One of the issues though is that many machine now only come preinstalled with the 64-bit version so you need strategies to work around it. I too fail to see the benefit in most circumstances.
Brian _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Riley Sent: Friday, 23 July 2010 9:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DataPerfect on Windows 7 64-bit I do know that DataPerfect runs without issue in the 32-bit version of Windows 7 which also has less driver and other compatibility issues. Windows 7 64-bit will offer little if any benefit other than to users of programs like Photoshop, AutoCAD, Premier, etc. benefiting from more than 4GB of RAM. Pat Riley At 01:14 AM 7/22/2010, you wrote: The standard version of DOSBox does not support printing or Cut-N-Paste between itself and Windows. Search the VOGONS (Very Old Games On New Systems) Forum for 'unofficial' versions which offer this support, if your application requires it. Joe. On Jul 21, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Brian Hancock wrote: Hi Pat, I will be interested in the answer about the compiler, as I think it is more than just that, as I think the underlying MS-DOS calls are no more, and that it will require an emulator. Just as an alternative suggestion, and although I haven't tried it, and I don't quite have the time at the moment to try it anyway, it might be possibler and better running DP from a Linux "terminal server". DP runs wonderfully under DOSEMU, (and probably DOSBOX) on Linux 32 bit systems. (I have not tried it on 64 bit so I am not sure if it has issues too). There are a couple of very nice X-Server products, that might be useful in particular NEATX and X2GO. These have a server component so you can "serve" a Linux desktop or individual applications to a Windows machine via a Windows NXClient or X2Go client. It's a little like VNC but the bandwidth usage is more efficient and you can have printer, and samba passthrough. >From a little work I have done for another client I think DP application would look like it is running on the local machine and could even output files to the local file system but DP would be executing on the Linux box. Other than the hardware all the rest of the software is free, and the hardware will cost you far less than for a Windows 7 workstation, perhaps a retiring XP workstation would make a good DP application server. Regards Brian _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Riley Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2010 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DataPerfect on Windows 7 64-bit 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 At 02:38 PM 7/21/2010, you wrote: Hi Tony, From my initial tests with DataPerfect on a Windows 7 64 bit machine, it simply won't run; it comes up with an error message about obtaining a 32 or 64 bit version no matter what is set for compatibility. I have found a possible freeware solution called DOSBox but won't be able to test that until Friday afternoon. If it works, I will let you know. Regards, Michael On 21/07/2010 18:36, Tony Perez wrote: > Hi Michael, > > What kind of problems are you having in running DP in Windows 7 64 bit > system? > > My laptop was stolen recently and I have bought a new one that has Windows > 7. > > Look forward to chimes from other folks that have taken the bold leap to > Windows 7. > > All the best, > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Iannantuoni > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:02 AM > To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group > Subject: [Dataperf] DataPerfect on Windows 7 64 bit > > Can anyone please give me some advice on getting DataPerfect to run on a > Windows 7 64 bit system. > > Also I can't seem to find an autoexec.nt file to enter a path statement for > DPMouse. > > TIA > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
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