If the software is as ancient as you say, then surely you should be able to get away with installing an old copy of Win7 or even older? When you say "weird netw

If the software is as ancient as you say, then surely you should be able to get away with installing an old copy of Win7 or even older? When you say "weird networking" do you imply internet as well? If it's all offline and only locally networked I see no reason why you need to run a modern version of windows.