Unix-like operating systems ( Linux, Mac OS X) can run many Win16 programs using a native implementation of the Windows API called Wine.īeOS/Haiku and 64-bit versions of Windows don't support Win16 software at all. Windows 95/98/Me/XP, and 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 use a system called 'Windows on Windows' to translate 16-bit Windows API calls to Windows 32-bit API calls, and should be compatible with most Win16 programs. If you want to run a real copy of Windows, but don't already own one, there is a free Windows-compatible operating system called ReactOS, which can be found in the operating systems section. Some Win16 games used a special library for speeding up video called WinG, which can be found in the miscellaneous section. If you're running a Win16 operating system, RGB hosts a number of drivers for video and sounds cards. Win16 runs on top of DOS, so any computer running DOS ( MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS) should be able to install a copy of Windows 1.0 through Windows 3.11.

How this is accomplished depends on what operating system your computer is running. Win16 software can be run on any x86 computer, as well as many non-x86 platforms.

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