317055 Running DOS Program on new PCs

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I have an old MS-DOS program which was written using MS QuickBasic 4.5 in the late 1990's. Rewriting the code today to run in Windows can not be done for various reasons, including the program complexity and also the likely high cost involved for new programming work. Would like to be able to install and run the old QB program on a new XP or Vista PC which has IE7 on it but run it in DOS mode. If it means deleting the current Operating System and Internet Explorer (and installing MS-DOS or a DOS emulator or DOS clone) that would be OK with me if necessary. However, prefer a solution to run the progran without doing that. But again, if deleting the new OS is preferable that would be alright too.

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I have a solution I would like to try for your problem. There is an open source DOS emulator called Dosbox for running DOS programs on modern operating systems. Please try this if you haven't already. I would be able to help you install and configure Dosbox. If it works, I hope you will consider accepting my minimum-permitted bid, and writing me a review. If it doesn't work, good luck with another bidder. Thanks.

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