[Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images

[Sean]

Sorry, that is not correct.  XP has nothing to do with 95/98, those
were still essentially GUIs placed upon DOS.
XP removed the underlying DOS system.  Home just gives you less
administrative options.  The 'more strict' description is probably due
to Group Policy management being removed from XP Home.

I would venture anyone to find a program that won't run on one version
of XP but would run on the other.

XP home being the 'successor' to 98 while XP Pro being successor to
2000 is merely a metaphor between what was traditionally used at home
VS. business users.

My guess is you had a bad or old version of VCC.  I've been using it
on XP Pro for years, and it works fine on my new Windows 7 Ultimate
64-bit installation too.




On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only vcc software I had was vcc.exe. It does the same thing that the old
> version of MESS.exe (non-gui) did. The app would open a window, the window
> would close, and the program end. Not even a error message.
>
> MESSui.exe ran, but it had problems. Installing the newest version of MESS
> made the difference in both programs. Now, MESS.exe and MESSui.exe both run,
> and function correctly. I've had problems with running most PC software that
> was written for older versions of Windows.
>
> Aaron: When I went to DeVry, the courses I took were windows based. The
> lineage of Windows was part of the course. According to what I was taught,
> and this came from Microsoft, is that Windows 95 became 98 became ME became
> XP Home edition, and Windows NT became 2000 became XP Professional. XP Home
> still allows you to run software that the professional series did not allow,
> because Pro-series security was more strict.
>
> The merger of the lineages into one was Microsoft's way of bringing them
> together into one package. Since then, Windows has become Vista Pro/Home,
> and now Windows 7, which I don't know if there's a Home vs Pro edition.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images
>
>
> What happens when you try to run VCC on your Windows XP system?
> It works perfectly here under XP (professional).  Also runs fine in
> Windows 7, 32 bit at least.
> I prefer MESS, but VCC certainly works with modern Windows operating
> systems.
>