It’s not that Microsoft chose to rip it out. NTVDM relied on Virtual 8086 mode. X86 processors cannot transition to this mode from 64-bit mode. https://en.m.wi

It’s not that Microsoft chose to rip it out. NTVDM relied on Virtual 8086 mode. X86 processors cannot transition to this mode from 64-bit mode. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_8086_mode https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_8086_mode Intel is proposing to remove 16-but support entirely: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisioning-future-simplified-architecture.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...