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I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

About 18MB download.

What is MS Virtual PC-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC

What OS will run with this program-

http://vpc.visualwin.com/


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bambam <> wrote:

> I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

Just a minor footnote, in case anyone else jumps to the wrong
conclusion: it is just the Windows-hosted version of Virtual PC which is
free.

The Mac-hosted version (PowerPC emulating an x86) is still full price.
--
David Empson

bambam wrote:
> I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now
> free-
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
> About 18MB download.
>
> What is MS Virtual PC-
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
>
> What OS will run with this program-
>
> http://vpc.visualwin.com/

Interesting, thanks.

I have a couple old games that will only run on 9x but I'm running XP. I
have a licence (or three) for 98SE, what do you think the chances are of
running that on Virtual PC and then the games?

Or do I have this all wrong?

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

~misfit~ wrote:

>
> I have a couple old games that will only run on 9x but I'm running XP. I
> have a licence (or three) for 98SE, what do you think the chances are of
> running that on Virtual PC and then the games?
>
> Or do I have this all wrong?

It's well possible. I use it for testing software under Win8 on my XP
box and it does the job.

--
EMB

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:33:49 +0000 (UTC), bambam
<> wrote:

>I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
>About 18MB download.
>
>What is MS Virtual PC-
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
>
>What OS will run with this program-
>
>http://vpc.visualwin.com/

Is there a version that will run on 98SE? I might be able to get an
old DOS game going, going by the hardware it emulates.

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:12:36 +1200, GraB wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:33:49 +0000 (UTC), bambam
> <> wrote:
>
>>I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>>
>>About 18MB download.
>>
>>What is MS Virtual PC-
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
>>
>>What OS will run with this program-
>>
>>http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>
> Is there a version that will run on 98SE? I might be able to get an
> old DOS game going, going by the hardware it emulates.

Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft. Nor will ME by the end of
this month.

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:04:26 +1200, David Empson wrote:

> bambam <> wrote:
>
>> I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
> Just a minor footnote, in case anyone else jumps to the wrong
> conclusion: it is just the Windows-hosted version of Virtual PC which is
> free.
>
> The Mac-hosted version (PowerPC emulating an x86) is still full price.

Another minor footnote. The reason this is free is in response to vmware
server being made free. That runs on linux and windows. Not mac, tho'

Steve wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:12:36 +1200, GraB wrote:
>
>
>>On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:33:49 +0000 (UTC), bambam
>><> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>>>
>>>About 18MB download.
>>>
>>>What is MS Virtual PC-
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
>>>
>>>What OS will run with this program-
>>>
>>>http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>>
>>Is there a version that will run on 98SE? I might be able to get an
>>old DOS game going, going by the hardware it emulates.
>
>
> Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft. Nor will ME by the end of
> this month.
>

Why would you need support from Microsoft to run Windows98? I never
used Microsoft support for it when it was new even.

bambam wrote:
> I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now free-
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
> About 18MB download.
>
> What is MS Virtual PC-
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
>
> What OS will run with this program-
>
> http://vpc.visualwin.com/

Thanks for that.



--
Sharktbbtfy

~misfit~ wrote:
> bambam wrote:
> > I haven't seen this news posted in this group, MS Virtual PC is now
> > free-
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
> >
> > About 18MB download.
> >
> > What is MS Virtual PC-
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_PC
> >
> > What OS will run with this program-
> >
> > http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>
> Interesting, thanks.
>
> I have a couple old games that will only run on 9x but I'm running XP. I
> have a licence (or three) for 98SE, what do you think the chances are of
> running that on Virtual PC and then the games?

a good chance especially given how x86 virtualisation compatible VPC is

the Virtual PC blog http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/ has a feed of
games he has tried in VPC
https://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_gu...gory/8225.aspx

Cheers
Nathan