Re: Solving Win7/XP/3.1 issues ONE/PS

["William H. TeBrake" tebrake@xxxxxxxx]

On 10/16/2013 12:38 PM, J R FOX wrote:
>  > But if you want to use XyWrite in a 32-bit Windows environment, you
>  > should consider VirtualBox running W2K which is more robust than
>  > VirtualPC 2007.
>
>
> Kari,
>
> I think you mentioned that there was no LPT1 support in Virtualbox.
> (Perhaps there is in VMWare ?) I don't think I would want to go the
> route of network printing for this setup, which is not for me but for a
> user who needs things to be as simple and transparent as possible. How
> would this "shared folder" approach work ? Save the files there, for
> printing by a non-VM app, using the Windows print facilities ?

Jordan,
Last year, when I purchased a new box with Windows 7 (64 bit), I first
installed an LPT card so I could print to my 10-year-old HP 4p printer
via its parallel port. Once I got that working, I simply installed a
copy of Win XP inside VMWare Player (the free one -- you don't need the
Workstation edition). Along the way it installed its utilities so that
the Win XP system could use the network and printer connections of the
Windows 7 host. I have never had a problem with this setup in about 15
months. It's simple, cheap, and reliable. Give it a try. If you don't
like it you can remove it all in about 2 minutes.

Best regards,

William TeBrake
UMaine History Emeritus