[–] vurpo 4y ago ↗ Did I miss something, or does the page not say what WX86 actually is? [–] lproven 4y ago ↗ You're not entirely wrong. I thought the same thing. The info is buried well down the page:« Wx86 is a new component under development for Windows NT which runs most x86 Win32 applications seamlessly and unmodified on RISC platforms. »It sounds to me like a MS version of something Digital successfully implemented and shipped under the name FX!32:https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedin...Wikipedia has a précis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX!32
[–] lproven 4y ago ↗ You're not entirely wrong. I thought the same thing. The info is buried well down the page:« Wx86 is a new component under development for Windows NT which runs most x86 Win32 applications seamlessly and unmodified on RISC platforms. »It sounds to me like a MS version of something Digital successfully implemented and shipped under the name FX!32:https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedin...Wikipedia has a précis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX!32
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 15.8 ms ] thread« Wx86 is a new component under development for Windows NT which runs most x86 Win32 applications seamlessly and unmodified on RISC platforms. »
It sounds to me like a MS version of something Digital successfully implemented and shipped under the name FX!32:
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedin...
Wikipedia has a précis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX!32