Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc

Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by layer8 on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:16AM (#32724565)

Win32 applications from (almost?) 30 years ago also still run on modern Windows. By a far margin, it’s a choice of keeping compatibility or not.

In contrast, I had to stop using my favorite SSH application on iOS because the author had died and Apple stopped supporting 32-bit apps instead of providing a compatibility layer.

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Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by RajT88 on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:51AM (#32724951)

I run all 64 bit Windows 10. But, if I was on 32 bit, I wouldn't count out Windows 1.0 16 bit PE's from running:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client...

If you want to try, extract disk4-apps.img:

https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-10/101

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Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by jcranmer on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:04AM (#32725107)

> Windows 1.0 16 bit PE's

Point of order: 16-bit applications used the NE format, while PE was introduced to support 32-bit applications.

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Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by hedora on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:04AM (#32725114)

Win32 apps also run extremely well in dosbox on Linux, etc.

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