Talk:16-bit application
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Probably ought to work in real mode here; a lot of old DOS apps ran in that way before the advent of protected mode. --Ardonik 08:42, 2004 Aug 5 (UTC)
There do not exist 16-bit applications not written for DOS? --24.44.37.202 23:01, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- There exist applications that are "16-bit" in the sense that they used 16-bit pointers and did most or all of their arithmetic with 16-bit integers, and that weren't written for DOS; consider, for example, applications written for the PDP-11 or for the Z8000. However, the "16-bit" vs. "32-bit" distinction for applications generally refers to applications written for the DOS or Win16 APIs, with 16-bit integer arithmetic (or 32-bit integer arithmetic done by doing separate operations on the two 16-bit halves of the 32-bit integer) and 16-bit unsegmented or 24-bit segmented pointers, vs. applications written for the Win32 API, with 32-bit integer arithmetic and 32-bit unsegmented pointers. Guy Harris (talk) 07:15, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
