Questions tagged [16-bit]
Refers to processors where integers and other data are stored in 16-bit registers. The 16-bit designs had only been on the market briefly when 32-bit implementations started to appear.
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Using Microsoft Bob on Windows 11
I have a laptop that runs Windows 11, and I am planning to install Microsoft Bob on it. I know that there are compatibility settings for Windows 95, but can I still use Bob even though it is 16-bit?
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Fix MBR for a 16-bit intel 80386sx cpu [duplicate]
i have an old classic computer running ms-dos 3.30 on computer architecture running a 16-bit cpu (80386sx, not to mistake with 80386DX which is 32-bit), i was playing around and messed up the MBR.
I ...
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Running 16Bit Application on Windows 10x64 without VT-x [duplicate]
I have a legacy application (exe header = "MZ") which I usually run through VMWare workstation or the 32-Bit version of Windows. Now I got at a computer having a Core 2 Duo processor not ...
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Running Legacy 16bit Dos application on 64 bit SBC board on Free dos 1.2
Running Legacy 16bit Dos application on 64 bit SBC board on Free dos 1.2. The application works with an older SBC board on FD1.2 but fails to load system status screen on a new SBC board. There is ...
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How to convert/update 16bit application to 64bit
I am trying to run a 16bit application on windows 10 64bit but it is giving this error.
I want to know that, How can we convert or update this application in 64bit.
PS: I have source file of this ...
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Every executable I read starts with header the MZ [duplicate]
I was initially trying to create a program to distinguish between DOS(16-bit) and Windows(32/64-bit) executables.
I read in some other answer that a executable can be classified based on their first ...
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Can a 64-bit computer (x86) run a 16-bit OS natively, without emulation?
If you were to build a modern x86 computer with completely modern parts, could you load MS-DOS 6.11 and Windows 3.11 onto it without any emulation or even with FreeDOS? I recently saw a video of it ...
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How to run Quicken 6 on Windows 10
My dad has been using Quicken 6 for years and has moved to a new Windows 10 laptop.
He'd like to continue using it.
He has the original CDs but no CD ROM on the new laptop. Also, it's 16-bit ...
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Running 16-bit app on 64-bit is now possible? NTVDMx64
The program comes from Leecher1337, who created a NTVDM for x64 bit.
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/ntvdmx64.html
https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64
I've tested on many Windows via VirtualBox, ...
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Unofficial way to run 16 bits custom Windows Installer on Windows 64 bits
I’ve a old proprietary custom Installer that Windows can’t convert to a 32 bits one (the 32 bits program installed requires the processing power of a powerfull ɢᴘᴜ in order to be run correctly so full ...
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Why does old 16-bit Windows programs consume 100% of CPU in a x86 computer?
Some days ago, I felt a bit nostalgic and grabbed the good old Microsoft Entertainment Pack from some site. The package has some cool games that were designed for Windows 3.1 and they are 16-bit ...
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Why Win16 application layout is behaving strangely under Win10 32bit?
I have an old C Win16 application that is behaving badly when run in Windows 10 32bit. Unfortunately, I do not have the source code for the application so I cannot debug issues from there. The ...
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I created a 32-bit program, but Windows 7 Home Basic claims it is 16-bit and thus cannot run
I currently maintain a 32-bit application created in the .NET framework.
Some of the users of said application recently reached out to me saying that the application could not run on their ...
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Does PNG bit-depth conversion from 8-bit to 32-bit increase quality?
An image is converted from 32-bit to 8-bit. Is any information lost after converting it back to 32-bit?
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How to check if a binary is 16 bit on Windows
I have an .exe file that I am unable to run on Windows 10. I suspect that it is because the binary is 16 bit. Is there a simple way to check? Something like Alexander Revo's answer would be great.
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