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Add the `can we run under win3.1' question to the FAQ.
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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.14 2001/12/14 12:48:24 simon Exp $
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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.15 2001/12/16 15:30:03 simon Exp $
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\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
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However, PuTTY on portable devices would clearly be a useful thing,
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so in the long term I hope there will be a WinCE port.
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\S{faq-win31}{Question} Is there a port to Windows 3.1?
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PuTTY is a 32-bit application from the ground up, so it won't run on
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Windows 3.1 as a native 16-bit program; and it would be \e{very}
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hard to port it to do so, because of Windows 3.1's vile memory
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allocation mechanisms.
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However, it is possible in theory to compile the existing PuTTY
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source in such a way that it will run under Win32s (an extension to
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Windows 3.1 to let you run 32-bit programs). In order to do this
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you'll need the right kind of C compiler - modern versions of Visual
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C at least have stopped being backwards compatible to Win32s. Also,
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the last time we tried this it didn't work very well.
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If you're interested in running PuTTY under Windows 3.1, help and
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testing in this area would be very welcome!
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\S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
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A Mac port was started once and is half-finished, but development
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