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    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Sun Sep 1 12:18:10 2019
    Hi everyone,

    If you have some 16-bit Windows programs you like laying around and
    don't have any way to run them, check this forum post out:

    http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=27770

    This is a fully working setup of Windows For Workgroups 3.11 for DOSbox.
    I downloaded this quite some time ago and it works quite well. I
    installed my registered copy of OLX and fired it up without issues.

    Of course, those of us using OS/2, eComStation, and ArcaOS have Win-DOS
    (WfW 3.11 under OS/21) natively but this is nice for any other setup
    that can use DOSbox.

    Hope this helps.

    Later,
    Sean


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to SEAN DENNIS on Mon Sep 2 13:24:00 2019
    Sean,

    installed my registered copy of OLX and fired it up without issues.

    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SLMR or
    registerable anymore.

    Daryl

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  • From Matthew Munson@1:218/109 to Daryl Stout on Sun Oct 6 10:54:50 2019
    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SLMR or registerable anymore.
    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit program.
    Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Matthew Munson on Sun Oct 6 16:01:11 2019
    Hello Matthew.

    06 Oct 19 10:54, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit program. Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.

    It is a 16-bit Windows program.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/17 to Matthew Munson on Tue Oct 8 16:19:00 2019
    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SLMR or
    registerable anymore.

    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit program. MM>Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.

    Nope, it is still a Win16 application.
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  • From RUBEN FIGUEROA@1:124/5013 to ROBERT WOLFE on Fri Oct 11 10:17:00 2019
    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SLMR or MM>-> registerable anymore.

    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit program. MM>Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.

    Nope, it is still a Win16 application.

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to RUBEN FIGUEROA on Sat Oct 12 10:48:38 2019
    Hello RUBEN.

    11 Oct 19 10:17, you wrote to ROBERT WOLFE:

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?

    You can only run 32-bit and 64-bit apps natively. I can run OLX under 64-bit Windows 10 as I have DOSbox with WfW 3.11 set up.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Zazz@1:124/5014 to Sean Dennis on Sat Oct 12 11:58:27 2019
    |10On 12 Oct 2019, Sean Dennis said the following...|10

    Hello RUBEN.

    11 Oct 19 10:17, you wrote to ROBERT WOLFE:

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?

    You can only run 32-bit and 64-bit apps natively. I can run OLX under 64-bit Windows 10 as I have DOSbox with WfW 3.11 set up.

    Later,
    Sean


    Thanks Sean

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:261/20 to Ruben Figueroa on Tue Oct 15 21:51:08 2019
    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SL
    registerable anymore.

    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit progra MM>Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.

    Nope, it is still a Win16 application.

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?

    Have not really tried, but I don't think it will run very well.


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  • From RUBEN FIGUEROA@1:124/5013 to ROBERT WOLFE on Tue Oct 15 08:53:52 2019
    On 10/15/2019 9:51 PM, Robert Wolfe wrote to Ruben Figueroa:

    @MSGID: 1:261/20 4e15de3d
    @TID: InterEcho 1.20 00000000
    Glad to see someone else uses OLX...I don't think it or SL MM>-> registerable anymore.

    OLX is still registerable, I am wondering if its a 32bit progra MM>Santronics does e-mail shipping for 25 bucks.

    Nope, it is still a Win16 application.

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?

    Have not really tried, but I don't think it will run very well.


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    Thanks for the feedback.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Zazz on Thu Apr 2 22:40:10 2020
    On 12/10/2019 1:58 p.m., Zazz : Sean Dennis wrote:

    So will this windows 16bit app run on windows 64OS?

    You can only run 32-bit and 64-bit apps natively. I can run OLX
    under 64-bit Windows 10 as I have DOSbox with WfW 3.11 set up.

    Later, Sean


    Thanks Sean


    You can run Win 16-bit app this way too:

    "WineVDM - a way to run Win 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows"

    https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/11014/winevdm-a-way-to-run-16-bit- apps-on-64-bit-windows

    https://tinyurl.com/wrnq6vd

    As the title says WineVDM allows you to run Win 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows.

    The YT video explains everything quite well.



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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to August Abolins on Thu Apr 2 14:44:46 2020
    "WineVDM - a way to run Win 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows"

    I think this is a very barebones proof of concept that lets you run old
    Windows Minesweeper and Solitaire but not much else.

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