DHPOS on 64 bit computers
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DHPOS will not run directly on 64 bit computers running under any version of Windows.
However I have just run across this...
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Recent versions of NT for x64 architectures, including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Vista x64, no longer include the NTVDM and can therefore no longer natively run MS-DOS (or 16-bit Windows) applications. For MS-DOS programs, however, there exist alternatives in the form of emulators such as VMWare, Bochs, DOSBox, etc.
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Does anyone out there with a 64 bit computer want to try out VMWare, Bochs, or DOSBox and see if DHPOS will then run on their 64 bit computer and then let us know what happens?
Dale
However I have just run across this...
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Recent versions of NT for x64 architectures, including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Vista x64, no longer include the NTVDM and can therefore no longer natively run MS-DOS (or 16-bit Windows) applications. For MS-DOS programs, however, there exist alternatives in the form of emulators such as VMWare, Bochs, DOSBox, etc.
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Does anyone out there with a 64 bit computer want to try out VMWare, Bochs, or DOSBox and see if DHPOS will then run on their 64 bit computer and then let us know what happens?
Dale
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The AMD Athlon 64 is a 64bit processor that can run 32bit software, the Intel Core Duo can also run 64bit software.
What Dale is referring to is PCs running completely at 64bit, ie an Athlon 64 or Intel Core Duo (using 64bit) running Windows XP or Vista 64bit editions.
The DOS Prompt has been emulated on NT/2000/XP/Vista since day one, BUT the 64bit versions of Windows have this feature missing, hence the need for a 3rd party emulator.
I'm wondering if Microsoft Virtual PC (now free) would work. The main problem is getting the Serial and Parallel ports to work!
Alan
What Dale is referring to is PCs running completely at 64bit, ie an Athlon 64 or Intel Core Duo (using 64bit) running Windows XP or Vista 64bit editions.
The DOS Prompt has been emulated on NT/2000/XP/Vista since day one, BUT the 64bit versions of Windows have this feature missing, hence the need for a 3rd party emulator.
I'm wondering if Microsoft Virtual PC (now free) would work. The main problem is getting the Serial and Parallel ports to work!
Alan
Re: DHPOS on 64 bit computers
Microsoft virtual pc and vmware both give you access to the physical serial port and the printer port. i never had much luck with virtual pc accessing physical ports but vmware has worked flawlessly
Re: DHPOS on 64 bit computers
I have been running DHPOS using DosBox on an AMD Athalon 64 X2 with XP for about 6 months. Everything has been working good, no problems to report. I sometimes have problems with the receipt printer but I am using a USB to Parallel adapter so I think that is the problem. The first receipt printed after starting up the program comes out with really big text, no worries I just execute a no sale and then it works fine.
Re: DHPOS on 64 bit computers
BTW, Running DHPOS under DOSBox will also allow you to run DHPOS full screen on even non-64 bit systems.
Read this http://http://keyhut.com/64bit.htm
Dale
Read this http://http://keyhut.com/64bit.htm
Dale
Re: DHPOS on 64 bit computers
Note that networking on DOSBox will make ringing up sales a little slower on less ideal networks.
The reason being-DOSBox has to go back through windows to access the network share. While there is a way to map network drives directly in DOSBox, this is very unstable as of the .73 release, and, from my experience, is even slower than doing it the way I described.
So, if you have an older 10 megabit network, or are running your network over phone lines (why would you do that?), DHPOS is probably going to respond very slowly when ringing up items or looking up employees (when typing in PINS).
100 megabit networks respond just as well as if you weren't emulating DHPOS. At my house, where I tested this, I ran it between two wireless computers, around 54mb...DHPOS was a little slow, but after the employee PIN was entered, ringing up items was not a problem.
Tyler
The reason being-DOSBox has to go back through windows to access the network share. While there is a way to map network drives directly in DOSBox, this is very unstable as of the .73 release, and, from my experience, is even slower than doing it the way I described.
So, if you have an older 10 megabit network, or are running your network over phone lines (why would you do that?), DHPOS is probably going to respond very slowly when ringing up items or looking up employees (when typing in PINS).
100 megabit networks respond just as well as if you weren't emulating DHPOS. At my house, where I tested this, I ran it between two wireless computers, around 54mb...DHPOS was a little slow, but after the employee PIN was entered, ringing up items was not a problem.
Tyler
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