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Windows CE 2.x / 3.x support?
Hi, just wondering if this was considered. The "compact" versions of Windows, AKA "Windows CE", had PowerPC-based versions for 2.x and 3.x Windows CE releases.
Considering this project got Windows NT 3.51 and NT4 to natively boot on native PPC hardware, I had to ask myself about the prospects of getting this effort to also work for Windows CE PPC. Is there even a Windows CE PPC emulator anywhere, like DingusPPC-NT, but for running WinCE PPC? QEMU?
As an ultra lightweight OS, it'd be cool if it became a thing. Certainly would drive me to make an updated version of my NT PPC app "Windows Binary Type Detector" to also report back if the compiled app or lib is intended for WinCE or WinNT, which would then be useful to know. (Some CE apps for me to test the app with are here, which already work, but without saying if it's CE or NT.)
From what I know, Windows CE requires use of special SDK environment to build the Windows CE environment and usually was baked as a ROM/disk image (not a boot from CD dealio).
Drivers would have to be rewritten and there's no promises that WinCE would even work with the hardware.
this wince can be maked for everything but main problem where you will get ppc apps for this wince? and wince graphic abilities maybe more limited then nt one and it's not w9x\nt compatible so you can't easily port something
@NS-Clone Still would be cool, and lightweight, to be able to run Windows CE PowerPC. Many apps can be very easily ported to it, as well, same as with PPC NT.
@SoftwareGuy It should work with the hardware, but I cannot comment about the drivers, I have no idea how much would have to be written from scratch and how much could be reused from the Wii NT PPC project.