DirectScan and XP

[krazyed]

I recently began using DS because of needs TurboLink
didn't provide. The first thing I discovered was that it didn't
connect under XP. My Centrino Laptop doesn't have a floppy,
and, I didn't want to go through having to partition, and
install 98 on it, so, figured out how to make a USB thumbdrive
bootable with DOS 6.22. This worked great for DS, but, could
only run DOS programs. Not wishing to feel limited, I set about
finding a way to make DS run in XP. Contacted a friend at
MicroShaft, and he hooked me up with a recently Acquired
program from Connectix called Virtual PC. Now, DS works
perfectly ( so far ) under XP, and I can even run it side by side
with TurboLink. The program is a bit pricy at a bit over $100,
but, worth it not to be limited. As far as the Thumb Drive goes,
I picked up a 64 Meg unit for under $20. If anyone is interested
in how to get the ThumbDrive set up to boot to DOS, Let me
know.

 

[T-top87GN]

Yes any of the VM programs will work. VMWare or Connectix VirtualPC that M$ bought from Connectix.

As far the as booting to the thumbdrive, that will only work if your laptops BIOS supports booting to USB, or if you first use a floppy disk to get the driver for the USB loaded.

What we really need is for DS to run native under XP.

I haven't had time to work on it lately because of many things but I plan to do some more work on it as time permits.

As good an idea as the virtual machines are, those are above alot of people heads and some people just want it to work without any trouble.

Thanks for the input though.

 

[turbodarryl]

Boot disk

Hello Guys, i downloaded the 45 day trial of virturalpc to run ds with, but my laptop don't have a floppy. can someone tell me how to make boot cd. yes i do have winnxp.