Re: RevG and Windows 7

[Ross Ferris]

Why not just load in up in XPMode using VirtualPC .... or use VirtualBox or VMware if you would prefer

On Friday, 20 July 2012 11:00:18 UTC+10, John Horn wrote:

Has anyone had any luck running RevG under Windows 7 (64 bit)? I have a REALLY old copy I use for various things.  I've tried all the different compatibility modes but they don't work. I know Revelation Software doesn't support Rev or ARev under Windows 7 but I thought maybe someone might have been able to trick it somehow...

  - John M. Horn

[Anthony Youngman]

On 20/07/12 05:03, Ross Ferris wrote:
> Why not just load in up in XPMode using VirtualPC .... or use VirtualBox
> or VMware if you would prefer

VirtualXP is a good idea ... except that if you haven't got 7 Pro it
isn't available. And ime it doesn't always work that well - it's a
clever idea but unfortunately doesn't quite do what it says on the tin :-(

Cheers,
Wol

>
> On Friday, 20 July 2012 11:00:18 UTC+10, John Horn wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any luck running RevG under Windows 7 (64 bit)? I
> have a REALLY old copy I use for various things. I've tried all the
> different compatibility modes but they don't work. I know Revelation
> Software doesn't support Rev or ARev under Windows 7 but I thought
> maybe someone might have been able to trick it somehow...
>
> - John M. Horn
>

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[John Lorentz]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM, John Horn <ana...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone had any luck running RevG under Windows 7 (64 bit)? I have a REALLY old copy I use for various things.  I've tried all the different compatibility modes but they don't work. I know Revelation Software doesn't support Rev or ARev under Windows 7 but I thought maybe someone might have been able to trick it somehow...

 

I've been able to run AREV on 32bit Win 7, but haven't been able to on the 64bit version.  (I think I still have a copy of RevG, but it has been decades now since I've used it.)

John

[John Lorentz]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM, John Horn <ana...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone had any luck running RevG under Windows 7 (64 bit)? I have a REALLY old copy I use for various things.  I've tried all the different compatibility modes but they don't work. I know Revelation Software doesn't support Rev or ARev under Windows 7 but I thought maybe someone might have been able to trick it somehow...

It looks like DOSBox might work.  I haven't tried it (although I might because then I could run AREV on my 64bit Win 7 platform), but a quick Goggle search pulled it up:

http://www.dosbox.com/

John

[John Lorentz]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:37 AM, John Lorentz <john.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

It looks like DOSBox might work.  I haven't tried it (although I might because then I could run AREV on my 64bit Win 7 platform), but a quick Goggle search pulled it up:

http://www.dosbox.com/

It does seem to work (it lets me run AREV, which is definite a 16bit DOS program, like RevG), but it's none too fast.

John

[Gene Buckle]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, John Horn wrote:

> Has anyone had any luck running RevG under Windows 7 (64 bit)? I have a
> REALLY old copy I use for various things. I've tried all the different
> compatibility modes but they don't work. I know Revelation Software doesn't
> support Rev or ARev under Windows 7 but I thought maybe someone might have
> been able to trick it somehow...
>

John, I'd suggest either VMWare Player (free) or dosbox (also free).

g.

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[John Horn]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried dosbox and it looks like it
will work fine.

- John