Re: AW: DOS problem solved--XyBasic available

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Patricia wrote:
> Yes, but VPC is the emulator that Microsludge bought out, isn't it? So how
> long can we be sure it will continue to run DOS apps? (This is important
> to me, as I want to move to Linux but won't give up Xy.)
VPC allows you to run various operating systems (even simultaneously) in a
box as if they were on a computer dedicated to them. So you can install a
virtual DOS machine (or, as I have, Win98) on any machine that VPC can run
on. When I'm running Win98/VPC on the Mac, it's just as if I were operating
a legacy Win98 computer. So there's NO issue about whether a DOS app can
run. Incidentally, whether by design or accident (I forget how I set up VPC
on the Mac back in 2004), the Win98 thinks it's FAT16.
On the Mac under VPC, I have installed: DOS only, Win98, and XP. I can run
any or all of them at any time. On my 933 MHz Mac, XP runs too slowly. But
Win98 is quite fast.


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx