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Add the `can we run under win3.1' question to the FAQ.

[originally from svn r1504]
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Simon Tatham 2001-12-16 15:30:03 +00:00
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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.14 2001/12/14 12:48:24 simon Exp $
\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.15 2001/12/16 15:30:03 simon Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
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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?
PuTTY is a 32-bit application from the ground up, so it won't run on
Windows 3.1 as a native 16-bit program; and it would be \e{very}
hard to port it to do so, because of Windows 3.1's vile memory
allocation mechanisms.
However, it is possible in theory to compile the existing PuTTY
source in such a way that it will run under Win32s (an extension to
Windows 3.1 to let you run 32-bit programs). In order to do this
you'll need the right kind of C compiler - modern versions of Visual
C at least have stopped being backwards compatible to Win32s. Also,
the last time we tried this it didn't work very well.
If you're interested in running PuTTY under Windows 3.1, help and
testing in this area would be very welcome!
\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