Re: A chip too far? Where is your solution Mr Larkin?




Robert Baer wrote:

Guy Macon wrote:

Martin Brown wrote:

But there are a lot of very important legacy applications already
out there. Like it or not we are tied into the existing applications
codebase.

I run all such legacy applications in VMWare virtual machines
under the OS that they work best under, thus letting me choose
the best main OS available without regard to backwards compatibility.

CP/M?
MP/M?
Odin?

Correction: I run all such legacy x86 PC applications in VMWare
virtual machines under the x86 PC OS that they work best under,
thus letting me choose the best main x86 PC OS available without
regard to backwards compatibility.

I prefer to run CP/M applications on my Commodore 128, but
emulators are available that allow it to run under a x86 PC OS.





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Guy Macon
<http://www.GuyMacon.com/>

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