Attention old timers: anyone solve the 16-bit compatibility problem?
I like this program for the Mutual Visibility feature and would like to have it available in my laptop.
73, Jerry, K5OE
At 11:00 AM 3/24/2012, K5OE wrote:
Attention old timers: anyone solve the 16-bit compatibility problem?
I presume you're using a 64 bit system. Only way I can see around it is using one of the many virtual machines and running a 16 (Windows 3.x anyone?) or 32 bit Windows version inside. If you're running a 32 bit OS, you should be able to run a 16 bit program.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
Windows 7 doesn't do 16 bit programs. If you have XP mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx) , it might work in there.
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 3/23/2012 8:00 PM, K5OE wrote:
Attention old timers: anyone solve the 16-bit compatibility problem?
I like this program for the Mutual Visibility feature and would like to have it available in my laptop.
73, Jerry, K5OE _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
If you are just trying to run a 16bit app on a 64bit Win OS. If its an MS-DOS application you can try DOSBox. If not then your options for running on windows are to install a 32bit version of windows, as already noted this can be accomplished with a virtual machine, or as a dual-boot. If you have Win 7 Pro or Ultimate look up "XP Mode". If not look at VirtualBox or VMware Player, you will need a copy of a 32bit version of windows and any 32bit version will work. Another option is to use Wine for Linux, again you would have to install a Linux operating system, and this again can be done either in a VM or as a dual-boot. One nice thing about Wine is that it will run 16bit windows programs in a 64bit Linux. Interfacing with hardware can get tricky when running a VM in Windows.
I have a 5 year old dell laptop running a 2.0GHz Intel Core2Duo (dual core) with 2GB of ram and it handles both XP mode and Linux on VirtualBox just fine, there is a little lag but not enough to be an annoyance. On the other hand my newer Asus netbook running a 1.8 Intel Atom (dual core) with 2GB of ram runs just a little on the slow side.
I will note that if DOSBox doesn't make it work all the options are going to involve a fair amount of work and a lot of overhead. The simple fact is that it is not trivial to maintain compatibility with the older architectures and there simply isn't enough demand for it. Most people end up in one of three camps,
73 Anthony Odenthal KE7OSN 503-383-1415 President Amateur Radio Club at OSU
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 17:00, K5OE [email protected] wrote:
Attention old timers: anyone solve the 16-bit compatibility problem?
I like this program for the Mutual Visibility feature and would like to have it available in my laptop.
73, Jerry, K5OE _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
People always mention XP Mode, which can only be installed on Win 7 Pro, Ulitimate, or Enterprise, but if you have an installation disk for XP available, you can install & run XP on lower versions of Win 7.
Simply download & install the standalone version of Virtual PC from Microsoft (free), create a virtual machine, and then install XP on it (note that, if you don't have a CD drive, you must burn an ISO of the installation disk to a flash drive and configure that as a virtual CD-ROM in your virtual machine). You will end up with the same thing as with XP Mode, the only difference being that YOU must provide a licensed copy of XP, where it is included with XP Mode.
I know it works, because I installed it on my Acer netbook with Win 7 Home Premium.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 7:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Winorbit in Windows 7?
Windows 7 doesn't do 16 bit programs. If you have XP mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx) , it might work in there.
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 3/23/2012 8:00 PM, K5OE wrote:
Attention old timers: anyone solve the 16-bit compatibility problem?
I like this program for the Mutual Visibility feature and would like to have it available in my laptop.
73, Jerry, K5OE
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