One of the really impressive things I've been able to do with the virtual WinXP under Win7---running old DOS programs that use hardware comm ports 1 or 2 with TNCs! It works wonderfully. (Seems like I tried it with DOSBOX without any luck...)
Mark N8MH At 11:42 AM 2/2/2012 -0600, Alan P. Biddle wrote: >Scott, > >No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7 >does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are >a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I >have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download. > >However, there is a simpler method. There is a program called DOSBox which >is intended to run really old legacy games. It works perfectly with ITrack, >and makes a much smaller footprint on your machine. > >http://www.dosbox.com/ > >Even though I have the virtual XP machine, I prefer to use the DOSbox >version. With a little obvious tweaking of the configuration, it will come >up as before. > >73s, > >Alan >WA4SCA > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Scott Smith >Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7 > >Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack >work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers >using windows XP. Any help appreciated . >73 de VE6ITV Scott >_______________________________________________ >Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
