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- From: vance@lpl.arizona.edu (Vance Haemmerle x4021)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: ERROR MESSAGES
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.205719.1181@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 20:57:19 GMT
- References: <9301022158.AA31384@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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- In article <9301022158.AA31384@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> don@ANZIO.GATECH.EDU writes:
- >I have a real problem~r a{d I am not sure what to do. I have a software
- >program that I bought but it runs too slow. I can't hardly ~rget anything
- >done with it{ so I decid{ that instead I should run it on VAX. So, I use
- >kermit to transfer it to VAX and it looks good it's got the same name
- >and everything. But when I t{y to RUN it, I just get error messages and
- >I don't know why. So, I figure that I have something wrong and I go to
- >the VAX guy and he says that block size needs to bg{ changed and so I use
- >FILE and change blocksizes. It still doesn't work when I go this because
- >I run it and it just gives me a lot of numbers on the screen. This isn't
- >useful. I am wondering if it{might be because I don't have EGA on the VAX
- >and I think the software program might need EGA{ Is there some way I get
- >another program emulate EGA or something?
- >
- >Thank you everybody.
-
- It sounds as though you are trying to run a DOS executable file and
- expecting it to run on a VAX computer. Things don't work that way.
- The code portion as well as the file layout of an executible image
- depend on the instruction set of the computer's CPU and its operating
- system. So things like changing the block size will have no effect.
- I'm surprised that your "VAX guy" didn't tell you this! Either a)
- you didn't fully explain what you wanted to do, b) He is underqualified
- for his position or c) this is a New Year's joke post [always a strong
- possibility :-)].
-
- Anyway, if you want to run a program designed to work on PCs to run on
- a VAX, you need a product that emulates the DOS environment. What
- you want is SoftPC V3.0 (for VMS or ULTRIX - whatever your operating
- system on your vax happends to be, but seeing as this is comp.os.vms
- I'd say it's most likely VMS). Version 3.0 of SoftPC emulates an
- 80286 IBM PC/AT with an 80287 floating point co-processor and comes
- with DOS V3.3. On a VAXstation, it emulates Hercules, CGA, EGA, and
- VGA graphics. The list price for a 1 user license is $595 (order
- number QL-YNWAA-3B).
-
- If speed is your concern however, you might not be satisfied by this
- approach. This is partly due to the cost of emulation on speed.
- A VAXstation 4000 Model 60 will only emulate as fast as a 16MHz 286
- computer. Graphics are even slower. Given all of this, SoftPC is
- more for compatibility than speed. You might be better off just
- finding a faster PC to run your application on.
-
- By the way, your post is just the type to get some bored know-it-all
- to flame you... just give it the attention it deserves, ignore it.
-
- --
- Vance Haemmerle vance@vips.lpl.arizona.edu
- Support Systems Analyst, Senior vance%toyvax@arizona.edu
- Lunar & Planetary Lab
- University of Arizona * Look before you flame *
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