Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 11:52:41 01/10/02
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On January 10, 2002 at 14:50:47, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On January 10, 2002 at 12:32:27, Ed Panek wrote: > >>On January 10, 2002 at 09:36:16, Gerald Grimsley wrote: >> >>>Hello, I was thinking of buying a laptop (compaq, AMD, for example), then >>>installing Partition Magic to put a DOS operating system (i.e., DOS 5.0) on to >>>run some of the classic chess programs like MCPRO8, HIARCS 7.0 and the REBEL DOS >>>programs? Has anyone out there done this and /or do you think it would work.? >>>Presumably there are DOS drivers out there for the Mouse and CD ROM operations. >>>Thanks in advance. >>>Gerald >> >> >>Just buy Virtual PC. IT will let you run any native OS including : Linux, >>Solaris, Dos,win311,95,98,XP,2000,NT,ME OS2Warp from your Windows desktop. Its >>very easy to use and runs on top of the current windows OS. We use it here in >>applications support to quickly switch between almost any OS (EXCEPT MAC) to >>simulate users PCs immediately. It is literally The same as running the OS you >>choose on top of the hardware level, but without having to reboot. > >BUT it runs the O/S much slower perhaps? PLUS it's 200 smackers for the program! >> >>Ed
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