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Running on Windows XP SP3 x86 (Announce)

posted by rr Homepage E-mail, Berlin, Germany, 19.01.2020, 13:28

> If it was compiled with the v141 toolset or mingw-w64 and assuming no
> Vista+ specific APIs then it would work on XP. The v141 toolset is an
> option during the VS2019 install. The reason why the v141 toolset is needed
> and not v142 is that the CRT breaks compatibility when VS is upgraded for
> older version of WIndowsperiodically so you either have to patch around it
> (
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19516796/visua...2-win32-project-targeting-windows-2000/53548116
> ), use an older toolset or use a replacement for the CRT.
>
> It seems like he only uses VS to compile and may not want to bother with
> the v141 toolset. If mingw-w64 can be used then XP is still supported and
> projects like this should really offer both ways to compile the project and
> offer executables for download compiled for both. I haven't checked the
> Bochs documentation yet.
>
> If compiling statically you can even use mingw-w64 to compile executables
> for NT3.50+ and 9x+ for Pentium Pro+ (anything less and you'd have to
> recompiled mingw-w64 for those architectures or use the original mingw)
> assuming you use a non posix build
Nice details, although I am drawing a blank here. C/C++ and modern compiler toolchains are mostly a miracle to me.

But if you would like to check a few things and get in touch with Volker to make Bochs running again w/o "hacking", I would really appreciate that. :-)

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