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NTVDM could have been ported to 64-bit Windows, but MSFT declined to do so. Leaked Windows source code shows it would have worked[0]. That would have given 16,
by EvanAnderson 3y ago
NTVDM could have been ported to 64-bit Windows, but MSFT declined to do so. Leaked Windows source code shows it would have worked[0].
That would have given 16, 32, and 64 bit compatibility.
[0] https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64 https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoI don't get it. Would NTVDM have been better than say, using DOS-box?
- userbinator 3y agoYes, because it's integrated far more closely with the system.
- mkup 3y agoYes, it would allow to create pipes between 16-bit NTVDM processes and native 64-bit processes.