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Subject: Re: DOS version of Chest possible?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 10:13:05 06/03/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 16:19:47, F. Huber wrote:

>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.
>


Just curious: what would make a program work under a DOS window in Windows, but
not under plain DOS?



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