From: Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> Hi,
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 3:58 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > >> I installed win 7 on a laptop to see what it could do but not to use it. >> I installed software that I bought to see what it would do on win 7. >> A lot of of message boxes came up giving me 24 hours to reactive >> or it would shut down forever. > > Did those messages come from Win7 or the software you installed? Can't you use a RC (release candidate) for a few months? Or is that not supported any longer? >> I left the test software on being affraid that if I removed it, it would >> do it again. Win 7 is now on my junk software list. In fairness, Win7 doesn't have a lot of life left, so it's not a good long-term solution. (Vista very recently died, so no more updates or fixes.) > You got DOS and DOS apps in the old days, got them to where you > wanted, and stopped. If what you have does what you need, splendid. > If it doesn't, you are looking at stepping beyond DOS. That will mean > either a flavor of Windows or a flavor of Linux. Either way, there's > a learning curve you're stuck with, and you need to learn more about > and better understand what your options are. I can't help but wonder if a simple Chromebook (from Best Buy, etc.) would fit the bill for him (or me or others). But without QEMU or similar by default, it's probably less useful. Google probably thinks emulation would be overkill for the "light" tasks that Chromebooks support. You can "probably" install a full Ubuntu (instead of default ChromeOS), but I'm not sure of the potential tradeoffs there (battery life?). A lot of issues with old DOS software have to do with printing, as one guy on BTTR recently mentioned needing. Not sure what is perfectly ideal here (VDosPlus??). BTW, QEMU 2.9.0 was just released today (but I'm unaware of any relevant changes for us). Another long shot would be DOS emulation in the browser via Javascript. Normally I would shun that for being too buggy or slow, but there are TONS of Javascript emulators. It's shocking actually, and some are amazingly good (and network-aware), e.g. OpenRISC. Of course, DOS is not high priority, and copy.sh's V86 is still too buggy, but we can dream, can't we? ;-) > Proceeding without knowledge is a good way to shoot yourself in *both* feet. Shooting your foot off? Yes, C++17 was finalized recently. :-)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (276:10/901) --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
