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   Message 851 of 3,071   
   Paul Quinn to Matt Munson   
   Virtual Machine   
   29 Apr 13 15:53:00   
   
   Hi! Matt,   
      
   On Sun, 28 Apr 13, you wrote to me:   
      
    MM> Replying to a msg dated 29 Apr 13 12:33, from you to Bob Klahn.   
      
    MM> Yes, I have a win98 SE OSR 2 copy but the problem is its not fun to   
    MM> use without tweeks on a virtual machine.   
      
   It came about that I'm lucky to have two licenced copies of Win98SE: my own,   
   from an old PC; and, one from a 'donated' PC (dumped on me by a workmate),   
   complete with a big fat manual of biblical proportions.  I like my Win98.  :)   
      
   I have tried once or twice to get a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 vBox to run.    
   Frankly, the vBox support forum said it wouldn't work.  I have a licenced copy   
   on 1.44Mb disks but I had a lot of trouble with running the Setup.Exe file,   
   from disk image files off of the 'net; no 1.44Mb floppy drive available, you   
   see.  The setup failed at the same point, twice I'm sure... now.   
      
   That was just step #1.  Who knows what other horrors awaited me.  I wanted it   
   in a vBox to provide inter-communication for some MS-DOS 6.2x/7.xx BATch files   
   I was working on and the rest of the LAN.  It's disadvantages outweigh any   
   advantage for the networking aspects, so, I haven't bothered to pursue it.   
      
   Oh, well.  Them's the breaks.  You win some...   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... Health Authority warning: Multitasking causes schizophrenia.   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)   

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