On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:53:52 +0000, Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Or get them to set up a dual-boot, XP & FreeDOS ( http://www.freedos.org >). You can install your old DOS programs into FreeDOS - it's 1990 again! When I'm doing my genealogy research I sometimes have three different DOS programs running in three different windows, alongside PAF, Legacy and Firefox. The thought having to reboot to switch between the is too ghastly to contemplate. If only they had continued to develop OS/2, which could run Windows in a window as well. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve Hayes wrote: > > If only they had continued to develop OS/2, which could run Windows in a > window as well. > Virtualbox lets you run Windows in a window ;) It also lets you run individual Windows apps in their own individual windows. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:43:24 +0000, Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> >> If only they had continued to develop OS/2, which could run Windows in a >> window as well. >> > >Virtualbox lets you run Windows in a window ;) It also lets you run >individual Windows apps in their own individual windows. And copy and paste between them? -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk