Reply to post: Re: Going from 32 to 64 bit was so simple nobody really noticed it happened

Windows slithers on to Arm, legless?

Joe Montana

Re: Going from 32 to 64 bit was so simple nobody really noticed it happened

NTVDM uses vm86 mode on 32bit x86, but on other architectures (mips, ppc, alpha) it would emulate the cpu... There's no reason they couldn't use an emulation mode for 64bit x86 too, dosbox works fine like that.

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