Subj : Re: Mystic and windows10
To   : Cozmo
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 02 2024 08:11 am

-=> Cozmo wrote to fusion <=-

 Co> What are the advantages or disavantages of running 64bit and NTVDM64
 Co> and running 32 bit in a VM?

32 bit OSes can only access 4 GB of RAM, usually a bit less due to
overhead. If you have a bare metal system with over 4 GB, a 32-bit OS
won't be able to use it.

With a 64-bit OS and NTVDM64, you can use all of the memory in your
system while still running 16-bit DOS apps.

The third option people mentioned is to run a 64 bit OS for your "host"
OS, and then run a 32-bit virtual machine inside of that host using
VMWare Workstation/Player, VirtualBox or a number of other
technologies.

You then have a 64 bit system that you can use for your own purposes,
and a virtual 32-bit system running the BBS inside of the host system.
You have a virtual 32-bit computer running in a window.

Option 3 offers a lot of benefits, but it does take some doing to work.



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