Re: VirtualBox or VMware?

Ken Heard wrote:
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I should have explained in my original post what I wanted to do. In the
short run I want to run a Windows version of WordPerfect and so have
access to WordPerfect 5.1 (a DOS app) files that I have been creating
since the 80s, the contents of which I want to use now in a book I am
putting together.

I was thinking of installing on VBox Windows 98, the only Windows
version I have, and install WP 7 or later for Windows in order to access
my WP 5.1 files. In this way I can save my WP 5.1 files in ps or pdf
and use them elsewhere. (I tried using OpenOffice but WP formatting is
lost when opening WP files in OOo.)

So it would appear from the posts that I should use VirtualBox for now.
I could also install DOS on it and see if DOS apps work better on VBox
than on dosemu.

Thank you all for your advice.


VBox will still provide your full virtualized CPU; so if trying DOS, disable as much as you can, like hardware support for virtualization. Be sure you run in a 32-bit mode. DOS is not compatible with the most recent CPUs from Intel. 16-bit support is there (barely), but the chipset and motherboard will make it dicey. 64-bit mode is completely incompatible with a 16-bit program.

For what you are doing, I think VBox is a good choice.

M. Allums


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