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Update text about ports, hopefully not too controversial.

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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.45 2003/03/04 14:14:17 ben Exp $ \versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.46 2003/03/29 01:44:39 owen Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
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\S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC? \S{faq-wince}{Question} Will there be a port to Windows CE or PocketPC?
Probably not in the particularly near future. Despite sharing large It's currently being worked on, but it's only in its early stages yet,
parts of the Windows API, in practice WinCE doesn't appear to be and certainly isn't yet useful. PuTTY on portable devices would
significantly easier to port to than a totally different operating clearly be a useful thing, so in the long term I hope it can be
system. brought up to release quality.
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? \S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
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\S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac? \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
Eventually. The terminal emulation code has been ported, as has the There is a port to the Mac OS in progress. It's just about usable, but
saved-settings infrastructure, but networking and a configuration GUI has an awful lot of gaps and rough edges that will need cleaning up
still need to be done before the port will be of any use. before release.
\S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC? \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?
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for, it might be a long time before any of us get round to learning for, it might be a long time before any of us get round to learning
a new system and doing the port for that. a new system and doing the port for that.
However, some of the work has been done by other people, and a beta
port of PuTTY for the Nokia 9200 Communicator series is available
from \W{http://www.s2.org/putty/}\cw{http://www.s2.org/putty/}
\H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs \H{faq-embedding} Embedding PuTTY in other programs
\S{faq-dll}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a DLL? \S{faq-dll}{Question} Is the SSH or Telnet code available as a DLL?