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-Enjoy -Greg From: Cameron [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Would VMware be right for me? I just checked my esxi4 console and for Windows it shows 3.1 and up, but there is an 'other' selection as well. Late to the party. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Love the Quest for Glory series! On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 9:09 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Mapping the LPT port in DOSbox to a network print queue worked pretty well when we did it a few years ago.. Its been awhile since I have had to do anything with DOSbox for network applications though. I just use it to spin up Quest for Glory or Police Quest, Space quest when I am feeling nostalgic. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com<http://www.acts360.com/> P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 6:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Would VMware be right for me? DOSbox is awesome. That is all. -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Mar 5, 2011 4:42 PM, "Ben Scott" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Evan Brastow > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> This has worked reasonably well for us over the years... right up until now. >> Windows 7 does not run 16 bit programs. ... it would be nice for them to >> be able to run Windows 7 on a new 64 bit machine > > Technically speaking it's not Windows 7 but the CPU architecture. > When in long mode (64-bit), the x86-64 architecture does not support > virtual 8086 mode (for 16-bit tasks). I believe if you install a > 32-bit flavor of Windows 7 it should work. (Though I haven't tried > it.) That said, MSFT's plan is that Win 7 will be the last available > in 32-bit flavors so you're going to have to move to 64-bit > eventually. > > You need a machine emulator. VMware will do it, I believe. I've > also heard good things about DOSbox. The VMware ESXi that someone > suggested is a stand-alone OS that lets you run your DOS boxes on a > server and export the virtual console over the network. VMware > Workstation is a single-user program that runs like any other Windows > program. Choose what makes the most sense for you. > > What's the DOS software doing? If it is talking to special hardware > (like a CNC controller) you may run into real trouble. If it's just > accounting or something you'll prolly be in good shape. > > Printing is going to be a pain no matter what you do. Your best bet > might be to load the Microsoft Networking client for MS-DOS, use a > virtual NIC in the virtual DOS machine, get the virtual DOS machine on > your LAN, and capture an LPT1: port to a network print queue. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
