Re: A wild new idea for the future of XyWrite

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Wengier,


I didn't know that vDOS is of the same order of transparency as NTVDM. I
have run virtual machines using Parallels (both on the Mac and in its
Windows version) and they are less transparent than NTVDM. I suppose I
have to give vDOS-lfn a try. The barrier here is only that my 64-bit Win7
is, for some reason, no longer working, so I'd have to re-install from
the disc.


Regards,

Harry


Hi Harry,


I am wondering if you consider 32-bit Win7's NTVDM to be a virtual
machine (remember that "VDM" stands for Virtual DOS Machine).
If you do, then your method actually requires a virtual machine too. If
you don't, then just like NTVDM, platforms like vDos-lfn are not full
virtual machines either.  Rather, they are more like runtime
environments, different from real virtual machines like VMware. With
64-bit Windows you can run DOS programs using platforms like vDos-lfn
just like when you run DOS programs using NTVDM under 32-bit
Windows.


Wengier 




On Thursday, July 14, 2016 12:18 PM,
Harry Binswanger  wrote:




Here's an entirely new idea for moving XyWrite into the future, with no


need for a virtual machine.


Devote an older machine (mine is Win 7 32-bit) to running XyWrite (and
any

other legacy software), then use TeamViewer to operate it remotely on
your

up-tod-ate 64 bit machine, preferably a dual or triple monitor
system.


I just used TeamViewer to remotely run my Mac Mini's Garageband on my Win


system, and there's no lag or lack of screen quality. I actually forgot


that I wasn't seated at my Mac while working on one of my songs.


Is there a fatal flaw? I'm not sure, e.g., that file transfers will be as


transparent as the remote operation is. Of course, Dropbox on both
machines

would make that unnecessary.