by "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 12, 2008 at 08:11 PM
"Timberwoof" <timberwoof.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:timberwoof.spam-D473B3.16211712052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <Kf_Vj.10250$C8.703@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Timberwoof" <timberwoof.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:timberwoof.spam-F55E3C.08153512052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > In article <e_NVj.1857$Kk3.1627@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > "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.
It runs fine on modern hardware.
FYI: I inherited it.
