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{{Infobox emulator
|title = otvdm|version = 0.78.01
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows
|architecture = x86_64
|target = 16-bit Windows
|developer = otya128, others[https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/graphs/contributors et al.]
|license = GNU GPLv2
|source = [https://github.com/otya128/winevdm GitHub]
}}
<!--Not sure if this qualifies as HLE or LLE due to its use of Wine. Can anyone clarify? -->'''otvdm''' (or '''WineVDM''' , referring to its underlying method) is an open-source [[Compatibility layers|compatibility layer]] that emulates kernel/user/GDI calls with other aspects like windowing being passed off to the host OSand usermode emulator developed by otya128 for 64-bit Windows. It's consists of WineVDM, a fork component of [[Wine]] using that serves the same role the <abbr title="NT Virtual DOS Machine">NTVDM</abbr> does on 32-bit Windows,<ref>[https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/programs/winevdm/winevdm.c winevdm.c] in Wine's repository. ''[https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/programs/winevdm/winevdm.c GitHub mirror.]''</ref> coupled with [[MAME]]'s 80386 CPU core and the MS-DOS Playerto emulate and intercept kernel/user/GDI calls from 16-bit apps with aspects like windowing being passed through to the host. As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, WineVDM otvdm is still in its the early stages but can run simple games like SkiFree, older Microsoft Office versions, and SimCity. There Since the last stable release, there have been significant improvements since the last release and updated for which development builds can be found at the '''[https://ci.appveyoron AppVeyor.com/project/otya128/winevdm project Appveyor]'''
==Download==
* {| cellpadding="4"|-|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}|'''[https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/releases Official releasesrelease]'''<br/><small>Stable builds hosted on GitHub</small>* |-|align=center|{{Icon|Win-big}}|'''[https://ci.appveyor.com/project/otya128/winevdm Official Development builds]'''<br/><small>Compiled on AppVeyor</small>|} ==References=={{reflist}} ==External links==* [http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/otvdm.html OTVDM page] by em36 at columbia.edu, includes an Inno Setup installer
[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:Compatibility layers]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
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