Why can't I recompile #ctran for 16-bit #DOS? Because many of #FreePascal's libraries are too big to fit into 64 KiB data blocks, and won't compile no matter which memory model I use.

There is a chance I'll rewrite ctran in the future. #FreeVision (the #Borland #TurboVision "clone") with #ObjectPascal is certainly an option. I could also rewrite the lot in C or C++.

But today is not that day. For now, I'd rather just rewrite a Makefile.

#dosbox #retrocomputing

Idle thought today re #ctran:

I wonder if it's worth making a little interface using #FreeVision (the #TurboVision-compatible library that comes with #FreePascal) to display information about #Psion OO category (class definition) files?

Yes, I realise this is feature creep. But currently I'm outputting a lot of information to the terminal that the original CTRAN.EXE doesn't do. How much do I leave in as a "verbose" option, and how much to I move to a shiny TUI?

Something for another time.