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Old 06-18-2013, 07:11 PM   #344
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The machine I got (a netbook) had 64 bit Windows 7 installed. There was no reason not to install the 32 and 16 bit emulator, except that Microsoft was trying to <force> people to abandon their old software and buy new software (from Microsoft). Oracle's Virtual Box proved that.

And by the way, I run an Atari 800 emulator under the XP virtual box. And DOSBox, and...

Computers come and go - but software will run as long as something can execute the instruction set.
It worked. I had been running Office 97 for years, then I had to get a new pc in 2010, It totally rejected 97, and since I was going back to school I had to get Office 2010 for home. But they wisely only made the price I think $50.00 for it. It had the two most important programs that I needed Word & Excel so I was happy.
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