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My dad still runs his business on a software I wrote in 1998 in Delphi. I haven't touched it since then but it is the only code I have that still works 19 years
by _pdp_ 9y ago
My dad still runs his business on a software I wrote in 1998 in Delphi. I haven't touched it since then but it is the only code I have that still works 19 years later.
- slig 9y agoDoes it runs on modern Windows or is it running on a VM?
- narag 9y agoIt could very well work without VM. Current Windows is binary compatible with old programs. There are a few reasons that programs stop working and most of them are related to hardcoded directories that got perm. restrictions over the years.
- _pdp_ 9y agoWindow 7/8 at the moment I think.
- Joeri 9y agoI sometimes use ecco pro on windows 10, which was discontinued in 1997. The 32-bit version still works well enough to remain usable.
- igivanov 9y agoI have a large codebase in Delphi 5 (1999), still being maintained and developed. The applications produced work on all current Windows versions w/o problems. Delphi itself works on Windows 10 albeit requires some tricks to install properly.
- boznz 9y agoI have a turbo pascal game from the 80s that still sort-of-works on the command box of windows 10. Unfortunately it starts, does a demo loop in which all the pacmen get eaten then exits, all within about a second. I thought it was broke for many years until I found a way of slowing dosbox right down to look for an error message and did not find one :-) Shame I havent got the source code. I also wrote an 8051 assembler and compiler again executable (com) file only but I havent looked at this for a while as its still on a 5.25" floppy... Ahhh memories!