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>It's an old citation but here's the snippet: Really old citation, 1995... >There was an article a couple of years ago about taking binaries from either windo

>It's an old citation but here's the snippet: Really old citation, 1995... >There was an article a couple of years ago about taking binaries from either windows 1... The below article seems to go more indepth and was written in 2020, might even be the one you were thinking of: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/05/10/1753203 https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/05/10/1753203 >As previously noted, Windows 95 dropped support for 1.x and 2.x binaries. The same however was not true for Windows NT, which modern versions of Windows are based upon. However, running 16-bit applications is complicated by the fact that NTVDM is not available on 64-bit installations. >After letting NTVDM install, a second attempt shows, yes, it is possible to run Windows 1.x applications on Windows 10 [32-bit]. >FONTTEST also worked without issue, although the TrueType fonts from Windows 3.1 had disappeared.

kristopolous 4y ago
"As previously noted, Windows 95 dropped support for 1.x and 2.x binaries. The same however was not true for Windows NT, which modern versions of Windows are based upon." No way. I'll need major citations on that. Wikipedia for one, firmly disagrees as does every book I've read on that history. edit: I quoted it and still misread it. I thought it said windows nt was based on windows 1&2.
- djur 4y ago
  Which part are you objecting to?
  - speed_spread 4y ago
    I object to NT natively supporting 16 bit apps. I think they dropped that in Win7 or before. Of course with VMs everything is possible but it's no longer built-in.
    - guipsp 4y ago
      Windows NT is 3.1 and above
      - piperswe 4y ago
        Eh, not quite. 3.1 ran on DOS, there was an NT 3.1 (separate OS) that was NT. NT and legacy Windows ran in parallel for a while, up through Windows 2000/Windows ME. That ended with Windows XP, the first consumer Windows NT release.
    - fredoralive 4y ago
      32 bit Windows NT supported 16 bit Windows apps (and DOS) right until 32 bit Windows was dropped with Windows 11. 64 bit Windows has never supported them. As 64 bit Windows became commonly installed around Windows 7, you might get the impression it was dropped then, but it was still around if you really wanted it.
  - kristopolous 4y ago
    I misread it. I thought it said windows nt is based on windows 1 and 2. carry on
djur 4y ago
There's even a way to run 16-bit Windows binaries on 64-bit Windows now. https://github.com/otya128/winevdm https://github.com/otya128/winevdm
- jamesfinlayson 4y ago
  Oh neat, I might need to try this on Wolfenstein 3D.
- ronyclau 4y ago
  Oh my gosh. That screenshot of the Calculator alone brought back memories from my childhood.

kristopolous 4y ago

"As previously noted, Windows 95 dropped support for 1.x and 2.x binaries. The same however was not true for Windows NT, which modern versions of Windows are based upon." No way. I'll need major citations on that. Wikipedia for one, firmly disagrees as does every book I've read on that history. edit: I quoted it and still misread it. I thought it said windows nt was based on windows 1&2.

djur 4y ago
Which part are you objecting to?
- speed_spread 4y ago
  I object to NT natively supporting 16 bit apps. I think they dropped that in Win7 or before. Of course with VMs everything is possible but it's no longer built-in.
  - guipsp 4y ago
    Windows NT is 3.1 and above
    - piperswe 4y ago
      Eh, not quite. 3.1 ran on DOS, there was an NT 3.1 (separate OS) that was NT. NT and legacy Windows ran in parallel for a while, up through Windows 2000/Windows ME. That ended with Windows XP, the first consumer Windows NT release.
  - fredoralive 4y ago
    32 bit Windows NT supported 16 bit Windows apps (and DOS) right until 32 bit Windows was dropped with Windows 11. 64 bit Windows has never supported them. As 64 bit Windows became commonly installed around Windows 7, you might get the impression it was dropped then, but it was still around if you really wanted it.
- kristopolous 4y ago
  I misread it. I thought it said windows nt is based on windows 1 and 2. carry on

djur 4y ago

There's even a way to run 16-bit Windows binaries on 64-bit Windows now. https://github.com/otya128/winevdm https://github.com/otya128/winevdm

jamesfinlayson 4y ago
Oh neat, I might need to try this on Wolfenstein 3D.
ronyclau 4y ago
Oh my gosh. That screenshot of the Calculator alone brought back memories from my childhood.