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Update the status of the Mac port.

[originally from svn r2239]
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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.38 2002/11/21 00:15:52 jacob Exp $
\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.39 2002/11/22 00:07:31 ben Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
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\H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems
The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able
to run on at least Windows, MacOS and Unix.
to run on at least Windows, Mac OS and Unix.
Porting will become easier once PuTTY has a generalised porting
layer, drawing a clear line between platform-dependent and
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Currently, release versions of PuTTY only run on full Win32 systems.
This includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it includes Windows NT,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, a partial port
to Unix is under way (see \k{faq-unix}).
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, partial ports
to Unix (see \k{faq-unix}) and the Mac OS (see \k{faq-mac-port}).
are under way.
Currently PuTTY does \e{not} run on Windows CE (see \k{faq-wince}),
and it does not quite run on the Win32s environment under Windows
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\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
has been static for some time and the main PuTTY code has moved on,
so it's not clear how quickly development would resume even if
developer effort were available.
Eventually. The terminal emulation code has been ported, as has the
saved-settings infrastructure, but networking and a configuration GUI
still need to be done before the port will be of any use.
\S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?