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   Message 482 of 718   
   Nathan to Corey   
   Re: Worldgroup 2.0 and Windows 2000   
   08 Apr 07 21:56:08   
   
   From: thorin@ptd.net   
      
   Corey wrote:   
      
   >   To: Nathan   
   >   Re: Worldgroup 2.0 and Windows 2000   
   >   By: Nathan to alt.bbs.majorbbs on Sun Apr 08 2007 08:20 pm   
   >   
   >  > In my ongoing struggle to setup some sort of remotely manageable system   
   >  > to run my WG2.0 BBS on...  I;ve come to the question "Will wg2.0 run on   
   >  > Windows 2000/xp"?   
   >  >   
   >  > I know it is possible to run WG2.0 in older versions of windows, like   
   >  > 95/98.  But what about 2000?  2000 doesnt really have DOS anymore, like   
   >  > 9x does.  Is it possible to make it run without some sort of virtual   
   >  > machine?   
   >  >   
   >  > Thanks!   
   >   
   > not on a NT based OS because it won't let it make direct hardware calls.   
   >   
   Man, how do you know all this?  :P   
      
   I thought that might be a problem.  If the drive were formatted as fat   
   instead of ntfs, would it make a difference?   
      
   Wind98 is still an option, just thought 2K might offer a more stable   
   platform.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
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