Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread vordoo
Hi, Hopefully you will get or find a striate answer but as I follow this question for a long time with no actionable resoles I would: 1. Rephrase the question to: "Is anyone hear using or knows someone who uses a linux desktop application (not a web

Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hi Eliyahu, I wonder: Will Hashavshevet run on FreeDOS? Theoretically, you could buy a new machine, install FreeDOS as the OS and copy the Hashavshevet DOS files to it... Could you give it a try and let us all know? Amichai. 2014-02-10 11:42 GMT+02:00 vordoo vor...@yahoo.com: Hi,

Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread Udi Finkelstein
The question is not if it will run under FreeDOS, but if it will be usable under FreeDOS. How will you back it up? The old machine probably had a floppy drive. I don't think that's a solution you want to stick to. In any case, you can always run it under VirtualBox and then backup the virtual HD

Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
It may very well be chashavshevet and not the computer that is starting to flake out, he has to still try stuff, but since chashavshevet are unwilling to give any form of support on it anymore he is now really starting to think he needs to replace it... IIRC I may have gotten it working on dosbox

Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread vordoo
On 2014-02-10 12:08, Udi Finkelstein wrote: Another question is if Hashavshevet has a dongle (copy-protection). If yes, what type (parallel port?) and how these can be supported.

Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-10 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Anyone know if moneydance is approved? (I remember I looked at it years ago for someone else as an alternative to QuickBooks but that never worked out because something went wrong with the import) Thanks, Eliyahu - אליהו 2014-02-10 18:44 GMT+02:00 vordoo vor...@yahoo.com: On 2014-02-10

ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

2014-02-09 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Hi all, I know this subject has been dealt with in the past but since the field is fluid I'm bringing it up again. A friend of mine manages the books for several zedaka funds, currently he still does this on an old DOS machine running chashavshevet, but the machine is starting to display some