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There's a translation layer for 16-bit Windows programs built to run on 64-bit Windows

Found through Hacker News.

#retrocomputing #windows

Though it calls itself an emulator, from what I can tell, it's mostly akin to Wine, with only the CPU and DOS being emulated.

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[-] crenquis@lemmy.today 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Developer is very responsive in trying to get a particular program working for you. Reminds me of seamlessly running win16 stuff in OS/2

[-] cruseo@piefed.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Reminds me of seamlessly running win16 stuff in OS/2

Or not-so-seamlessly trying to do the reverse, lol

[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 5 points 22 hours ago

Shoulda also called it WOW64 for the lulz

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