ikonix360
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Is there a way to make the older 16 bit and earlier games run in windows 10 64 bit natively without having to load any other program first
AFAIK it's a more native focus on 64bit rather than slapped together support from previous OS's. 32bit mode is emulated via WOW64 and the processes are isolated from the 64bit environment. 16bit would be an emulation on top of an emulation.I have a collection of old games from the early 90s id like to run whenever I so desire without having to use any other program like dosbox.
Not sure why 16 bit subsystem is not in 64 bit versions of windows 10 except the normal obsolescence Microsoft is known for.
In fact the subsystem could be added but only used when a game requiring it is started and terminated when the game is terminated.
geez...makes me wonder where I put that leisure suit Larry game now.....eh... it was on a floppy and my pc's mobo does not have a floppy portI know you're asking about not using something like DosBox and just running natively...but I recently found this:
https://github.com/schellingb/dosbox-pure
It's a fork of DosBox and supposed to be a bit easier to use.
You can get USB floppy drives.geez...makes me wonder where I put that leisure suit Larry game now.....eh... it was on a floppy and my pc's mobo does not have a floppy port
I know you're asking about not using something like DosBox and just running natively...but I recently found this:
https://github.com/schellingb/dosbox-pure
It's a fork of DosBox and supposed to be a bit easier to use.
A usb floppy drive?You can get USB floppy drives.