Today
the program is Open Source Free Software protected by GPL. From the version 5.0.0-pre.8 I support several releases
of project:
DOS - traditional 16-bit real mode DOS program with all well
known troubles of DOS programs.
This version is the slowest, but there are no problems with rewriting
code for 32-bit environment, and I think it's the most robust version.
XDOS16 - 16-bit protected mode DOS program.
This version lost any approaches after 32-bit releases were born and
now is not supported (in source code I try to preserve compatibility with
this version, so it can be generated at any time).
DOS32 - 32-bit DOS version. It requires any DPMI server that
supports 32-bit mode. If you plan to use this program in "pure" DOS,
you can download free redistributable
CWSDPMI
server. This version is the quickest. One minus - works only with short
filenames. Same as 16-bit version run practicaly from any OS with DOS-box.
(Rem: CWSDPMI can be found at SIMTEL.)
OS/2 - 32-bit version for OS/2. As for performance, it is between DOS32 and WIN32 releases, supports long OS/2 filenames.
Win32 - 32-bit version for Windows95/98/NT. The slowest version. As for screen refresh speed, it works like any other WIN32 application (you can't go faster than Windows).
Linux - 32-bit version for Linux/i386. It supports both linux console (with direct raw video & keyboard) and vt100 compatible terminal.
Other native UNIX ports are in progress.