, Bob Jones wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 BJ> Serial port communication has always been an issue when you get down 
 BJ> to lower level routines and are concerned about real-time 
 BJ> interaction, such as Max does....

Ah!  I guess that doesn't do much for nonserial based communications unless Max 
decides to support IP based instead.  Would be much easier to port if the 
communications interface was completely ignored.

 BJ> Please note that I said OS/2 and Win32.  I did not say DOS.

I know.  I said DOS.  I don't believe that Win32 is an OS onto itself.  It is 
an interface on top of DOS.

 BJ> But we were talking 
 BJ> FileMgr, not maximus on this discussion, so, the file manager (from 
 BJ> my perspective) is a Sysop utility that doesn't need multi-user 
 BJ> support....

Okay.

 MK>> Sort of.  gcc claims no compatibility to OS/2 but does 
 MK>> recommend emx as a viable alternative.

 BJ> I'd have to dig to find that technicallity....

It is in the GCC documentation on the homepage under ports.  They claim that 
they don't support OS/2 directly.

 BJ> Please again note I did not say DOS.

Yes I know, I said DOS.  I don't count Windows any version as an OS.  It 
requires DOS to work therefore not truly an OS onto itself.

Anyhow I found two Pascal compilers for OS/2 and DOS.  I believe that should 
help with those looking to compile FileMgr on those platforms.

Life is good,
Maurice

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