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Subject: Re: DOS version of Chest possible?

Author: F. Huber

Date: 13:19:47 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 12:09:10, Allen Lake wrote:

>On June 01, 2002 at 17:32:50, F. Huber wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to compile the program ´Chest´ to a pure DOS version?
>>Maybe with special settings of compiler options or with minor (!)
>>changes in the source code? Or is this on principle not possible?
>>
>>It´s written in ANSI-C and also running under Linux, and so I can
>>imagine that it could also work under DOS - but I´m only familiar
>>with DOS compilers (Pascal, C), so I´m not sure.
>>
>
>What do you mean by "pure DOS"?   Every version of Chest that I've seen for
>Windows runs in a DOS/Command prompt.  In fact, I've compiled it successfully
>using the MinGW/MSYS environment for both gcc 2.95 and gcc 3.1.

Hi Allen,

with "pure DOS" I mean booting the computer under DOS (e.g. Ver.6.22 or so),
and not starting it within a DOS command prompt under Windows.

Yes, there are still DOS users (like me)!
I don´t see any need to boot with Windows when I want to use DOS programs,
and I have a lot of them. Also I have a boot menu to select starting
DOS or Windows, whatever I just need. Therefore I would like also a
DOS version of ´Chest´ which runs without Windows.

Regards,
Franz.



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