Veneer.exe: Difference between revisions

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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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 * Open Firmware ARC Interface  Version 3.03 (Sep 19 1996 - 02:29:26), 128512 bytes<ref>[[Motorola Net6200/166]] <code>\OS\VENEER.EXE</code></ref>
 * Open Firmware ARC Interface  Version 3.0 (Jul 12 1996 - 18:46:28), 161792 bytes<ref>[[Motorola Net6200/166]] <code>\OS\WINNT40\VENEER.EXE</code></ref><ref>Windows NT 4.0 Workstation retail CD-ROM <code>\PPC\VENEER.EXE</code></ref>
+<!--* Open Firmware ARC Interface  Version (May 10 1995 - 19:01:10), 83968 bytes<ref>Windows NT 3.51 Workstation retail CD-ROM <code>\PPC\VENEER.EXE</code></ref>-->
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