Re: Mex
  By: Peter Knapper to Alan Ianson on Wed Sep 14 2005 08:32 pm

Hello Peter,

 >  AI> Max is a dos program though,
 > 
 > No, Max V1 was definately OS/2 with DOS modules added in, and Max 2
& 3 are 
 > a similar model.

Interesting, I never knew that.
 
 >  AI> and I think that is where the difficulty
 >  AI> is. Linux is just too different to get these sources working.
 > 
 > Yes there is a lot of work required to embrace the unix programming model fr
 > something based on OS/2 (which was modelled off DOS to a certain extent), bu
 > it should be no harder than porting something the other way around either. I
 > see the main issues as relating to the interface to the OS itself, as they h
 > quite different methodologies.
 > 
 >  AI> That's my suspicion anyway. If I was a programmer I'd have a look and  
 > see if it could be done but it's all greek to me.. :)
 > 
 > I don't think greek and C mix well............;-)

Nope, I don't understand a peek of either one. :)


 Ttyl :-),
         Al
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