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VENEER.EXE is a Microsoft COFF executable used to start the boot sequence for Windows NT on PowerPC.

VENEER.EXE is an ARC firmware implementation that runs on an existing Open Firmware environment.^[1]

It treats IDE devices as SCSI devices.^[2]
It only recognizes 601, 603, 603e, 604, and 604e CPUs.^[3]
It appears to be present in the Windows NT source tree. Version 3.0 has strings referring to files in D:\nt\private\ntos\boot\veneer\, and Version 3.03 has S:\BUILDS\NT400\1345.960918\SRC\DAYTONA\MOT\VENEER\.

Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.03 (Sep 19 1996 - 02:29:26), 128512 bytes^[4]
Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.0 (Jul 12 1996 - 18:46:28), 161792 bytes^[5]^[6]

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	'''<code>VENEER.EXE</code>''' is a COFF executable used to start the boot sequence for Windows NT on PowerPC.		'''<code>VENEER.EXE</code>''' is a Microsoft COFF executable used to start the boot sequence for Windows NT on PowerPC.

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