On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 11:37 AM Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:

> On 11/2/22 2:55 AM, Michael Casadevall wrote:
> > I extensively researched this; there are infact copies of Pinball for
> > 64-bit platforms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EPTfOTC4Jw&t=47s
>
> Which 64-bit platforms?  64-bit x86 and / or 64-bit Itanium?
>
> I've not watched the video yet (today).
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>
Both actually, since Microsoft included pinball.exe on the Itanium install
disk. Works too (although there are complications)


> > Pinball had problems relating to 64-bit FPU precision (and this can
> > actually be reproduced by fiddling with FPU flags), but it did ship in
> > Windows XP x64 Professional.
>
> My understanding is that Windows XP x64 Professional is 64-bit x86 and
> not Itanium.
>
> There is also a chance that I'm misremembering things.
>
>
>
No, its just the worst product naming scheme known to man.


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