Basically, far as I am aware, a 32bit version of the Operating System, will run on any modern computer. You just won't take full advantage of the 64Bit technology. It's like, you can run a bike on the 4-laned road, but it won't be possible to run a truck on the sidewalk. 32bit is an older technology - yet newer than 16bit.
Going down to 32bit version of Windows, just to run some old software, might seem a bit overdoing, yet I do understand your consideration. Big issue might of course be, to even getting hold of a 32bit version of Windows7, these days. If the software you are experiencing trouble with, would happen to be a REAL DOS program, you could of course have loaded your computer with some version of DOS (like DrDos, which seem to still be around, from a search on the net a little while ago). But then you also would need a DOS screen reader, which will be very hard to obtain these days.Not even on EBay, I was able to get hold of any DOS screen reader. It often has puzzled me , why Microsoft made it so that you can run 32bit on a 64bit machine, but never really opened the way all down to 16bit. That is, unless certain constructions of the hardware would block altogether for such compatibility, and yet that would surprise me. As for your 16bit software. Oh, did I wish there was some way to have them running under a 64bit operating system. Sorry to say, I am not aware of any such way. The compatibility mode - suggested by someone else on the list - did not help my 16bit software the least. Meaning that I no longer can perform certain activities on my computer, which I used to enjoy. Simply, there is no newer version of that software, than an old 16bit DOS version; and that's it. The software you mentioned, DosBox, I have not been into, so would know nothing about the accessibility. Should you decide to give it a go, let us know your findings, since it might be of use to quite a number of users, could they get their old software up running again. On 8/2/2018 3:11 PM, Butch Bussen via Talk wrote: > > I decided to upgrade to an hp machine that is windows seven 64 bit. > I'm finding that many of my favorite programs won't run as they are 16 > bit versions. I have an old dos version of pc braille that I still > like and use and would run it under 4nt in 32 bit seven or xp command > prompt with no problems. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I > did a bit of searching and see there is a 64 bit program I think > called dos box which says will run some dos programs. Has anyone used > this and is it usable with speech. Does a person have to run > vocal-eyes for speech? > > I really don't want to give up these programs. If I had to, would a > 32 bit version of seven install on this 664 bit machine which is an hp > z 220. > > Thanks. > > If you want you can write off list to > [email protected] > > or [email protected] which will show up as from tiny puppy. > > > 73 > Butch > WA0VJR > Node 3148 > Wallace, ks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > . > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
