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1 is widely broken then by Win11 not supporting 32 bit machines anymore.

• naikrovek 5y ago
  uhh... 64-bit hardware can run 32-bit software just fine. that old software will run fine and so will any connected hardware.
  • noobermin 5y ago
    Imagine you have a 32 bit machine that drives something else with a controller board soldered on to the motherboard. Will it be able to run windows 11?
    • naikrovek 5y ago
      never have I seen anything like that that wasn't an appliance. as in vendor-managed. so, even if you COULD upgrade to Windows 11 on something, don't, because you'll break it. I can't even think of a good reason to consider it. if it needs to be on the network, isolate it, and let it do its job. it doesn't need to be fiddled with. I'd also be having a long conversation with the vendor about using standard expansion interfaces and why soldering to the motherboard is a good way to end my relationship with them as a customer.
• phendrenad2 5y ago
  It's possible that having invested effort into integrating with these old control panels, the hardware manufacturer wants to keep reusing that code, and is willing up recompile for 64-bit to do so, rather than throw it all away and start over.