Re: DOS problems

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From: C.Joseph Drayton (kalek1_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 06/25/04


Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:57:36 -0600

Hi Tony,

DOSBox v0.60 has worked well for me.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys to cheaply . . .
      He esteems to lightly

Anthony Ewell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Help!
>
> I replaced a customer's 5 year old NT computer with a new
> XP Pro computer yesterday. As it transpires, he had an old
> DOS program that would run under NT but refuses to run under XP
> (I verified this with the vendor).
>
> Unfortunately, he must run this particular version of the
> DOS program and can not upgrade it (don't ask!). Does anyone
> know of a third part DOS emulator that runs under XP? Any
> other ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
> aewell@gbis.com
>



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