Subj : X86S
To   : All
From : fusion
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 19:09:15

We spoke here previously about DOS support after 2038.. it would seem we have another potential enemy in the form of a proposal from Intel :)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisionin
g-future-simplified-architecture.html

There was a thread about this on the os2world forum as well if anyone wants to check that out (don't have the url offhand..)

Essentially, all legacy 16-bit support would be removed from the hardware itself, as well as some of the 32-bit support (no Windows 7 or 10 32-bit,
OS/2 nor ArcaOS). VirtualBox & others would no longer virtualize any of these either (i.e. No VBox Win7 BBS with DOS support, proxmox Windows guest, etc)

Seemingly the available options would be Windows 64-bit with the NTVDMx64 (which DM mentioned breaks stuff now) or DOSBox/PCEm/etc type emulators.

tbh the outcome/timeframe and solutions are about the same as the 2038 one (i doubt you're going to break every piece of hardware you have until then and be forced to get an X86S machine either) but i thought it was interesting still :)

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