Veneer.exe

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

Description

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

It treats IDE devices as SCSI devices.[2]

Versions I have

  • Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.03 (Sep 19 1996 - 02:29:26), 128512 bytes[3]
  • Open Firmware ARC Interface Version 3.0 (Jul 12 1996 - 18:46:28), 161792 bytes[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=864612#p864612
  2. ↑ https://github.com/openbios/openfirmware/blob/d5cc657ce81c0f7d1857b4687766b64d75a4145d/ofw/gui/findos.fth#L37
  3. ↑ Motorola Net6200/166 \OS\VENEER.EXE
  4. ↑ Motorola Net6200/166 \OS\WINNT40\VENEER.EXE
  5. ↑ Windows NT 4.0 Workstation retail CD-ROM \PPC\VENEER.EXE
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