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#1 Skiffie

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Posted 28 August 2002 - 06:54 AM

I've seen this in various posts - exactly what does it do and where do you get it?

#2 Admiral LSD

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Posted 28 August 2002 - 10:42 AM

You can get a free 30-day trial from Connectix's web site:

http://www.connectix.com/products/vpc5w.html

The full version costs USD$229:

http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAI...;CACHE_ID=59006

#3 felix

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Posted 28 August 2002 - 02:02 PM

VMware is good too. (http://www.vmware.com)
I've always liked that.

#4 DosFreak

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Posted 28 August 2002 - 04:34 PM

VPC is better for compatibility but I strongly urge you to try both, READ THE DOCUMENTATION and become fully aware of the capabilities and limitations of both before buying.

#5 Skiffie

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Posted 29 August 2002 - 12:06 AM

Will give it a whirl!

#6 Four and Twenty

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Posted 29 August 2002 - 02:55 AM

i like vmware it works great and it is very up to date

#7 Christianb

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Posted 03 September 2002 - 01:02 PM

Who has had good luck emulating dos and with what emulator?

#8 Christianb

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Posted 03 September 2002 - 01:05 PM

I'd like to emulate Dos 6.22 with Sound Blaster, ISA Video, 486 Processor, and CD Rom all emulated properly. Has anyone done that? It absolutely must emulate the ISA video architecture.

#9 Christianb

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Posted 03 September 2002 - 01:21 PM

I'm going to be using Dos Box eventually, but right now things are too premature: http://dosbox.zophar.netIt's totally easy to use, you just create a folder for you dos apps on your normal system. You map the drives
Mount C C:\MyDos
Mount E H:\
And that wound give you a C drive and a CD-Rom. ISn't that cool and easy? http://dosbox.zophar.net

#10 Dirty Harry

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Posted 03 September 2002 - 01:22 PM

IMHO, the King of apps like this is Remote Administrator, available at www.radmin.com/.

#11 Christianb

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Posted 03 September 2002 - 01:34 PM

I would like to mak everyone aware of a freeware Intel Architecture emulator called Bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/irc-20010619.html). It's a great idea and an honorable project. However it is confusing as hell and needs a lot of work. Those who have time should really help out. Emulators are the most important software programs out there.