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Similar with me for old non-naggy tech. I'm on an Apple Silicon MacBook Air but still often run WordPerfect 4.2 and DataEase 4.53 under DosBox (also Boxer is g

Similar with me for old non-naggy tech. I'm on an Apple Silicon MacBook Air but still often run WordPerfect 4.2 and DataEase 4.53 under DosBox (also Boxer is good but not tried it on M1 yet). BTW if you're interested in the nuts and bolts of running WordPerfect DOS in emulation, Columbia University (NYC) has a great site at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ which may even help fixing other DOS software issues.

forgotmypw17 6y ago
For Word 97, I find that a Windows ME install in VirtualBox works better than Wine.
- dehrmann 6y ago
  I'm surprised Word 97 doesn't work in compatibility mode.
  - forgotmypw17 6y ago
    It probably does, but the native experience is better. I also have the VM set up already for IE, which def does not work right in Wine.
  - fuzzfactor 6y ago
    Office 97 in Windows XP works extremely well. When XP was released, there was intended to be no support for Office other than Office XP. Thousands of questions were raised whether Office 97 would work in Windows XP and it was totally discouraged by Microsoft every time. After about 6 months somebody (like a big company) tried it and since it worked quite well, the news began to filter out. Within another 6 months there was all kinds of support info for Office 97 under XP as if the disinformation campaign had never existed.
  - forgotmypw17 6y ago
    >compatibility mode Do you mean Wine? It's imperfect emulation for large apps, and it's slower than a VM.
- richard_todd 6y ago
  Sometimes I use Office 2000 under Windows2000 under Virtualbox, and it's amazing how snappy the apps feel when the whole VM has only 64MB of RAM. Everyone should try it once in a while, just as a reminder of what is possible! The only Office app that I strongly prefer in its modern form is Excel. Modern Excel has some really nice enhancements (sequences and spillover, let and lambda, flash-fill, table formatting, etc) that I miss when I use older versions.

forgotmypw17 6y ago

For Word 97, I find that a Windows ME install in VirtualBox works better than Wine.

dehrmann 6y ago
I'm surprised Word 97 doesn't work in compatibility mode.
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  It probably does, but the native experience is better. I also have the VM set up already for IE, which def does not work right in Wine.
- fuzzfactor 6y ago
  Office 97 in Windows XP works extremely well. When XP was released, there was intended to be no support for Office other than Office XP. Thousands of questions were raised whether Office 97 would work in Windows XP and it was totally discouraged by Microsoft every time. After about 6 months somebody (like a big company) tried it and since it worked quite well, the news began to filter out. Within another 6 months there was all kinds of support info for Office 97 under XP as if the disinformation campaign had never existed.
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  >compatibility mode Do you mean Wine? It's imperfect emulation for large apps, and it's slower than a VM.
richard_todd 6y ago
Sometimes I use Office 2000 under Windows2000 under Virtualbox, and it's amazing how snappy the apps feel when the whole VM has only 64MB of RAM. Everyone should try it once in a while, just as a reminder of what is possible! The only Office app that I strongly prefer in its modern form is Excel. Modern Excel has some really nice enhancements (sequences and spillover, let and lambda, flash-fill, table formatting, etc) that I miss when I use older versions.