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'''Odin''' (known before as '''Win32-OS/2''') is a project to run [[Microsoft Windows]] programs on [[OS/2]] or convert them to OS/2 native format.  It also provides the '''Odin32''' [[application programming interface|API]] to compile Win32 (Windows API) programs for OS/2. The project's goals are:
* Every Windows program should load and operate properly.
* Create a complete OS/2 implementation of the Win32 API.

Although this is far from complete, much of the Win32 API is not widely used, so partial implementation will give usable results. Odin32 is already used commercially for the OS/2 port of the [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] [[web browser]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Dave|title=A Quick Look at Opera|url=http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/opera.html|publisher=The Southern California OS/2 User Group|accessdate=16 August 2010|date=21 July 2001}}</ref> Odin is included in the [[ArcaOS]] operating system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/compatibility-subsystems/|title=Compatibility Subsystems|access-date=2020-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wenham |first=Chris |date=1997 |title=The Win32-OS/2 Project: Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands |url=https://www.osnews.com/1997osnews/features/01.98/os2translation.html |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=[[OSNews]]}}</ref>

== Technical overview==
Odin achieves binary compatibility by converting Win32 executables and [[Dynamic-link library|dynamic-link libraries]] to OS/2 format. Conversion can be done on the fly (each time the application is run) or permanently. Odin does not use [[emulator|emulation]] or a [[compatibility layer]].

Odin identifies itself to Windows applications as [[Windows 2000]] Service Pack 2.

Odin uses code from [[Wine (software)|Wine]], which runs Win32 applications on [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s.

== Name ==
The project is named after [[Odin]], the [[god]] of wisdom and supreme god of [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] and [[Norse mythology]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19971210140903/http://www.io.com/~timur/win32os2.html Former website] on the [[Internet Archive]]
* [http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32 Project Website]
* [http://odin.netlabs.org/?show=appdb Application compatibility list]

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[[Category:OS/2 emulation software]]
[[Category:Software derived from or incorporating Wine]]