AI> Squish & Maximus were originaly OS/2 programs that were then compiled   
    AI> for DOS, and then later for Win/NT IIRC. Now it's being compiled on   
    AI> *nix too. There must be quite a mix of stuff in there by now.. :)   
    AI> I'm not a coder myself, I don't know if it's ANSI complient or not.   
      
   ANSI C?  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.....   
      
   I suspect Maximus version 1 predates the common usage of the ANSI C   
   standard....  Working with the segmented architecture of the 8086 / 8088   
   processor causes usage of some non-standard C coding conventions, especially   
   when it comes to needing to handle data (messages) over 64Kb in size....   
      
   On a more pratical note, any code that properly handels a modem via a serial   
   port probably has at least some code that is not portable, and probably not   
   ANSI C.  Maximus has some assembly code in some of the target systems.  It has   
   hooks to seperately compiled DLL's in OS/2, and I think also for WIN based   
   systems.....  There is conditional compile stuff....  The code running on   
   Linux is a probably bit better for being ANSI C compliant.  I believe the   
   person who put the initial effort into the port even has it running on a 64   
   bit system, so it is better that it was....  But there are tricks used that   
   aren't ANSI C at some points.....  Part of the "fun" to get it to compile   
   under Linux is to get the right set of definitions and macros defined to clear   
   certain declarations that are needed in a segmented environment....   
      
   Bob Jones, 1:343/41   
      
   --- Maximus/2 3.01   
    * Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)