Comment Comment by mattbee https://felsqualle.com/posts/2022/12/16-bit-support-in-64-bi... is the full story.but tl;dr is that ntvdm relied on the CPU running 16-bit code, so was naturally EOL on a 64-bit Windows, where that mode doesn't work.winvdm adds it back via CPU emulation. parent mattbee 5 days ago
but tl;dr is that ntvdm relied on the CPU running 16-bit code, so was naturally EOL on a 64-bit Windows, where that mode doesn't work.
winvdm adds it back via CPU emulation.