Subj : :::NEWS::: virtual DOS machine for x64 Windows
To   : Petros Argyrakis
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Feb 02 2020 09:53 pm

Hello Petros!

** 02.02.20 - 22:01, Petros Argyrakis wrote to Rob Swindell:


PA>or try vDOS. Runs ok.

Ahh.. but that's not the same experience.  vDOS is nagware and requires
registration to run uninterrupted by a pop-up every 3 hours.

However, vDOS sounds like a fine solution for the serious-minded that
absolutely rely on the resurrection of a few special DOS program from the
past, and get on with things with their modern Win10/64 pcs.

Some POS (Point of Sale) and database applications come to mind!

There is a grwoing segment of people who have relied on specific DOS apps
with their Win7/32 pcs for years and now need be able to use them on
Win10/64 pcs.

But is the future for fidonet-things dire without this capability?

It would seem to me that the more real/critical matter would be the "Year
2038" problem.  Does this problem go away on 64bit systems that run old
DOS or Win/32-bit programs?


 ../|ug

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