18 Mar
2007
18 Mar
'07
10:46 p.m.
Chuck,
On Sunday 18 March 2007 22:01, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
There are many, many cases where software written for DOS, Windows 3.1x, early
versions of BSD, etc., will NOT run on high speed systems with more "modern"
OSs (XP, Linux, Solaris, etc.).
As part of my business, I use old hardware and software to win lawsuits (and
so does Sellam). Trust me - law firms always try to use their current systems
first before they hire someone to recreate an old system environment! But
they are often "forced" to do so - because old software simply won't run on
new hardware/software (thank goodness)...
Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
A computer from 40 years ago won't
run nearly any software that's being written today.
On the other hand, a computer from today can run software written 40
years ago--and generally, much faster. So where's the utility in
keeping the old iron around? OTOH, keeping some of the old
peripherals around to read the old media might not be a bad idea.