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    From ELEANOR CREIGHTON@1:123/140 to ALL on Wed Jun 30 23:02:00 2010
    Good day everyone
    I registered my Bluewave 15 years ago. Until recently I have not had an issue. I updated to Windoze 7 on my main desktop and i can no longer open Bluewave. Can anyone help me.

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to ELEANOR CREIGHTON on Thu Jul 1 08:19:02 2010
    Hello, ELEANOR.

    Wednesday June 30 2010 at 23:02, you wrote to ALL:

    I registered my Bluewave 15 years ago. Until recently I have not had
    an issue.
    I updated to Windoze 7 on my main desktop and i can no longer open Bluewave. Can anyone help me.

    That is because Windows 7 does not have a built-in DOS emulator like the previous 32-bit versions of Windows did. You will need to run a DOS emulator, like DOSbox, to be able to run Blue Wave under Windows 7. You could also use MultiMail, which will run under Windows 7 (32-bit).

    However, if you're using the 64-bit version of Windows 7, Robert Wolfe has created a 64-bit version of MultiMail, an offline console-mode QWK/BW reader, that will run under Windows 7. Contact him to learn more. I have an old beta of his on my Windows 7-powered netbook and it runs fine.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Peter Krefting@2:203/0.222 to Sean Dennis on Fri Jul 2 13:01:39 2010
    That is because Windows 7 does not have a built-in DOS emulator like the previous 32-bit versions of Windows did.

    I thought it was only the 64-bit version of Windows 7 that didn't contain the 16-bit subsystem (for MS-DOS and Windows 3 applications), while the 32-bit version still has it?

    However, if you're using the 64-bit version of Windows 7, Robert Wolfe
    has created a 64-bit version of MultiMail,

    http://multimail.sourceforge.net/ lists a Windows version for download, but I guess that is a 32-bit version. Do you have any pointers to a 64-bit version?

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  • From Gaylen Hintz@1:288/34 to Sean Dennis on Fri Jul 2 05:59:46 2010
    For reasons unknown to us Sean Dennis said thus to ELEANOR CREIGHTON:

    That is because Windows 7 does not have a built-in DOS
    emulator like the previous 32-bit versions of Windows did.
    You will need to run a DOS emulator, like DOSbox, to be able
    to run Blue Wave under Windows 7. You could also use
    MultiMail, which will run under Windows 7 (32-bit).

    Hmmmm, very strange because I am able to run Bluewave here under Windows 7 32 bit. Of course I do have a directory I call DOS and it's in my path statement.
    Ummm, I think the problem, IIRC, you must use command.com instead of the command.exe that comes with W7.


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Peter Krefting on Fri Jul 2 14:22:53 2010
    Hello, Peter.

    Friday July 02 2010 at 13:01, you wrote to me:

    I thought it was only the 64-bit version of Windows 7 that didn't
    contain the 16-bit subsystem (for MS-DOS and Windows 3 applications), while the 32-bit version still has it?

    AFAIK, there is no DOS emulator in any version of Windows 7.

    http://multimail.sourceforge.net/ lists a Windows version for
    download, but I guess that is a 32-bit version. Do you have any
    pointers to a 64-bit version?

    You'll need to talk to Robert Wolfe who hangs out in here to get a copy of it from his BBS.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Gaylen Hintz on Fri Jul 2 14:23:46 2010
    Hello, Gaylen.

    Friday July 02 2010 at 05:59, you wrote to me:

    Hmmmm, very strange because I am able to run Bluewave here under
    Windows 7 32 bit. Of course I do have a directory I call DOS and it's
    in my path statement. Ummm, I think the problem, IIRC, you must use command.com instead of the command.exe that comes with W7.

    Then it must be only the 64-bit version of W7 that doesn't work well with MultiMail due to no DOS emulator. Of course, this will be a moot point soon since I'm moving my desktop and notebook over to Ubuntu. :)

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Ross Cassell@1:123/500 to Sean Dennis on Fri Jul 2 20:53:22 2010
    Hello Sean!

    01 Jul 10 08:19, you wrote to ELEANOR CREIGHTON:

    That is because Windows 7 does not have a built-in DOS emulator like
    the previous 32-bit versions of Windows did.

    Windows 7 x86 (32bit) can and will run DOS apps under the VDM schema Windows has used since NT.

    Windows XP/Vista/7 x64 (64 bit) cannot as you said, and would require an 3rd party emulator such as DOSBOX.

    Conversely..

    Windows 7 users Professional or Ultimate, regardless of being x86 or x64, can run XP mode..


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  • From Gaylen Hintz@1:288/34 to Ross Cassell on Sat Jul 3 06:30:22 2010
    Hello Ross.

    Conversely..

    Windows 7 users Professional or Ultimate, regardless of being
    x86 or x64, can run XP mode..

    Ah, that would also help to explain it as I am running the
    professional version of windows 7 though the 32 bit variety. :)

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ross Cassell on Sat Jul 3 11:34:13 2010
    Hello, Ross.

    Friday July 02 2010 at 20:53, you wrote to me:

    Windows 7 users Professional or Ultimate, regardless of being x86 or
    x64, can run XP mode..

    Although installing Virtual PC just to run "XP mode" is kinda silly if you're just wanting to run a single DOS app, such as Blue Wave. But that's been negated by Robert Wolfe's 64-bit version of MultiMail which works just fine on my W7 64-bit netbook.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From ELEANOR CREIGHTON@1:123/140 to SEAN DENNIS on Sat Jul 3 18:56:14 2010
    That is because Windows 7 does not have a built-in DOS emulator like the previous 32-bit versions of Windows did. You will need to run a DOS
    emulator,
    like DOSbox, to be able to run Blue Wave under Windows 7. You could
    also use
    MultiMail, which will run under Windows 7 (32-bit).

    However, if you're using the 64-bit version of Windows 7, Robert Wolfe
    has
    created a 64-bit version of MultiMail, an offline console-mode QWK/BW
    reader,
    that will run under Windows 7. Contact him to learn more. I have an
    old beta
    of his on my Windows 7-powered netbook and it runs fine.

    Thanks I will look at this when I am home. At the moment I am using my
    laptop for things now
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  • From Ross Cassell@1:123/500 to Sean Dennis on Sat Jul 3 22:05:44 2010
    Hello Sean!

    03 Jul 10 11:34, you wrote to me:

    Windows 7 users Professional or Ultimate, regardless of being x86
    or x64, can run XP mode..

    Although installing Virtual PC just to run "XP mode" is kinda silly if you're just wanting to run a single DOS app, such as Blue Wave. But that's been negated by Robert Wolfe's 64-bit version of MultiMail
    which works just fine on my W7 64-bit netbook.

    I know, I mentioned VPC because its an option for the Pro and Ultimate users and its free like the other options talked about.

    Also x86 versions of 7 will still run the 16 bit versions.


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