Okay, to get started I did use the search function in looking for info but none of the threads I found seemed to answer my question definitively and I did not want to bump an old thread. So here it goes. Windows 7 to my understanding removes all support for 16-bit programs. What exactly does that mean? What kinds and/or what era of programs are covered in this?
Now I have a handful older games from the 90's, say 1994-1999, that I still like to play once in awhile. On my Vista64 system I have now I can use DosBox to, for my oldest example, run Wing Commander 3 which is from 1994. According to an employ I was talking to at Gamestop this last week however, he cannot run the original Fallout even using DosBox on his Win7 system, as such I am a bit concerned that even the emulation software will not work. Is what I heard right and is there a way around it? Secondly are other programs from the post-DOS to the pre-Vista era in danger of not running on Win7 and if so what emulation software is out there the provide compatibility for them? And finally is there any emulation software the would provide the same kind of compatibility for older programs as DosBox that is more user friendly?
Thank you.