Its possible to port it to DOS? Because on dos still doesnt exist GUI FPT Client.. Is somewhere source of this port?

[ruthan]

Hello,
Its possible to port it to DOS? Because on dos still doesnt exist GUI FPT Client.. Is somewhere source of this port?
Im in contact with mTCP autor who is support GUI client idea.. mTCP is far best DOS mTCP stack, which is running even on 8088, i even has FTP server / client but only text based (client)

[adamy]

There would be few major tech issues to address for openers:

• 32-bit back-port to a 16-bit environment; core plus third-party
  libraries, for example gtk.
• DOS shell; use of old-school TSR and/or exec-stub required to reduce
  foot-print.
• Monolithic deconstruction, separate editor etc; again reduce
  foot-print.
• Video driver

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 5:04 PM ruthan ruthan@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

Hello,
Its possible to port it to DOS? Because on dos still doesnt exist GUI FPT
Client.. Is somewhere source of this port?
Im in contact with mTCP autor who is support GUI client idea.. mTCP is far
best DOS mTCP stack, which is running even on 8088, i even has FTP server /
client but only text based (client)

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[adamy]

There would be few major tech issues to address for openers:
32-bit back-port to a 16-bit environment; core plus third-party libraries, for example gtk.
DOS shell; use of old-school TSR and/or exec-stub required to reduce foot-print.
Monolithic deconstruction, separate editor etc; again reduce foot-print.
Video driver.

[ruthan]

Thanks for response.
1. I think that you could start with 32bit port, DJGPP is 32bit compiler and could use up to 4GB memory model.
2. 3rd party libraries, i suprised that its using gtk, i wouldnt expect it for legacy just Text mode console application.
3. What you mean by video driver? There are not video drivers for Dos, i you need something like high res text modes, you need just use Vesa standard for SVGA. For example File Wizzard Dos file commander is using it. I dunno what are MC requiments, if it has also some basic VGA mode or not.
4. What about source code of this Windows port, its available or its closed? Because is not available, dissucussion make no much sense, unless autor of Windows port port it himself.

We really need that FTP 2 panel manager for Dos, so if is hard port MC as whole, it could be maybe possible just port this part and maybe later start to porting rest of MC.. As always, its good to analyse best effort / result ratio for individual features..

[adamy]

May consider, thanks