Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Feb 5 00:56:30 CST 2013
Hi Stuart: Oh wow. It is easy to get confused because the last time I looked. their web site was something out of the '90s and the name of the application is PowerBASIC, which suggests something even older. I would even bet they still sell 16bit versions. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:30 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite Windows application onanAndroidtablet? Excuse me. PowerBASIC applications are anything but "ancient stuff". It's a very powerful 32bit Windows compiler. -- Stuart On 4 Feb 2013 at 15:50, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > If you are using a command prompt to run PowerBASIC maybe something like > DosBOX might be enough. On Linux boxes it can run some really ancient stuff > that may even stall on Wine or any modern version of Windows for that > matter. > > http://www.howtogeek.com/104725/how-to-use-dosbox-to-run-dos-games-and-old-a > pps/ > > I know it works on any Linux and Apple computers. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 2:44 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite WIndows application on > anAndroidtablet? > > It's still an early Alpha, do so I don't think that performance is really > relevant yet. > > It will be interesting to see where in goes in the next 12 months or so. > > (I'd love to be able to run some of my PowerBASIC apps directly on my tablet > <g>) > > -- > Stuart > > On 4 Feb 2013 at 14:33, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi Stuart: > > > > I already have a client who didn't want to be away from his Office 2007, > and > > didn't free safe with Libra Office, running his Office on his Ubuntu box. > > > > According to the article Android, Wine and Office do not seem to be a good > > fit if performance is the requirement...mind you not so much so if you are > > running everything on straight Linux. > > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:39 PM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite WIndows application on an > > Androidtablet? > > > > Don't hold your breath,but it may be coming: > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/android_wine/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com