Subj : Move to 64bit os and door compatability
To   : Nightfox
From : ogg
Date : Sat Nov 15 2025 05:44 pm

 Ni>  kl> If I were to move my bbs's host os to a 64bit version of windows, what

 Ni>  kl> the options to keep running the old 16 bit game doors? Would  this be 

 Ni>  kl> or am I prodding a hornets nest?
 Ni> 
 Ni> There's a 'NTVDMx64' project which I've heard can get the 16-bit DOS VDM
 Ni> working in a 64-bit edition of Windows.  I haven't gotten it fully
 Ni> working though, and I think it may be a bit finnicky, especially on
 Ni> Windows 11.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I eventually decided to move my BBS to a 64-bit Linux distro.  16-bit
 Ni> DOS doors run decently well with dosemu or dosemu2 (at least with
 Ni> Synchronet).
 Ni> 
I just moved my BBS from Win 11 to Linux.  One of the issues was never being
able to get the 'NTVDMx64' system to work.  I'm currently working through the
learning curve that comes with getting "dos emulators" up and running.

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