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"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 ba
by 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 agoWhich part are you objecting to?
- speed_spread 4y agoI 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 agoWindows NT is 3.1 and above
- piperswe 4y agoEh, 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 ago32 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 agoI misread it. I thought it said windows nt is based on windows 1 and 2. carry on