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Triggered by a compatibility rant... Proudly presenting (drum roll)... Visicalc!

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  • M Michel Godfroid

    http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm[^]

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    Any luck on 64bit OS's?

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      Any luck on 64bit OS's?

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      Michel Godfroid
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      Nah, they don't have the 16-bit VDM anymore :-(. You'll have to install a VM... 64-bit Linux should run it though X|

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      • M Michel Godfroid

        http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm[^]

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        Xiangyang Liu
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        Here are my preferences, they require no electricity and work in any harsh environment today: One[^] Two[^] :-D

        My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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        • M Michel Godfroid

          Nah, they don't have the 16-bit VDM anymore :-(. You'll have to install a VM... 64-bit Linux should run it though X|

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          64-bit linux .. run a COM program? I am surprised. How would they even switch to 16bit mode?

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          • X Xiangyang Liu

            Here are my preferences, they require no electricity and work in any harsh environment today: One[^] Two[^] :-D

            My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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            Michel Godfroid
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            Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

            One[^]

            Wow, this is from the 1958 world expo in Brussels. My mom used to tell me I visited this in a pram. Can't remember it though :-(

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            • L Lost User

              64-bit linux .. run a COM program? I am surprised. How would they even switch to 16bit mode?

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              Michel Godfroid
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              Virtualising an 8086 is not really hard (the bleeding thing had no registers to speak off). I'll test it and come back to you... :-) Now excuse me while I get a life.

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              • M Michel Godfroid

                Virtualising an 8086 is not really hard (the bleeding thing had no registers to speak off). I'll test it and come back to you... :-) Now excuse me while I get a life.

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                Any luck?

                Michel Godfroid wrote:

                Virtualising an 8086 is not really hard

                Well I dunno, ever tried to write an emulator for it? Calculating the flags is a pain.. and to go through that just to support a bunch of old programs that no one uses? Ok maybe

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                  Any luck?

                  Michel Godfroid wrote:

                  Virtualising an 8086 is not really hard

                  Well I dunno, ever tried to write an emulator for it? Calculating the flags is a pain.. and to go through that just to support a bunch of old programs that no one uses? Ok maybe

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                  Michel Godfroid
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                  You would'nt believe what the amount of pain open source guys can stand.

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                  • M Michel Godfroid

                    http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm[^]

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                    Gregory Gadow
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                    What you are triggering is post-tramatic stress disorder. X|

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                    • X Xiangyang Liu

                      Here are my preferences, they require no electricity and work in any harsh environment today: One[^] Two[^] :-D

                      My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                      Gregory Gadow
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                      And the very tried and true: Three[^]

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                      • M Michel Godfroid

                        Virtualising an 8086 is not really hard (the bleeding thing had no registers to speak off). I'll test it and come back to you... :-) Now excuse me while I get a life.

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                        Michel Godfroid
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                        Haven't got a single X64 Linux lying around anymore, and building one just for this sounds like overkill. But DOSEMU version 1.4.0 has an X64 version, which uses emulation for real 86 mode, and runs DPMI code natively.

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                        • X Xiangyang Liu

                          Here are my preferences, they require no electricity and work in any harsh environment today: One[^] Two[^] :-D

                          My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                          Bernhard Hiller
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                          Number Two reminds me on my first visit to Elbonia - ehm Lithuania - back in 1992. When I was about to pay a bill somewhere, they calculated the sum with that thing quite quickly (I hope correctly...) and then showed me that thing, which I could not read....

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