From: Michael Geary (Mike_at_Geary.com)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 13:56:12 EDT
> Windows 2000 nearly guarantees not to run DOS programs properly. You
> want DOS, go back to Win98 or Win95. Your only chance is to partition
> your disk and install a DOS partition. Windows 2000 doesn't like
> partitions it has no control over, so you want to use Partition Magic
> or System Commander so you can decide at start up whether to boot
> Win2K or DOS. I don't think you will ever get better behavior out of
> your A21p than you are getting now... where this program is concerned.
That's not the only choice. A much more convenient approach would be to use
VMware to create a DOS virtual machine and run the program inside that. Then
you don't have to dual-boot--you can stay in Windows 2000, but the DOS
program runs in honest-to-goodness, 100% pure DOS. VMware costs $300 but
it's well worth it. There's a 30 day trial, so you can see if it meets your
needs.
Stuart, I'm sorry I didn't think of this option when we were kicking this
problem around by email a while back.
Of course, the DOS app really shouldn't be crashing Windows 2000 in the
first place, but by the time you finish troubleshooting it, the time you've
spent would probably have paid for VMware, which is just about guaranteed to
work.
Let me know if you try VMware and want any tips or help with it. (I don't
work for them, I just like the product a lot.)
-Mike
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