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    From Al Kaiser@1:142/926 to All on Sat Dec 20 08:34:00 2014
    I guess that "someday" I'm going to have change this computer over from XP to Windows 7.

    Simple question, does Terminate run under Windows 7?

    Thanks

    Al

    Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

    Cheers!

    Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 20-Dec-2014 at 8:34.
    Fido : 1:142/926 - Internet : n1api@cox.net

    .!. Grape Nuts, you open it, no grapes, no nuts. .. What gives?
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Al Kaiser on Sat Dec 20 21:29:42 2014

    On Sat, 20 Dec 2014, Al Kaiser wrote to All:

    I guess that "someday" I'm going to have change this computer over
    from XP to Windows 7.

    Simple question, does Terminate run under Windows 7?

    my best guess is possibly in some sort of virtual dosbox emulator thing... i can't/won't test it because we stopped using m$ schtuff with vista ;)

    )\/(ark


    * Origin: (1:3634/12)
  • From Cameron Lindsay@1:154/10 to mark lewis on Thu Jan 15 18:11:17 2015
    On 12/20/2014 3:29 PM, "mark lewis" wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Dec 2014, Al Kaiser wrote to All:

    AK> I guess that "someday" I'm going to have change this computer over
    AK> from XP to Windows 7.

    AK> Simple question, does Terminate run under Windows 7?

    my best guess is possibly in some sort of virtual dosbox emulator thing... i can't/won't test it because we stopped using m$ schtuff with vista ;)

    )\/(ark


    * Origin: (1:3634/12)

    I'm definitely not the most qualified person to answer, as I haven't
    used Terminate much, but based on my reading, I'll try to advise as best
    I can:

    If you have a DOS program working successfully on Windows XP 32-bit (I maintain a few machines with this sort of a configuration for my own retro-computing reasons), and you are doing this without the addition of
    any DOS emulators outside of what is built into WinXP32 by MicroSoft,
    then it should continue to work on ONLY 32-BIT versions of Windows Vista
    and 7. 64-bit versions, which became much more common in the last few
    years with the Intel i3/5/7 processors, lose the 16-bit DOS
    compatibility layer.

    I'd test it for you and try to give you a definitive answer, but all of
    my hardware that runs anything newer than XP is also 64-bit, so I don't
    have a handy test-bed. I think the most practical advice I could give
    would be to MAINTAIN your XP System(s) for backwards compatibility and
    "retro" computing stuff, as I have and start looking for a budget new
    computer that ships with 7 installed. Assuming you were getting a legal license for Win7, the cost of hardware and the cost of the license could
    be about the same depending on where you get the computer.

    Anyway, I hope that was helpful, and good luck! See you out there. /TLR0
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  • From Dran Draggore@1:3634/12 to Al Kaiser on Sat Apr 9 08:14:00 2016
    I guess that "someday" I'm going to have change this
    computer over from XP to
    Windows 7.

    Simple question, does Terminate run under Windows 7?

    No.

    But it will run in DOSBox under Windows 7.

    I am using it right now to reply to your message.


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