Re: LYNX-DEV No Win16 version

[John E. Davis]

On Sat, 28 Feb 1998 19:53:14 -0500 (EST), Wayne Buttles <address@hidden> said:
>With the compiler I have, the data segment of lynx exceeds 64k and this is
>illegal.  It is okay using the flat memory model of win32 or djgpp-386,
>but my borland compilers in Large Win16 mode won't do it.  If this is NOT
>an obsticle in other compilers I would be interested in knowing.  I never
>really learned to program on a non-flat memory model so I am clueless as
>to how to work around the problem.

   Borland compilers support a `huge' memory module that you may
exploit.  I imagine that the biggest problem that you will face is
the lack of any sort of console mode by win16.

   When I find some time I will port lynx to the MINGW32 compiler
using slang for screen management.

--John