SIMH question

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 05:08, Charles via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: 32-bit code _should_ run on 64-bit Win7/8.x/10. 16-bit code won't. Win7 has "XP Mode", which is a free download. It is MS VirtualPC plus a preinstalled, preactivated Win XP VM. It is possible to download run this VM image separately and run it under other hypervisors -- I described how here: https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014/04/10/how_to_run_xp_on_new_windows/ What I dodged around is that you need a licence. Cracking it is also an option, of course. It just ended this month but there is also a legal hack to get another 5y of updates for XP. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/26/german_tinkerer_gets_around_xpocal… Personally I used a 3rd party "distro" of XP called TinyXP (I used r9) for years. I would not recommend this any more, TBH, but it's possible. The same person, "eXPerience", who made TinyXP also made a Tiny7. It works but SP2 won't install, at which point they gave up. You _could_ run 32-bit Win10 under VirtualBox. I've done it. It works well, the ISO is a free download from Microsoft, and it's perfectly usable without activation. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ?R (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053