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  Re: Interleaf 5 and XP aceaeacal@gmail.com - 2016-11-04 19:25 -0700
    Re: Interleaf 5 and XP Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> - 2016-12-17 20:45 +0000

#29 — Re: Interleaf 5 and XP

El sábado, 15 de marzo de 2008, 22:19:09 (UTC-6), Randyl escribió:
> Re: Interleaf 5-DOS and Windows XP
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> For a whole series of reasons we wish to revive the Interleaf 5-DOS
> version, if possible. However, to our knowledge no platform beyond
> Windows 98 runs it. The very first edition of Windows 98 is OK, but in
> Windows 98 Second Edition the user cannot hotkey out of Interleaf, do
> some work in Windows and then return to the Interleaf session; the
> software must be shut down.
> 
> I have tried it under Windows XP without success.
> 
> The PIF file bombs out. With both an Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files
> I get a message saying:
> 
> C:\DOCUME~1\RandylP\Desktop\INTERL~1.PIF
> C:\WINDOWS\CONFIG.SYS. The system file is not suitable for
> running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.
> Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
> 
> If I delete the Config.sys file the message just says:
> 
> C:\DOCUME~1\RandylP\Desktop\INTERL~1.PIF
> The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
> Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
> 
> If I call the software directly via "Run" with the command
> 
> c:\ileaf5\bin\ileaf.exe -desktop c:\desktop
> 
> it bombs out and says that the software was trying to open the COM4
> port and failed. I actually added a COM3 and COM4 port via the "Add
> Hardware" applet in the Control Panel, but when I looked at the
> resulting list of hardware devices created by the "Add Hardware
> Wizard", I see a tiny exclamation mark to the left of the icon. I do
> not know what this means but suspect the COM port was defined but does
> not physically exist as far as Windows XP is concerned.
> 
> I'm running out of ideas. If anyone knows, suspects, or has a crazy
> guess, as to how to make Interleaf 5-DOS run on Windows XP, please let
> me know.
> 
> Also, if you have any war stories about starting Interleaf 5 on any
> platform after Windows 98 First Edition, please let me know about that
> experience.
> 
> Best regards,
> Randyl Kent Plampin

Utiliza una maquina virtual yo estoy usando vmware 

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On 05/11/16 02:25, aceaeacal@gmail.com wrote:
> El sábado, 15 de marzo de 2008, 22:19:09 (UTC-6), Randyl escribió:
>> Re: Interleaf 5-DOS and Windows XP
>>
>> Greetings:
>>
>> For a whole series of reasons we wish to revive the Interleaf 5-DOS
>> version, if possible. However, to our knowledge no platform beyond
>> Windows 98 runs it. The very first edition of Windows 98 is OK, but in
>> Windows 98 Second Edition the user cannot hotkey out of Interleaf, do
>> some work in Windows and then return to the Interleaf session; the
>> software must be shut down.

Have you looked at Codeweavers Crossover 
(https://www.codeweavers.com/products)? This is a binary environment for 
Macs and Linux which lets you install and run Windows software (I use it 
to run MS Office under Linux). You do need a Mac or Linux system to run 
it, but if you have a PC you can always dual-boot Ubuntu or something.

I don't know how well-behaved Interleaf is, but the Codeweavers folks 
seem to be very helpful, and I have managed to get a number of old 
(95/98) programs running that way.


///Peter
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