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On 2/10/2019 3:11 PM, pjp wrote:
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Got 16 bit stuff ?

Create a virtual machine running an older version of Windows
( e.g. XP ) in memory. See Oracle VirtualBox. Very easy, handy and
quick.

I've got 28 great apps written in QuickBasic v4.5, and 14 in Windows
Visual Basic v3 .

I know there is a provision for running things in a compatibility mode
for older versions of Windows, but I could never get it to work.

In the virtual machine I have a desktop with 42 icons. Comes right up
and all apps work great.

Would be nice to have an app to convert all to VB6 which I use
extensively for all ny contenporary stuff.

I just installeed both Virtual PC and VirtualBox. VirtualPC and no USB
means it got deleted quickly. VirtualBox didn't seem to want to use the
network card properly and I gave up in frustation and deleted it also.

Can't tell your definition of 'properly', but there are several network
options in Virutalbox.

I could not get it to properly be seen over my Workgoup ethernet. On a
2nd pc that did Workgroup Browse properly it would sometimes appear
depending on the network choice I made in VirtualBox but it would not
connect or even see the shared folder I'd setup on the vm pc. On the
virtual machine It would see itself under Workgroup browsing and nothing
else. That's the best I could get which was useless.

Shared Folder didn't make any sense to me. Does it just setup a network
share?

You'd think a default fresh install of VirtualBox on Win7 Pro 64 bit
with 8 Gb memory and almost empty 500Gb hard disk with all perphiperals
working properly and then install Win7 as a virtual machine you'ld end
up with something that had everything working (installed 32 bit with 3
GB mem). Apparently not and I just didn't feel inclined to muck with it
further. Fact is I have so many unused PC's here that I can use for
testing I just won't waste the time, least right now Maybe again
future version.