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slavapestov | 4 months ago

> In 2025 you can run apps targeting W95 just fine (and many 16-bit apps with some effort)

FWIW, Windows running on a 64-bit host no longer runs 16-bit binaries.

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out_of_protocol|4 months ago

Yes. Still, there are ways to do it anyway, from Dosbox to WineVDM. Unlike MacOS where having even 32 bit app (e.g. half of Steam games that supported Macos to begin with) means you're fucked

nomel|4 months ago

You can use dosbox and x86 virtual machines just fine in macOS (with the expected performance loss) right now, without Rosetta. macOS is still Turing complete.

jack_tripper|4 months ago

>Windows running on a 64-bit host no longer runs 16-bit binaries.

Which isn't an issue since Windows 95 was not a 16-bit OS, that was MS-DOS. For 16-bit DOS apps there's virtualization things like DOSbox or even HW emulators.