Access on older operating systems

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I am running Windows 3.1 on an 8088 Intel. I have a 8
meg hard drive and a 5 1/4" floopy drive. How do I go
about running an Access 2000 database in the
environment. Can I put split the database and put the
front end on a floppy and the back end on the harddrive?
I think I have several thousands bytes free on the hard
drive.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I am running Windows 3.1 on an 8088 Intel. I have a 8
meg hard drive and a 5 1/4" floopy drive. How do I go
about running an Access 2000 database in the
environment.
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You cannot. A2000 requires a 32 bit operating system, Win95 or later.
It simply and purely cannot be run on Windows 3.1.
 
So im stuck with this machine that I just bought and paid
alot of money for, and cant run Access 2000?????
 
No, but if you find a copy of ms-access 2.0, it will run on that pc, and it
also runs on a brand new windows xp pc.

So, all you need is ms-access 2.0.

There is nothing stopping you from writing code with ms-access version 2.0
(what 1992??). In fact we still frequently get questions here about hat
version. There is nothing stopping you from writing software using FoxPro
2.6. That is also a dos based "text" system, and is also about 1992.

Microsoft has the best track record in the industry in this regards. You can
still run all that old software. You can even run most of it in windows XP.
which really does not even has dos anymore.

Apple, and good many of the other vendors out there have forced numerous
upgrades upon their users. For example, all of the old applications for the
old Apple Macintosh (such as Mac-paint etc). DO NOT work on the new
platforms. In other words, just about all of the 1980' applications (and
early 90's code) for the Apple Mac do not work anymore. They WERE FORCED to
upgrade. ALL OF MY windows code from the early 1980's still runs fine on the
newest windows box. Microsoft does not have a policy of "breaking", or not
allowing the old code to run. They have the best track record in the
industry by far in this regard.

So, really, I don't see any problem here. Nothing is stopping you from using
the 1992 version of ms-access...is there?

If you want, you can jump over to Dan Bricklins site, and download the
ORIGINAL spread sheet for the ibm pc. It still works today! Do any of you
remember VisiCalc? It is only a 27k download for a whole spread sheet!.
Simply amazing. By the way, this spreadsheet code is from the original 1981
VisiCalc disk, and it still runs on Windows today! (heck, the average GIF on
a web site is larger!).

Just how old of code are trying to run here? We can't go back before 1981,
since the Pc did not exist. Hence, I can't help you with code before that.
On the other hand, there are good number of Atari, and Apple II sites with
great emulators that let you that lots of code from the 1970's on a brand
new windows pc.

Here is the link to that spreadsheet:
http://www.bricklin.com/visicalc.htm
 
Albert D. Kallal said:
There is nothing stopping you from writing code with ms-access version 2.0
(what 1992??).
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1994. A1.0 was 1992.

Tony
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I am running Windows 3.1 on an 8088 Intel.
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Win 3.1 runs on an 8088? I thought it ran in very limited mode on a
286, ie only one program at a time, and really only ran on a 386.

I'm not at home to check my Win 3.1 Resource Kit right now.

Tony
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No, but if you find a copy of ms-access 2.0, it will run on that pc, and
it

Are you sure? "8088 Intel" Will Access 2.0 run in Real Mode?
(Will Win 3.1 run in Real Mode ????)

(david)
 
david epsom dot com dot au said:
it

Are you sure? "8088 Intel" Will Access 2.0 run in Real Mode?
(Will Win 3.1 run in Real Mode ????)

(david)
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Ah..ha...you are right!


the 8886..and that 8088 are from the original pc area..and pre-date windows.
It was not until the 386 and windows 3.1 that things really started to take
off. (in fact...I believe win 3.1 did require the 386 with the ability to
"virtualized" the 8086.

So, we are pre-dating windows..and thus I would use FoxPro, or dbaseII, both
of which will run on the old pc, and a brand new one!

I not sure if the OP is just a troll..but it been fun answering this one!
(thanks for rattling my memory..but that was a few years back).

I never did own one of those 8088......my first pc was a Apple II+, and then
next was a 286...
 
I should check my storage sheds, especially the sheds that
I haven't touched for about 15 years.

It sounds like there are monies to be made here ...

<bg>

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