Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott
yes, download a program called dosbox. you can then run the old dos programs. http://www.dosbox.com/
73...bruce
On 2/2/2012 11:10 AM, Scott Smith wrote:
Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott _______________________________________________ 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
At 04:39 AM 2/3/2012, Bruce wrote:
yes, download a program called dosbox. you can then run the old dos programs. http://www.dosbox.com/
That's the one I was trying to think of. :)
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
Scott,
No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7 does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download.
However, there is a simpler method. There is a program called DOSBox which is intended to run really old legacy games. It works perfectly with ITrack, and makes a much smaller footprint on your machine.
Even though I have the virtual XP machine, I prefer to use the DOSbox version. With a little obvious tweaking of the configuration, it will come up as before.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Smith Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7
Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott _______________________________________________ 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
One of the really impressive things I've been able to do with the virtual WinXP under Win7---running old DOS programs that use hardware comm ports 1 or 2 with TNCs! It works wonderfully. (Seems like I tried it with DOSBOX without any luck...)
Mark N8MH
At 11:42 AM 2/2/2012 -0600, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Scott,
No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7 does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download.
However, there is a simpler method. There is a program called DOSBox which is intended to run really old legacy games. It works perfectly with ITrack, and makes a much smaller footprint on your machine.
Even though I have the virtual XP machine, I prefer to use the DOSbox version. With a little obvious tweaking of the configuration, it will come up as before.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Smith Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7
Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott _______________________________________________ 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
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
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