Astro Hacker News - 16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows

haunter |next [-]

Installed MS Office 2.0 some months ago with it just for fun. It actually works pretty well apart from the dictionary files, for some reason those are not recognized

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I’ve used it for a week just I was curious:

1, is it good enough for modern day to day word processing (mostly emails)? Yes it is

2, can the modern word processors (Office 365, LibreOffice, Google Docs) recognize and open the files created with it? (doc, rtf anything but plain text) Yes they can

pjmlp |root |parent [-]

For work, not due to other requirements, however for personal documents I fully agree with your first point, MS Office 2.0 is good enough to type in some snail letters, school reports or CVs.

haunter |root |parent [-]

Also there is security. I think, I just guess, these old 16bit file formats are all exploitable to some extent

pjmlp |root |parent [-]

Yes, however if you are only using them privately as a modern typewriter for stuff that is anyway going to be sent on paper, there is less of a concern.

Now sharing files with others is another matter, and I fully agree.

gabmartini |next |previous [-]

Nice, I will be able to play Civ2 on Windows 11!

In related news, with the latest WINE on Linux 16 bits/32 bits applications are supported, so I was able to run my beloved Civilization 2 without problems.

krige |root |parent [-]

Civ2 - well, at least its Test of Time incarnation - has specific patches to keep it running without external tools.

yako21000 |next |previous [-]

Oh my good, windows 3.1x.... good old times and a word application that never crashed!

tonyedgecombe |root |parent [-]

>a word application that never crashed!

You must have lived in a different reality to me.

devilfileprong |next |previous [-]

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JanghoTan |next |previous [-]

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orionblastar |previous [-]

Finally, 16-bit Windows support for 64-bit Windows.

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bitwize |root |parent |previous [-]

Winevdm has been out a while.