some people have had success in running Win 3.1 under ReactOS thanks to NTDVM, so win3.1 apps can be run too :)
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:49 PM, David Quintana (gigaherz) < gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's not true. NTVDM is not WoW16. NTVDM is just DOS support. In order > to support 16bit (windows 3.1) applications, a whole other system is needed. > > On 16 March 2017 at 23:37, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo < > elh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "-Implementing WoW16 support. I suppose that'll draw attention." --> >> NTVDM, already done :) >> >> "Working on DirectX support: bringing new features, fixing bugs, >> optimising, if possible fixing some driver issues..." ---> ReactX, would be >> great! >> >> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Thomas Faber <thomas.fa...@reactos.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I can tell you some possible next steps: >>> - x64: implement PAE support in the 32 bit kernel >>> - SMP: Implement resource translators and arbiters (I have some initial >>> work for this somewhere) >>> - Also SMP: build a CONFIG_SMP kernel (with some hack to use the regular >>> HAL) and debug any issues coming from broken spinlock usage >>> >>> On March 16, 2017 5:50:39 AM EDT, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 16.03.2017 um 00:03 schrieb Huw Campbell: >>>> >>>>> SMP or 64 bit processor support would be great. Too hard? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I think that's too much for a single GSoC student. But we also keep >>>> saying this for a long time... The result is that everybody is afraid of >>>> those "big topics". >>>> >>>> What we need is some kernel dev looking into these topics and giving a >>>> rough overview what needs to be done and in what places. Then we can >>>> have a roadmap and split the work up into smaller tasks that are even >>>> doable by GSoC students. >>>> >>>> If nobody makes this first step, we will never have SMP or x64 CPU >>>> support. People also kept saying that full printer support is too much >>>> for a 6-month bachelor thesis, and they were right, but nevertheless I >>>> was able to build the foundations and documentation in that >>>> time. >>>> And now I could guide everyone interested how to continue on achieving >>>> full printing support. >>>> >>>> >>>> - Colin >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Ros-dev mailing list >>>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> Ros-dev@reactos.org >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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