I think I posted before about this, at least in the D'Bridge echo, that there is a Sourceforge project porting the NTVDM subsystem of 32-bit Windows, over to 64-bit. The NTVDM system is the DOS-emulator portion of Windows.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nxvdm/

This means that 16-bit MS-DOS programs can now run on 64-bit Windows.

I have this installed on my 64-bit Windows 7 laptop for testing and was able to install and run D'Bridge, Renegade and Searchlight. Batch files and the like seem okay. The real test for me here will be the dialup modem, FOSSIL and Door games; and a Windows-based Telnet server that passes the network socket and handle to the NET2BBS program which is what my BBS starts-up from.

Anyone else try this out yet?

Nick

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This means that 16-bit MS-DOS programs can now run on 64-bit Windows. Anyone else try this out yet?

It's on my list of things to look at. That list just keeps getting
longer and longer though. LOL

Shawn

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[ Nick Andre wrote to All ]

I think I posted before about this, at least in the D'Bridge echo, that there is a Sourceforge project porting the NTVDM subsystem of 32-bit Windows, over to 64-bit. The NTVDM system is the DOS-emulator portion
of Windows.

I posted that possibly in here and over in BBSing 2.0 (my FB BBS group; over 800 members now).

Anyone else try this out yet?

I'd be interested in hearing the results of any testing.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Nick,

I think I posted before about this, at least in the D'Bridge echo, that there is a Sourceforge project porting the NTVDM subsystem of 32-bit Windows, over to 64-bit. The NTVDM system is the DOS-emulator portion of Windows.

That sounds amazing. A lot of 64-bit OS owners could benefit if it could
truly run 16-bit programs; for us SysOps to run 16-bit utilities/doors. I
see great hope for the future of BBSing.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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Nick Andre wrote to All <=-

I have this installed on my 64-bit Windows 7 laptop for testing and was able to install and run D'Bridge, Renegade and Searchlight. Batch files and the like seem okay. The real test for me here will be the dialup modem, FOSSIL and Door games; and a Windows-based Telnet server that passes the network socket and handle to the NET2BBS program which is
what my BBS starts-up from.

That's great news! I'm running DOSBOX just for a 16-bit text editor, and all of my utilities (like my nodelist compiler) are 16-bit DOS apps. It'd be
nice to be able to run the BBS in a 64-bit environment and still keep my legacy apps, too.


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Nick,

I think I posted before about this, at least in the D'Bridge echo, that ther NA>is a Sourceforge project porting the NTVDM subsystem of 32-bit Windows, over NA>to 64-bit. The NTVDM system is the DOS-emulator portion of Windows.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nxvdm/

This means that 16-bit MS-DOS programs can now run on 64-bit Windows.

I have this installed on my 64-bit Windows 7 laptop for testing and was able NA>to install and run D'Bridge, Renegade and Searchlight. Batch files and the NA>like seem okay. The real test for me here will be the dialup modem, FOSSIL a NA>Door games; and a Windows-based Telnet server that passes the network socket NA>and handle to the NET2BBS program which is what my BBS starts-up from.

Anyone else try this out yet?

I haven't, but it sounds promising.

Daryl


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