Help running old, old program run on XP...

[ephedralover]

I have a old DOS program I use for work. It is from 1992. It will not
run on any computer faster than the first Pentiums. When I try it just
goes haywire. I wan't to be able to run this on a modern computer if
possible. Is there a program that will emulate a slower computer or
is there some other option to run this program? Thanks.

 

[Bob I]

Possibly "TameDOS"

http://www.tamedos.com/

 

[3c273]

Google for DOSBox.
Louis

 

[C.Wilder]

I have a old DOS program I use for work. It is from 1992. It will not

run on any computer faster than the first Pentiums. When I try it just
goes haywire. I wan't to be able to run this on a modern computer if
possible. Is there a program that will emulate a slower computer or
is there some other option to run this program? Thanks.

Don't you think it would be more helpful to let us know what the progam is?

 

[ephedralover]

If I thought it would matter, I would. It's an old court reporting
program that probrably 99.99999999% of people have ever seen or heard
of.

 

[HeyBub]

I have a old DOS program I use for work. It is from 1992. It will not
run on any computer faster than the first Pentiums. When I try it just
goes haywire. I wan't to be able to run this on a modern computer if
possible. Is there a program that will emulate a slower computer or
is there some other option to run this program? Thanks.

286, 12MHz, $20.00. Goodwill. Enjoy.

 

[Malke]

If I thought it would matter, I would. It's an old court reporting
program that probrably 99.99999999% of people have ever seen or heard
of.

You can try the TameDOS and DOSBox programs suggested. Or you can
install virtual software on XP such as Virtual PC or VMWare and create a
virtual machine running DOS. Then you can run your old program "natively".

Malke

 

[C.Wilder]

If I thought it would matter, I would. It's an old court reporting

program that probrably 99.99999999% of people have ever seen or heard
of.

Ok, just trying to pry some pertinent specs or something to go on. Try this
DOS that is 1992 vintage. Other than that you would have to try others hit
or miss.

http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-IBM_PC_DOS_5_02_Full_Version_42G2184



C.Wilder

 

[V Green]

Old programs written in FoxPro would exhibit
this behavior. Is the error "FOXPROW causes a
divide error in module blah blah blah" or
something like that? If so, there's a patch for the
FoxPro runtimes that fixes this problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240982/

 

[DandyDon]

Download Microsoft Virtual Machine 2004 from Microsoft.com. It allows you to
run old DOS programs on a XP machine.

 

[ephedralover]

Thanks for all your help. I will post the results once I get something
to work.