Of course, that makes sense, since Win 95 and Win 98 are built on DOS, so you're essentially running DOS with a GUI that way. Even faster might be to run a DOS 6.22 guest, but if you do that you loose the ability to share drives with your host session.
On 7/22/2010 3:35 PM, Brian Hancock wrote: > Hi, > > Yes Win 7 64 Bit can run VMWare to run a Windows XP session and DP and > WordPerfect all can run in that session, it works well. > > However, my preference is for running DP and WP inside of a VMWare Windows > 98 or Windows 95 guest operating system, as these load up in no time flat on > the hardware that can run Win 7. They load so blisteringly fast that you > will wonder why you are not still using them :-) > > Bye > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Alvy > Sent: Friday, 23 July 2010 12:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DataPerfect on Windows 7 64-bit > > Are you sure you can't run DP in a VMware XP window that runs inside > Windows 7 64-bit? By the way, VMware offers a free VMware Player, so it > won't cost any thing to try this, other than making sure you have a copy > of XP to install in your VMware Player window. > > On 7/21/2010 4:14 PM, Patrick Riley wrote: >> DataPerfect runs in the 32-bit version of Windows 7 but _not_ in the >> increasingly more common 64-bit version. Evoking DataPerfect >> in the 64-bit version displays a message "/Please contact your >> software vendor for a compatible version of this application/". >> >> To run DataPerfect on Windows 7: >> >> 1) Install the 32-bit version referenced above. >> >> 2) As suggested, run DataPerfect under DOSBox, which is a >> free open source application available here: >> http://www.dosbox.com/ >> Be aware that you'll loose some of the screen and font size >> controls you're likely use to. >> >> 3) Download the free virtual XP emulator for Windows 7 available >> via a free download from the Microsoft web site. This requires >> Windows 7 _Professional_, _Enterprise_ or _Ultimate_. It creates a fully >> licensed virtual Windows XP Pro SP3 box inside of Windows 7. I >> understand this virtual environment runs 32-bit applications but >> would love to hear this confirmed from someone who's actually >> used it. >> >> FYI ... DataPerfect will also not run in the 64-bit versions of >> Windows XP or Windows Vista. >> >> As 64-bit operating use expands (it's the default on most store >> computers), this issue is going to get bigger. A question for Lew; >> is it possible to do no more than recompile DataPerfect using a >> 64-bit version of Forth creating a DataPerfect version that will run >> natively under 64-bit operating systems? >> >> Pat Riley > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
