Subj : Synchronet and OS2 (?)
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : MarcL
Date : Wed Feb 21 2024 08:54 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

"Digital Man" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> >  > May be a crazy question, but is there a version of Synchronet
> >  > that runs natively under OS/2?
> >
> >  DM> Yes, v2.30: https://synchro.net/download.xjs
> >
> > Got it.  Now I wonder if it would be possible to commpile the
> > current V3.2 source code to run under OS/2?   (I know - probably
> > not, but thought I'd ask anyway. <g> )
>
> It's certainly not something I intend to try or support. The first
> question to answer would be: can the JavaScript engine and Crypto
> (SSH/TLS) engine that Synchronet relies upon be built for OS/2 and I'm
> pretty sure that answer is no. And getting those ported to OS/2 would
> be likely much harder than porting Synchronet itself. You could
> probably build a version of Synchronet without those features (JS,
> TLS/SSL) on OS/2, but it would take a very motivated C/C++ programmer
> (and OS/2 lover - AKA, not me) to take on such a task.
>
> So... not impossible, but highly improbable.

Thanks, Rob. I know 1 particularly talented C++ programmer; I'll ask if
he's willing to have a go at it.  If he won't I know one lady that's been
programming for over 2 decades now - maybe she might take a shot at it.
Should be interesting.  :-)
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All the best,
Marc
SysOp Sursum Corda! BBS
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