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Miscellaneous => 16 bit DOS Programming => Topic started by: Petra93 on September 09, 2018, 09:20:58 PM

Title: 16-bit programs in a Windows 7 laptop?
Post by: Petra93 on September 09, 2018, 09:20:58 PM
I have written about 50 16-bit programs in an old Windows XP computer that I no longer use.
I was using the CD supplied by TextPad, with references to an older edition of the Kip Irvine text, but I no longer
have this CD, which had all the software needed to assemble, run and debug the programs; the
debugger was CodeView.exe.  Does any software exist with which I could write and test 16-bit
code in a Windows 7 computer?

Thanks for any help or comments,

Michael
Title: Re: 16-bit programs in a Windows 7 laptop?
Post by: jj2007 on September 09, 2018, 10:18:48 PM
You can write 16-bit programs with the standard Masm32 SDK. The question is whether you can run them on Win7. Do you have the 32-bit OS installed...?
Title: Re: 16-bit programs in a Windows 7 laptop?
Post by: avcaballero on September 09, 2018, 10:39:15 PM
Maybe the better way is using DOSBox
https://www.dosbox.com/

But you can also intall a virtual machine and install it any OS you want.
https://www.virtualbox.org/