Re: vDos vs. vDosXy

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Kari. I now have XyWrite 4 running nicely in vDosXy and a
calendar program I wrote in the late 1980s running in vDos.
Unfortunately the remaining program I'd like to run, an APL interpreter,
requires a 8087 coprocessor, which vDos evidently doesn't emulate. The
only alternatives for that program seem to be the other virtualization
programs you mention.


Martin

On 22.04.2015 19:51, Kari Eveli wrote:
> Hello Martin,
>
> It depends on the programs, but as a general rule I would install both,
> and use vDosXy only for XyWrite. There are even some programs that
> cannot be run in vDos (like MS-Word 5.0 crippled by Y2K, it can only be
> run under Virtual PC 2007 by turning the clock back).
>
> And if you run many old programs, installing a true virtualization
> solution might be worth the effort. It depends how you work, how you
> want to interact with the legacy software. Virtual Box with Win2000 is
> easy to set up, and provides very robust features. Virtual PC 2007 with
> DOS and Win 3.1 is more of a challenge, but provides the best (most
> compatible) environment for 16-bit stuff.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
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> 22.4.2015, 15:30, Martin J. Osborne wrote:
> > Given that I want to run 16-bit programs other than XyWrite, should I
> > install vDos? Or is it better to install vDosXy? Will the other
> > 16-bit programs probably work fine in vDosXy?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Martin


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