| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Firebird & Windows 3.11 |
|---|---|
| Author | Scott Morgan |
| Post date | 2013-01-08T15:24:03Z |
On 08/01/13 14:47, Andy Gable wrote:
Doubt fbembed would be possible, for starters I think it uses modern C++
stuff that old win16 targeted compilers wouldn't support[0]. Worse, it'd
be written to assume larger memory ranges than win16 could offer.
Scott
[0] I think it's something like Visual C++ 4 was the last to target
16-bit. (Nope, just checked wiki and it was 1.5, v4 came with a copy
v1.5 though) Maybe http://www.openwatcom.org
> Hi all,Maybe an old Interbase lib could connect to a modern FB server.
>
> Does anyone know if I can access a firebird server from Windows 3.11 and if
> possible to run firebird embedded
> on Windows 3.11?
Doubt fbembed would be possible, for starters I think it uses modern C++
stuff that old win16 targeted compilers wouldn't support[0]. Worse, it'd
be written to assume larger memory ranges than win16 could offer.
Scott
[0] I think it's something like Visual C++ 4 was the last to target
16-bit. (Nope, just checked wiki and it was 1.5, v4 came with a copy
v1.5 though) Maybe http://www.openwatcom.org