I regularly use Multiplan for DOS on a DOS machine because I like the way it works and it is quick and easy for "keeping books" in satisfactory fashion -- the reports are fast and easily checked, and the macros are "intuitive" while VBA isn't for me. I can run Multiplan under windows in a DOS emulator, DOSBox 0.72. That's just for emergency, in case my DOS machine dies. I've tried "upgrading" (porting) some of my bookkeeping to Excel, but really don't like what I get, although I could live with it. And, no, I don't want Quickbooks, etc. with its continual requirement for annual upgrades and changing user interface (and learning curve every year). I want the general programmability of a spreadsheet to write what I want. For my simple needs it's simple to write my own payroll formulae, etc.
Can one load Win2K or XP into a virtual machine on XP and run legacy apps that way? Including legacy hardware such as older printers? Fred Holmes At 01:13 PM 2/28/2009, Tom Piwowar wrote: >>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use (or knew people >>who couldn't use) Vista because it did not support certain legacy apps that >>you (or they) need. But now, no rational system designer needs to support >>8.3? > >Back when 8.3 was all the rage I was still doing my work with 80-column >tabulating cards and avoiding Windows like the Plague, but I see our >Microsoft Purity Squad has yet to extinguish their candle for 8.3. > >Can anyone here make a case for a modern operating system hanging on to >this relic from the far past? Does anyone here have software still in use >that will only work if regular file names are mapped into 8.3 format? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
