Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by qnxub on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:04AM
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Given that this is an emulator, would there be a way to port this to Android?
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Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by kyberias on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:13AM
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I think it forwards the calls to native 64-bit Windows APIs. Does Android implement the Windows APIs?
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by _joel on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:15AM
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"Wine Is Not an Emulator"
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by coldpie on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:34AM
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The linked software contains a CPU emulator, since 64-bit Windows cannot execute programs in 16-bit mode.
Regardless, I would argue Wine is an emulator. It emulates Windows's behavior, so it is perfectly fine to describe it as an emulator in some contexts. This pedantic nit-picking is really tiresome.
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by phh on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:50AM
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It's not a nitpick in this context, since Wine on Android will only run ARM64 binaries (unless you have one of those few x86 Android devices)
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by _joel on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:35PM
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Nitpicking? Literally look at https://www.winehq.org/ front page
"Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator")..."
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
by anonunivgrad on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:36PM
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And the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a democracy.