understand, she does need Internet for whatever reason. Using Qwest and could not get it to connect today, not sure if it is her win98 or Qwest, guessing Qwest. She could use a clean install but IMO what a waste of time. Lady is handicapped ( wheelchair ) so I do not charge her. Not sure exactly what she does with this SW for income.
I actually have a refurbished HP I am thinking of giving her. Her current box is a 800MHz Compaq with 128 megs ram. In it's day probably not bad. fp At 12:37 PM 8/23/2008, Winterlight Poked the stick with: >At 11:52 AM 8/23/2008, you wrote: >>Have a customer running win98 because she has a very old dos program she runs >>for book keeping. I seen the program but she has no intention of updating to >>anything newer.she exits to dos to run this program. > > >years ago, I administered many medical offices who clung to their proprietary >expensive DOS software in the Win2K-XP era, because staff knew how to use it, >and because it worked. > >I just set up the PCs up to run in DOS windows under Windows 98. Of course, >they were stand alone, or simple network machines. > >What changed things was the necessity of being online for insurance payment >purposes. Then they needed wireless, security, ant virus, all that stuff... in >short a modern OS. > >But if you are using your stand alone PC like an office appliance, your 16 bit >software does the job, and you have no desire to move on then why not keep >using what works for you. > >It is like me using my old Moto720 flip phone. I can't use all that Iphone >goodness without putting on my reading glasses, so why bother switching when >all I really want is a phone I can drop on the floor and it is still OK! > >m > > > > > > >>Program runs in XP but in a small dos box, anyway to run a full screen dos >>box in XP ? >> >>She really needs to update, and I really would like to fix her a new system ( >>10 year old compaq) >>I guess I could build her a new Win98 box (cough ) I remember when Duncan >>dragged his feet from Win95 >:-} >>fp >>thanks >> >> >>-- >>Tallyho ! ]:8) >>Taglines below ! >>-- >>What's the world coming to when your monitor stares back. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- What's the world coming to when your monitor stares back.
