DOS application in WinXP

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 8 19:00:36 2004

At 18:21 08/06/2004 -0400, chris wrote:

> >What about putting an old 486 running DOS onto the network to run this
> >application?
>
>There are currently 5 machines running it, and 5 new machines are going
>in to replace them. I don't think there will be room to leave the old
>machines in place. But it is one possible solution (and because it should
>only be needed for a few months, it is a reasonable solution)


How many people would need to access the old software, and how many at any
one time?

We got around this exact same problem at one site by situating a sample old
machine in a handy corner, and running pcAnywhere to it from each of the
new PCs that wanted to use the application.

You could use realVNC for free instead of pcAw, or any of a similar range
of products. ... Why spend to install a virtual PC when you can access a
real one :-)
Received on Tue Jun 08 2004 - 19:00:36 BST