Does anyone have a Windows XP install disk they could give or sell me? Or a copy with the password decrypted.
I need a pukka XP machine to run the software I wrote myself in da last Millenium. Yes. I've tried the various Virtual machines but none of them give me the functionality I need. To put this into perspective, I run a DOS window under Win 98 on the XP machine.
Machines that have XP drivers are all more than 10 yrs old. I found one but I lent my pukka XP install disc to a friend who promptly lost it
I need a pukka XP machine to run the software I wrote myself in da last Millenium. Yes. I've tried the various Virtual machines but none of them give me the functionality I need. To put this into perspective, I run a DOS window under Win 98 on the XP machine.
Machines that have XP drivers are all more than 10 yrs old. I found one but I lent my pukka XP install disc to a friend who promptly lost it
Dear all,
I have retained iso images for Win98, ME, 2K, XP, 2003. If anyone is intrested PM me , I will then check my backup. Whatever money that you would like to give, please donate it to diyaudio.
I have retained iso images for Win98, ME, 2K, XP, 2003. If anyone is intrested PM me , I will then check my backup. Whatever money that you would like to give, please donate it to diyaudio.
I can confirm, I also have 89SE, XP, and 2K Pro. I do need to mount the ISOs and scan for viruses/trojans first before offering them up. Same deal. I didn’t even look for 2003, but I know it is there too.
Many thanks for the all the replies guys. I've got offers from some of you via PM which I'm chasing up. If they don't work out, I might have to ask some of you other guys.
It's not so much just running my programmes but integrating the output into stuff like Word or other packages and getting the same machine to also run a 'modern' sound card so I don't have to transfer individual files from machine to machine to process them.
It's not so much just running my programmes but integrating the output into stuff like Word or other packages and getting the same machine to also run a 'modern' sound card so I don't have to transfer individual files from machine to machine to process them.
Glad to hear you have some offers. I am curious what you mean by the above. I was hesitant to ask before because it has been so long I have forgotten more than I remember about Windows. Is it XP in Win98 compatibility mode running DOS?
DOS is a single user, single task OS. Only does one thing at the time.
Windows 98 adds 'cooperative multitasking' where each program has to be written to hand back control to the OS and the next task on a regular basis. But badly written programmes, and there were many, could lock up the machine and there was no way to get out without turning off power.
Because it was an 'addition' to DOS, it could exist alongside and had good facilities to transfer info back to Win98
XP had 'scheduled multitasking' where each program is alloted a fixed amount of time before the OS would switch to the next task. This made it very different from Win98 etc. and far less likely to lock your computer up.
Win98 'compatibility mode' in XP is to run Win98 programmes.
There are Virtual Machines for XP and some later versions of Windoze to run other OSs like Win98 but they differ in their 'compatibility' and particularly, their ability to transfer data back to the host OS.
IIRC W98SE was the last OS to use the conventional 16bit bootloader and 386enh protected mode for virtual real mode machines (spare for WinME, which wasn't much liked). I used it for several years for DOS programs.
WinXP was all Win32 except for what it needed to boot, and it was able to do a fair DOS emulation. It was a good compromise OS for some time.
WinXP was all Win32 except for what it needed to boot, and it was able to do a fair DOS emulation. It was a good compromise OS for some time.
For no reason other than nostalgia, I installed DOS + Win311 in a VM yesterday. It took about 2 minutes on modern hardware, including the time it took me to read and respond to menu selections, etc.
Played a game of Solitaire.
Played a game of Solitaire.