Running Win98 Application in Win2000

[Tony]

Hello,

I'm running an ms-dos based program (very small in size) on a windows98 pc
but would like to switch to a win98 or winxp system.

The only catch is that for the software to work, it requires a "dongle" to
be plugged into the game port. In windows 98, this works great. In windows
2000 and winxp, the ms-dos program doesn't recognize this "dongle".... any
suggetions?

Thanks,
Tony

 

[XMan]

Tony,

In Win98 it was possible for programs to directly address the hardware (eg
program addresses the dongle to make sure you have it plugged in).

In W2K it is not possible to address the hardware directly - all calls to
hardware are dealt with by the Hardware Access Layer - which means that most
programs attempting to address hardware are blocked - they need to be
rewritten to deal with the HAL not the hardware.

I'm sure if I'm wrong then someone will post - but I think you need a more
uptodate version of your software or to stick to Win98 if one's not
available.

Mike