> If you really want to run Win32 programs under Linux, try VmWare! I have it > on 2 machines, using Win2000 Pro as the "guest" OS, and use P99SE, > Xilinx Ise > and Bobcad (mechanical CAD/CAM) on it, and it is as flawless as Win2K will > allow it to be. VmWare is not free, but it is quite reasonable for the > desktop > version.
Yeah, I know about VmWare. It's not what I'm looking for. With VmWare, you still need a licensed copy of Windows for the "guest OS" on the Linux "host OS" box. I want to avoid needing Windows completely in the future. Unfortunately, the UPS Worldship software we use requires Windows. We had to upgrade to the latest UPS software a few months ago. Had to replace the whole darn PC. The "MS shuffle" went something like this: 1) Old UPS software (2.0) runs on an old Frankenstein junk Pentium box and old unused license of W95. Slow, but $0, so I am happy. 2) UPS requires customers to upgrade to Worldship 5.0 or their accounts will quit working in 60 days. 3) 5.0 no longer supports W95, must use W98 or later. 4) Frankenstein will run W98, but doesn't have enough RAM (32MB) for the UPS 5.0. I bump Frankie up to 96MB, but he flakes out intermittently. And yes, I am using the right kind of suture and neck bolts ;-) 5) Frankie must be retired. I build a new PC from one of the Via mini-itx boards left over from a cancelled project. 6) Installed Red Hat 8.0 on the Via box. RH is slow on the Via, but it works. 7) Installed Wine on the Via box. 8) Tried to install UPS 5.0 under Wine. Installer complains that I must use Win98 or later. 9) Download Wine user's guide. Find the Wine environment variable that tells what version of Windows it emulated. Set it to Win98. 10) Tried to install UPS 5.0 again. Installer complains that no network stack is present. 11) Find in Wine guide where you tell it to map network services for Windows, edit the config file. 12) Tried to install UPS 5.0 again. This time it appears to get through the installation. 13) Try to run UPS 5.0. It crashes upon startup. No clue why. 14) Give up, scrounge around, don't find any W98 licenses that are unused. 15) Grab an unused W98 license from home and bring it into office, put it on the Via box. 16) Install UPS 5.0 under W98 and it works. That's the "MS shuffle"! Note: I am not against MS in principle. If I could buy a full version of W98 or 2K for $39, I'd do it. But $299 is just too much for software that should be priced as a commodity. Another note: W9X are now "lite" OS's. Current Linux versions are big and slow by comparison. It pains me to say that, but it's true. W98 runs snappy on that 500 MHz Via, but RH 8.0 was slooow. W2K ran OK (slower than W98, but faster than RH 8.0) on the Via in a test I did months ago. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Open source SP7 > > > Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > >>Ivan, > >> > >>I thought all of that stuff (or at least most of it) was available from > >>the Microsoft Developers Network. and to be more specific, from their > >>Visual Studio, and particularly from the individual SDK's for the > >>different products. > >> > >> > > > >Most of it is available through the MSDN, but you gotta pay for the yearly > >subscription. And it's expensive. And what about the undocumented API > >calls? If the Win32 API were fully and correctly documented, Wine would be > >nearly perfect. Remember what Microsoft did with DOS? "DOS isn't done > >until Lotus won't run". They did that with undocumented DOS calls. > > > >BTW: Wine is a Win32 emulator for Linux, which allows you to run Windows > >program on Linux. Theoretically :-( > > > >I've never been able to get anything to run well on Wine. And it's been > >under continuous development for years. > > > > > > > If you really want to run Win32 programs under Linux, try VmWare! I have it > on 2 machines, using Win2000 Pro as the "guest" OS, and use P99SE, > Xilinx Ise > and Bobcad (mechanical CAD/CAM) on it, and it is as flawless as Win2K will > allow it to be. VmWare is not free, but it is quite reasonable for the > desktop > version. > > Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
