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The Window System (TWS) (Developers)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 23.11.2025, 11:42

> The Window System was a GUI framework for djgpp by Malcolm Taylor, written
> in the mid-90s. I used it for my Mine Mayhem game (Minesweeper clone). Just
> purely out of curiosity (as I don't expect to ever get back to it) would
> anyone have the source? I believe the original author lost it, last time I
> got in contact with him.

Sorry, but no.

And https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/dev/djgpp/current/v2tk/mttws121.zip doesn't have the source code.

From README.TXT:
       *************************************************************
       ***************    ===The Window System===    ***************
       *************************************************************
           
                  Copyright (c)1995,1996 Malcolm Taylor


   This is a event based windowing system for djgpp. It consists of a
graphics library and a class library for creating and managing windows.

   The current version is 1.21
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• The Window System (TWS) - jadoxa, 23.11.2025, 07:23 (Developers)
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