Re: [VDE] Digest for vde_editor@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

[Thomas G. Hess]

Thanks to everyone for your prompt responses. I will try and clarify my original question.

1. to Thomas Cornelius: I have used both Word and VDE. Before I retired my employers didn't like non-approved programs being used on work machines. Now it is a question of what I can get working.

2a. to Mark P. Fishman Yes, too many pronouns ("it"), not enough antecedents.Sorry about that. I was trying to keep it simple, before Windows crashed (3 times) .I believe originally had 64 bit windows installed. Now I am not sure. Windows' settings says I am running Windows 10 home on a 64 bit operating system x64 processor.

If you are using 32-bit Windows, then you can run 16-bit software. If you are using 64-bit Windows, then you can't run 16-bit software, unless you run it in a DOS emulation

2b. I originally had  an older version of vDOSplus installed. It just worked till Windows crashed for the 3rd time.

3.  Eric Meyer.The challenge with the software that you write is that it just works. My memory is such that I forget what I did to get it working. What version of VDE.TXT do you recomend? (I have documentation files all the way back to the previous century.)

Again thanks to everyone for your help and advice. I need to try out your various suggestions before I write again. 

 

As I recall there was originally a 32-bit version of Windows 10 that still
supported 16-bit software through VDM, but it sounds like you now have a
recent 64-bit version (of 10 or 11) that does not. This means you need a
third-party DOS emulator like DOSbox or vDOSplus, which actually work fairly
well with a few limitations. See the discussion of "DOS EMULATORS" in
VDE.TXT, and feel free to ask any further questions. My own choice was the
2015 version of vDOSplus, for the best overall behavior when running VDE itself.

Thomas G. Hess

Santa Monica, CA 90401

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Thomas Cornelius Desi <t...@mttw.at>: Sep 23 09:00AM +0200 Hi Thomas G. Hess,   I don’t understand in your question, if you are using Word or VDE?   Thomas

Mark P. Fishman <mfis...@alum.mit.edu>: Sep 23 05:00AM -0400 Yes, too many pronouns ("it"), not enough antecedents. If you are using 32-bit Windows, then you can run 16-bit software. If you are using 64-bit Windows, then you can't run 16-bit software, unless you run it in a DOS emulation.   Have you tried DOSbox?     On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM Thomas G. Hess <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:     -- I spent years trying to get my act together, until I finally realized: this *is* my act.

Eric Meyer <xor...@gmail.com>: Sep 23 11:13AM -0600 Thomas G. Hess wrote: > processing.I had used WordBasic to set up Word to behave the same. It just worked.   > Now it doesn’t. I think the problem is Microsoft doesn’t handle 16 bit words > anymore.   Hi Thomas,   As I recall there was originally a 32-bit version of Windows 10 that still supported 16-bit software through VDM, but it sounds like you now have a recent 64-bit version (of 10 or 11) that does not. This means you need a third-party DOS emulator like DOSbox or vDOSplus, which actually work fairly well with a few limitations. See the discussion of "DOS EMULATORS" in VDE.TXT, and feel free to ask any further questions. My own choice was the 2015 version of vDOSplus, for the best overall behavior when running VDE itself.   -- Eric Meyer.

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[Eric Meyer]

Thomas G. Hess wrote:
> What version of VDE.TXT do you recomend?

Get the last version 1.97 of VDE, which also has a few tweaks for working
better with DOS emulators, especially vDOSplus because that's what I use.
First item on the list here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220202222618/https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home/vde-files

And I recommend the 2015 branch of vDOSplus, the first installer link under
"vDOSplus Downloads" on this page:
http://www.vdosplus.org/

Sorry you're having such problems with your system (and memory?) but at least
you've used vDOSplus before, and should be able to get it set up again. I can
send you my AUTOEXEC/CONFIG files if that would help.

-- Eric.

[Thomas Cornelius Desi]

Hi Thomas Hess, - so if you want to work with VDE - 

I am using FreeDOS. This and VDE are on a USB Stick, where I boot from into a PC. (I have a couple of pcs working this way, some are LENOVO, or MINI PCs fanless)

On some I also can adress 2 USB-Sticks which is usefull for backups.

Feel free to ask further questions, if I can help

best

Thomas D

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