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HX DOSXtender - and Win 16 graphical apps, possible ? (DOSX)

posted by Ninho , 21.04.2008, 20:49

> > So, my guess is there is no support for Win 16 GUI executables, is this
> > right ?

> "no support" is a bit harsh, I'd prefer "virtually no support". Because,
> at least, there is the DOSX.EXE somewhere buried in HXRT, which allows to
> run Win3.1 on machines where the original DOSX.EXE fails.

Seen it, and plan to play with it sometime later. Reminds me, long long ago, of times when I would experiment with DPMI and protected mode programming by renaming my own programs "krnl286.exe" and launching them courtesy of the DOSX of Windows 3.1. All of that in Turbo Degugger IIRC :=)

> There's some support for the NE file format, which is the format used by
> Win16 binaries, but that's just because it's the ONLY somewhat popular
> 16-bit format for protected-mode.
>
> > Any known way to run those in DOS either with HX or some other system ?
>
> IIRC there was a (free?) WinOS/2 which did run in DosEmu...

Ah, yes I've heard it by I never owned an OS2. Is it now perhaps "abandonware" (at least, old versions) ?

In any case you're doing truly remarkable work; may I ask where/how you've learnt the intricacies of proprietary MS crap\\\\software ?

Regards...

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Ninho

Complete thread:

• HX DOSXtender - and Win 16 graphical apps, possible ? - Ninho, 21.04.2008, 17:15
  • Signature - rr, 21.04.2008, 17:25
  • HX DOSXtender - and Win 16 graphical apps, possible ? - Japheth, 21.04.2008, 17:48
    • HX DOSXtender - and Win 16 graphical apps, possible ? - Ninho, 21.04.2008, 20:49
    • HX DOSXtender - and Win 16 graphical apps, possible ? - Steve, 21.04.2008, 21:38