Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator

Re:Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator by Jaruzel on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:12AM (#12529975)

I love this, and think it would be great thing to have if MS don't shut it down.

However, for those people who only have an occasional use-case for keeping Win16 apps around, there's always the Win3.1x on DOSBox option.

For Example: https://joshmccarty.com/2013/08/run-windows-3-1-in-dosbox/

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Re:Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator by w0utert on Monday September 19, 2016 @06:24AM (#12530228)

>> I love this, and think it would be great thing to have if MS don't shut it down.

I would be highly surprised if MS would even try to shut it down. On what basis would it not be allowed to write an emulator that translates old Windows API calls to new Windows API calls? And even if they could shut it down, what does Microsoft stand to gain by doing so?

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Re:Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator by Jaruzel on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:23AM (#12531216)

MS have a vested interest in convincing people to migrate to newer Operating Systems and Applications. They could have supported the original WinSXS for 16/32bit thunking in Windows 8 -> 10, but chose not to.

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Re:Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator by Narishma on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:42PM (#12535004)

Last time I tried it, Windows 3.1 in Dosbox had a very laggy mouse cursor.

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