Application Types on Various Hardware Platforms

Windows NT 4.0 runs on computers with Intel 486 or higher processors, MIPS, PowerPC, and Digital Alpha AXP processors. The following table shows how Windows NT supports applications of various types on these different hardware platforms.

Table 5.4 Application Compatibility


Processor


Win32

MS-DOS and Windows 3.x


POSIX


OS/2 1.x

Intel 486 and Pentium

Source- compatible

Runs application
in a VDM

Source-compatible

16-bit character-based only

PowerPC

Source-compatible

Runs application in Intel 486 emulation

Source-compatible

Not available; can run real-mode applications in MS-DOS subsystem

Digital Alpha AXP

Source-compatible

Runs application in Intel 486 emulation

Source-compatible

Not available; can run real-mode applications in MS-DOS subsystem

MIPS R4000

Source-compatible

Runs application in Intel 486 emulation

Source-compatible

Not available; can run real-mode applications in MS-DOS subsystem