Bob Jones wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 BJ> Max will need to become case sensitive for file areas under Linux 
 BJ> -- at least partially case sensitive.

That's another aspect of things that I hadn't considered,  and it's a good point.

 BJ> And if I can get the Linux code to compile on my OS/2 system, we 
 BJ> should be able to back-port stuff to OS/2.  Then, if I can get 
 BJ> things working with Open Watacom, other back-ports (Win32) should 
 BJ> be doable.

I have trouble enough getting a grip on things for one platform,  never
mind a whole bunch of them,  and don't know how you guys do it.  :-)

 BJ> I'm not sure if it will be worth getting things cleaned up for a 
 BJ> new DOS version though....

I'm quite satisfied with the dos version I have,  for whatever that's
worth.  And I don't use a lot of what's in there now,  like that new
language that came along with v3,  RIP,  and other stuff.

The point for me is to be able to get a stable and functional linux version
going,  and be able to leave dos behind,  anyway.  The occasional
instability I see in this system is more a matter of DesqView and QEMM than
anything else, I think.

 BJ> Depends on how much effort it takes to get the OpenWatcom 
 BJ> environment working vs a GCC based compilation environment.  Scott 
 BJ> used a different make sub-system with an older (commercial) watcom 
 BJ> compiler than what we are doing current development with....

I've been out of this stuff for so long I probably wouldn't recognize most
of the tools being used.  And it surprised the heck out of me to take that
bit of code that was posted a while back (dos2unix),  and actually get it
compiled and working...  :-)

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