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    From Sean Dennis@618:618/10 to Daryl Stout on Fri Jul 9 15:25:02 2021
    Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    I saw a deal from Best Buy today, where apparently Windows 11 will be 64-bit ONLY. But, I understand Windows 10 will be supported into
    sometime in 2025. I just hate to lose all the legacy doors.

    You don't have to. Use NTVDMx64. I have talked about it here in
    Micronet before.

    http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/otvdm.html

    I'd recommend using the Inno Setup installer: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/OtvdmSetup.exe

    I don't have a Windows BBS installed but I was able to run my DOS doors
    locally without issue as a test under 64-bit Windows 10.

    One of these days, I will start producing 32-bit Windows doors and
    hopefully 64-bit Windows doors also (if I can remember how to do the cross-compiling stuff again).

    -- Sean

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Sean Dennis on Fri Jul 9 21:50:00 2021
    Sean,

    I saw a deal from Best Buy today, where apparently Windows 11 will be 64-bit ONLY. But, I understand Windows 10 will be supported into
    sometime in 2025. I just hate to lose all the legacy doors.

    You don't have to. Use NTVDMx64. I have talked about it here in
    Micronet before.

    http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/otvdm.html

    I'd recommend using the Inno Setup installer: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/OtvdmSetup.exe

    I saved the info, and will look at it another day. I was busy with the
    Trains Net tonight, and have to do a license exam session in the morning, before storms arrive Saturday night into Monday, which means BBS downtime.
    The community of Batesville, north-northeast of Little Rock, had both
    severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings earlier today.

    I don't have a Windows BBS installed but I was able to run my DOS doors locally without issue as a test under 64-bit Windows 10.

    Interesting. If that works, then I might look at a new computer for the
    BBS. But, right now, that's the least of my worries. The bathrooms are to
    get rebuilt next week, after a plumbing incident 4 months ago. Had I not
    been involved in a car wreck in January, that wasn't my fault, and had I
    not had this plumbing issue, I would've had some extra money to work with.

    One of these days, I will start producing 32-bit Windows doors and hopefully 64-bit Windows doors also (if I can remember how to do the cross-compiling stuff again).

    Keep me posted on the progress.

    Daryl

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