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"The format is... endian-specific." Wasn't there a SPARC port of Windows? Did it run on any other big-endian machines? Were the MIPS and POWER ports little-end
by chasil 4y ago
"The format is... endian-specific."
Wasn't there a SPARC port of Windows? Did it run on any other big-endian machines? Were the MIPS and POWER ports little-endian?
In any case, I can see why Microsoft paid SQLite for a custom set of features.
- rwmj 4y agoIt's a very good question! There was also an Alpha port (both-endian and 64 bit). I've never seen a SPARC, POWER, MIPS or Alpha Windows registry so I don't know if hivex could decode them.
- the_why_of_y 4y agoLarry Osterman said in 2005: A decision was made VERY long ago that Windows would not be ported to a big-endian processor. https://web.archive.org/web/20190108142751/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/larryosterman/2005/06/07/the-endian-of-windows/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190108142751/https://blogs.msd...