I just stumbled across a reference to Microsoft Virtual PC, a free program from Microsoft that supposedly allows the use of multiple operating systems on one PC. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/prod
It's definitely an interesting tool, although not the first of its type on the block. And the price is certainly right. :-) It allows you to run multiple operating systems *simultaneously* on a singl
Gaaawwd, I hate the way this thread is progressing, even though this is just about my "most loved" thread running on cq-contest right now. "uber-geeks". Ugh, did you really have to say something like
Hi Dave, Actually, there is another free Virtual Machine from VMWare, called the VMWare Player, that fully supports talking to hardware, including USB, Serial and Parallel ports. It's the VMWare play
Seems to me a virtual machine is probably overkill in the hamshack? The PC in my shack "triple-boots". I have Windows XP, Windows 98 (configured to boot to a command prompt as "DOS 7"), and Red Hat L
I've never understood the fascination with trying to run great logging programs like CT DOS, NA or TRLog under a Windows shell or Command Prompt. It might kinda work, but it's asking for problems. If
If I might make a suggestion: If you don't mind spending a few bucks, the best way to run different operating systems on one computer is to use a device known as a "tray" or "carrier". This allows yo
I agree that virtual systems are resource hogs. I can remember running WIN98 as a task under under NT. Interesting scenario, but SLOOOOW. In my case, I simply put in an additional disk drive with fu