1 May
2016
1 May
'16
10:28 a.m.
I can?t really tell if this is on-topic, but there?s [no|some|much] shame
in trying?
I have a Visual Basic 4 application that I need to run on modern 64-bit
hardware I can do this in a VM, but I really need this VM to be wicked
small, like under a gig. The smallest XP VM I?ve seen is 600MB (which might
be good) but XP is becoming very hard to source these days.
I am bummed that there doesn?t seem to be something like vDOS or DOSBOX for
VB applications. Or? maybe there is?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
m
1 May
1 May
11:35 a.m.
On 5/1/16 10:28 AM, Mike Whalen wrote:
I can?t really tell if this is on-topic, but there?s
[no|some|much] shame
in trying?
I have a Visual Basic 4 application that I need to run on modern 64-bit
hardware I can do this in a VM, but I really need this VM to be wicked
small, like under a gig. The smallest XP VM I?ve seen is 600MB (which might
be good) but XP is becoming very hard to source these days.
I am bummed that there doesn?t seem to be something like vDOS or DOSBOX for
VB applications. Or? maybe there is?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
m
DOSBOX can run older Windows versions; if this is VB4 I imagine it will
run on Win 3.1, if not that try Windows 95. You should be able to build
a VM running either of those in well under 100mb.
- Josh
12:08 p.m.
Hmmm? Perhaps so? Thanks, Josh!
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/16 10:28 AM, Mike Whalen wrote:
I can?t really tell if this is on-topic, but
there?s [no|some|much] shame
in trying?
I have a Visual Basic 4 application that I need to run on modern 64-bit
hardware I can do this in a VM, but I really need this VM to be wicked
small, like under a gig. The smallest XP VM I?ve seen is 600MB (which
might
be good) but XP is becoming very hard to source these days.
I am bummed that there doesn?t seem to be something like vDOS or DOSBOX
for
VB applications. Or? maybe there is?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
m
DOSBOX can run older Windows versions; if this is VB4 I imagine it will
run on Win 3.1, if not that try Windows 95. You should be able to build a
VM running either of those in well under 100mb.
- Josh
12:36 p.m.
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Whalen
Sent: 01 May 2016 20:09
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Subject: Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?
Hmmm? Perhaps so? Thanks, Josh!
This is a common problem. I think Win9X would be fine if you don't need network
connectivity.
You could also use one of the OS/2 releases with Windows support, or Linux with Wine but
when
I tried these for some Access 2.1 code they didn't work well...
Dave
G4UGM
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/1/16 10:28 AM, Mike Whalen wrote:
>
>> I can?t really tell if this is on-topic, but there?s [no|some|much]
>> shame in trying?
>>
>> I have a Visual Basic 4 application that I need to run on modern
>> 64-bit hardware I can do this in a VM, but I really need this VM to
>> be wicked small, like under a gig. The smallest XP VM I?ve seen is
>> 600MB (which might be good) but XP is becoming very hard to source
>> these days.
>>
>> I am bummed that there doesn?t seem to be something like vDOS or
>> DOSBOX for VB applications. Or? maybe there is?
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
>>
>> m
>>
>>
> DOSBOX can run older Windows versions; if this is VB4 I imagine it
> will run on Win 3.1, if not that try Windows 95. You should be able
> to build a VM running either of those in well under 100mb.
>
> - Josh
>
>
12:56 p.m.
On 05/01/2016 12:36 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
This is a common problem. I think Win9X would be fine
if you don't
need network connectivity. You could also use one of the OS/2
releases with Windows support, or Linux with Wine but when I tried
these for some Access 2.1 code they didn't work well...
WINE (AFAIK) *still* doesn't support 16-bit executables and the
attempted integration with DOSBOX leaves a lot to be desired. It could
well be that some parts of the VB4 application are 16-bit PM.
VirtualBox might be a pretty good alternative.
--Chuck
11:40 a.m.
NT 4 or Win2000 would be smaller, and as long as the VM doesn?t need internet/network
access the security issues should be?manageable. Alternately, does it run under Wine? A
stripped-down Linux distro would be small.
(and i assume you don?t have the source code, that would be the best solution)
Brendan
On May 1, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Mike Whalen <mikew at
thecomputervalet.com> wrote:
I can?t really tell if this is on-topic, but there?s [no|some|much] shame
in trying?
I have a Visual Basic 4 application that I need to run on modern 64-bit
hardware I can do this in a VM, but I really need this VM to be wicked
small, like under a gig. The smallest XP VM I?ve seen is 600MB (which might
be good) but XP is becoming very hard to source these days.
I am bummed that there doesn?t seem to be something like vDOS or DOSBOX for
VB applications. Or? maybe there is?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about doing this?
m
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