Software Engineering - My old Fortran Powerstation 1.0 does not work on my new computer, even if I use Win98

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My old Fortran Powerstation 1.0 does not work on my new computer, even if I use Win98

I.C.

2004-10-25, 4:01 pm

My configuration:

Motherboad Gigabyte GA - 8I875/GA-8IK1100
CPU Pentium 4 Prescott 3GHz
1 GB RAM DDR
Graphics card ATI Radeon 9550 Gecube
120 GB ATA HDD

My old FORTRAN Powerstation 1.0 does not work on my new computer, even
if I use Win98SE as operating system. When I am trying to compile the
source, I receive the error:

"EMM.386 not present in SYSTEM.INI",

even if SYSTEM.INI contains the correct reference to this file.

Could someone help please?

Thanks a lot.

EricF

2004-10-26, 3:56 am

In article <915c9ca9.0410250624.75a532e3@posting.google.com>, ycraif@yahoo.com (I.C.) wrote:
>My configuration:
>
>Motherboad Gigabyte GA - 8I875/GA-8IK1100
>CPU Pentium 4 Prescott 3GHz
>1 GB RAM DDR
>Graphics card ATI Radeon 9550 Gecube
>120 GB ATA HDD
>
>My old FORTRAN Powerstation 1.0 does not work on my new computer, even
>if I use Win98SE as operating system. When I am trying to compile the
>source, I receive the error:
>
>"EMM.386 not present in SYSTEM.INI",
>
>even if SYSTEM.INI contains the correct reference to this file.
>
>Could someone help please?
>
>Thanks a lot.

I think you're screwed if you want to run a "modern" (post win95) OS. EMM.386
was a system driver that allowed old dos/windows 3.1 systems to use memory
above 640K. I doubt that emm.386 would work with win95/98/2000/xp.

I think the best bet is to get a newer compiler. I know there are free ones
available on Linux, don't know about windows.

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Jonathan Allan

2004-10-26, 9:00 am

I.C. wrote:

> My configuration:
>
> Motherboad Gigabyte GA - 8I875/GA-8IK1100
> CPU Pentium 4 Prescott 3GHz
> 1 GB RAM DDR
> Graphics card ATI Radeon 9550 Gecube
> 120 GB ATA HDD
>
> My old FORTRAN Powerstation 1.0 does not work on my new computer, even
> if I use Win98SE as operating system. When I am trying to compile the
> source, I receive the error:
>
> "EMM.386 not present in SYSTEM.INI",
>
> even if SYSTEM.INI contains the correct reference to this file.
>
> Could someone help please?

This is what Boot swappers are for: System Commander, Boot Manager,
etc., so you can run older OSs on the same hardware. Of course,
that implies you know how to partition your drive to host multiple
OSs (there are tools, see PowerQuest, V-Com, etc.) and you can get
drivers for your newer hardware into the back-level OSs (not always
possible, video drivers are the worst).

I think you will either have to ditch the SW, upgrade it, or go find

an older PC for cheap and install there. There isn't much new SW

for Win 3.11 anymore...

;-)
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