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DOS emulation in 64-bit Vista
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| Peter B. Steiger 2007-08-02, 9:55 pm |
| Well, the moment we feared has begun: We got our first call from a
customer suckered into buying a 64-bit PC with Vista, and sure enough
there is no 16-bit emulation support at all.
I tried DOSBox (an open-source DOS emulator with Windows and Linux
builds) but it doesn't deal real well with DPMI apps. Are there any
other (preferably inexpensive) third-party solutions that would allow a
Clipper program to run in protected mode under Vista 64?
I pointed out that he could use dosemu if he wipes out Vista and installs
Linux instead, but I always get in trouble when I recommend replacing
Winduhs with Linux.
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Peter B. Steiger
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| Dear Peter B. Steiger:
On Aug 2, 7:47 am, "Peter B. Steiger" <see....@for.email.address>
wrote:
> Well, the moment we feared has begun: We got
> our first call from a customer suckered into
> buying a 64-bit PC with Vista, and sure enough
> there is no 16-bit emulation support at all.
>
> I tried DOSBox (an open-source DOS emulator
> with Windows and Linux builds) but it doesn't
> deal real well with DPMI apps. Are there any
> other (preferably inexpensive) third-party
> solutions that would allow a Clipper program
> to run in protected mode under Vista 64?
(x)Harbour, depending on your 3rd party libs.
http://www.xharbour.org
> I pointed out that he could use dosemu if he
> wipes out Vista and installs Linux instead,
> but I always get in trouble when I recommend
> replacing Winduhs with Linux.
Dual boot.
David A. Smith
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| Rene Flores 2007-08-11, 9:55 pm |
| Peter:
Whatever you make with it actually, are asprins trying to cure a cancer,
none 64 bits operating system will run 16 bits applications, not even if
they were windows GUI applications.
Time to move 32 bits pal, go the xHarbour way, it will "eat" all your
Clipper code, if you are using 3rd parties, well, you may need to look
for 32 bits version of them or if you have the source at hand you can
recompile them with xHarbour.
Regards
Rene Flores
http://www.ciber-tec.com
B. Steiger escribió:
> Well, the moment we feared has begun: We got our first call from a
> customer suckered into buying a 64-bit PC with Vista, and sure enough
> there is no 16-bit emulation support at all.
>
> I tried DOSBox (an open-source DOS emulator with Windows and Linux
> builds) but it doesn't deal real well with DPMI apps. Are there any
> other (preferably inexpensive) third-party solutions that would allow a
> Clipper program to run in protected mode under Vista 64?
>
> I pointed out that he could use dosemu if he wipes out Vista and installs
> Linux instead, but I always get in trouble when I recommend replacing
> Winduhs with Linux.
>
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