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On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:02:06 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
> Someone stole my laptop computer, and I'm beginning to be concerned
> that it may be irreplaceable.
>
> It was running Windows 7, 32-bit, and it seems that most, if not all,
> laptops sold nowadays with Windows installed are 64-bit, which means
> they won't run a lot of my software, and that means that they won't
> allow me to access a lot of the research data I have collected over
> the last 30 years.
>
> People have told me that it is possible to run a virtual machine on a
> Win 64-bit computer that will emulate a 32-bit OS, but before I spend
> money on a computer that might not work for me, I'd like to hear from
> someone who has had experience in running such things, to find out how
> well they work.
>
> The nearest thing I have found to that was OS/2, now more than 25
> years old, which had built in emulators that ran MS-Windows better
> than Windows, and MS-Dos better than DOS. But there the emulators were
> integrated, so they worked well.
>
> Do today's third-party emulators work as well as the OS/2 ones, or do
> they have hidden disadvantages? Is there anyone here who has had
> experience of using them who would be willing to answer a few
> questions?
Your Windows 64-bit OS will run 32-bit programs. I presume you have
some 16-bit programs which will run on 32-bit Windows but not on
64-bit Windows.
A. I have Windows 10 64-bit with Windows 10 32-bit running inside
a virtual machine (the free-for-personal-use VMWare Workstation
Player version 16). It works.
You will need a separate MS licence for the Windows 32-bit OS
running inside the virtual machine, in addition to the licence
for the Windows 64-bit OS that comes with the computer you buy.
The virtual machine only emulates the computer hardware. You
must install the Windows 32-bit OS in the virtual machine,
similar to how you install Windows on a physical machine.
B. If you have 16-bit programs to run, you might want to look into
WineVDM. WineVDM claims to be able to run 16-bit programs on
64-bit Windows. I have not tried WineVDM myself, so I cannot
advise how well it works.
<https://github.com/otya128/winevdm>
--
Kind regards
Ralph Fox
Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή
Vita brevis, ars longa
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne
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