On Saturday 23 September 2006 21:22, Marcel Tschudin wrote: > After the hint on Microsoft I tried to install their Virtual Server 2005, > but it refuses an installation on Windows XP Home edition... > > Now I'm on the page of VMware and wonder what would be more appropriate for > my application, the VMware Player or the VMware Server? > > Framework was great, you know its still being sold and developed right? Id > > > love a copy of the current version, but its not worth spending the $ at > > this > > stage of the game for the use id have. > > Yes, since years I was waiting to pay less than $499.-- for a newer > version. Had recently several mails with them to find out whether their > isn't a possibility of a less expensive version for private users, but no > luck. > > As a side note, at one point i think i had Framework running on XP. I dont > > > remember if i did anything special to get it to work but i dont think so. > > I was able to use it until Windows 98. With XP I didn't have a chance so > far, even setting the program option to Windows 95 didn't help. It really > would be a great help to know how it could be made run on XP. The whole > exercise with a VM is only for this one single reason. > > Marcel
I'd recommend the free 30 day trial version of the VM workstation, which includes the VMWare player. During the trial period, you can create virtual machines, and once the trial period ends, you can continue to use the VM player to run the machines. There are specific recommendations regarding running virtual dos machines, specifically with respect to CPU utilization, and they have a program dosidle at VMWare's site that you should install so you don't use up all your CPU time of the host machine. There are some other programs, notably dosemu and dosbox, that are available in BSD and linux but I don't know if they have Windows versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
