I keep a VMware "image" file with a very old copy on Windows on it just for old programs like this. The image file will boot up on a Mac or Linux machine or even in a Win 7 PC. I keep thinking it would be good to re-write LH so it would run on a more reasonable/modern platform but there are about 1,000 other things ahead in the queue.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Mark Sims <hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Win 95? Get real! Real men run WIN98. Lady Heather runs fine on WIN98. > I use a Compaq Armada 1700 running WIN98 at 230 MHz. I have run it (but not > lately) on a steam driven 90 MHz Fujitsu laptop with passive matrix screen. > > You would be amazed at what you can find laptop wise on Ebay. I wanted a > laptop to run Mach3 for a small CNC mill/laser cutter. Laptops can be > problematic with Mach3 because they want to drop into sleep modes at the > worst possible time. I found a reference that a 2+ GHz Compaq EVO N610C > laptop works fine with Mach3 and has hardware serial and parallel ports, > wifi, etc. Checking Ebay at the time, I found several in the $75-$150 > dollar range. And a listing for 5 of them, loaded with XP and Office for > $150 total... shipped. She also tossed in 7 extra battery packs (all good). > That's a lot of CPU power for $30 a copy... The screen on my Armada > recently died and I had to pay over $50 for a new Armada. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
