[Wine] Using wine for legacy support under windows?

[John Drescher]

> The processor (AMD or Intel) does not support 16 bit protected mode
> applications while running in 64 bit mode so you need an emulator to
> run 16 bit under 64 bit.
>

I should have said 16 bit real mode and virtual 8086 modes are not
supported but protected is.

Support for Virtual 8086 mode is not available in x86-64 Long Mode,
although it is still present on 64-bit capable processors running in
32-bit protected mode. The removal of this sub-mode means that 16-bit
compatibility must be rewritten or removed from 64-bit operating
systems. For example, DOS and 16-bit Windows application support is
not present in x64 editions of Windows, necessitating the use of 3rd
party emulation software such as DOSBox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_8086_mode#64-bit_support

John