In article <Kf_Vj.10250$C8.703@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Timberwoof" <timberwoof.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:timberwoof.spam-F55E3C.08153512052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <e_NVj.1857$Kk3.1627@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm running some ancient DOS programs on Win Xp that do not have a
> >> modern
> >> day equivalent.
> >>
> >> Can I run DOS programs on a Mac?
> >
> > I'm curious: what older programs with no modern equivalent?
>
> A series of math equations tied into a data base. It is a custom
tailored
> program. To duplicate it today would cost a fortune. There is also
> proprietary info in it, which I wouldn't care to make public.
Keep on running it on the old hardware.
If you didn't get the source code or notes, or didn't have it engineered
in a ****table way (separating the UI from the engine), then you were
foolish.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.


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