| When I was younger and worked on
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| | your main machine crash and burn. You can
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| mainframes I was always working with
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| | set up a virtual machine just like it's a
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| pretty mundane stuff; batch processing
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| | real computer with it's own IP address,
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| for the most part with what little online
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| | installed programs, anything you can
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| work being done with smaller computers
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| | thing of.Want to try and trash your
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| (Buker-Ramo if you must know) with the
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| | little virtual machine? By all means do
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| mainframes running DOS/VSE. It was hardly
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| | so with no worries, you are isolated from
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| the big league and I lusted after the
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| | the host
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| really exotic stuff like MVS/TSO and the
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| | operating system and won't bother it. In
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| top of the heap; VM or Virtual Machine.
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| | fact you're so isolated
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| VM was a "hypervisor". That is it wasn't
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| | your virtual machine will need to have
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| really an operating system but an
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| | all patches, anti-virus
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| environment whereby multiple operating
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| | software, etc. installed just like it
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| systems could run on a single machine,
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| | was a new standalone machine.Other than
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| each with protected access to the full
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| | the obvious benefits to developers
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| instruction set and, most importantly,
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| | there's also the legacy aspect of all
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| protected from each other. You could
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| | that great (okay, maybe not so great) DOS
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| crash and burn your private virtual
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| | software that's still out there. If
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| machine and everything else kept on
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| | you've ever wanted to
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| running without a hitch. I can't recall
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| | experiment or, if you're a refuge from
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| the number of batch jobs I killed because
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| | the old days, experience some of the old
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| a problem with a program in one partition
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| | stuff again without trashing your current
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| in DOS/VSE caused the whole machine to
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| | system Virtual PC is the way to do
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| crash.I say "was a hypervisor". Firstly
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| | it.Performance on a perky AMD 4200+
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| it was an OS in it's own right and thus
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| | system was brisk. Oh, Windows Server 2003
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| is more than a hypervisor and secondly
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| | wasn't as fast as it would have been had
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| it's
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| | it been the only thing running but it was
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| still around to the point that it'll run
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| | certainly acceptable. Everything else was
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| Linux as a client operating system. But
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| | certainly faster than any hardware I'd
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| my experience was from afar, I left the
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| | used it on before, certainly far, far
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| mainframe world and never got to work
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| | faster than say an 80286 so it seemed
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| with it full time.But now I have my own
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| | remarkable quick. I did have one session
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| little virtual world. A while back
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| | in Win 2003 where I dropped a few
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| Microsoft bought Connectix and their
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| | characters from the keyboard and from
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| virtual machine technology. Oh, I'd tried
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| | time to time I'd have to tell DOS that
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| it along with VMWare a while back and
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| | there was indeed a floppy in the drive
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| frankly it didn't do much for me either
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| | two times (a pain when installing the 8
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| because my hardware wasn't up to it, the
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| | disk Windows for Workgroups update to Win
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| software wasn't robust or a combination
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| | 3.1) but nothing terminal.There are
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| of both but recently I picked up the
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| | troublesome questions; will the police
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| latest version of Virtual PC from
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| | break down your door if you set up a
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| Microsoft and wow, how the worm has
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| | virtual copy of XP Pro using the same
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| turned, Virtual PC 2004 has come into
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| | copy of XP Pro that's hosting Virtual PC?
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| it's own.What does it do? Firstly it
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| | Read your EULA but Microsoft has
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| installs in Windows XP Pro or Win 2k Pro
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| | announced that they will allow
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| just like any other program. Once set up
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| | "virtulizing" Windows Server 2003 R2
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| you're ready to create as many virtual
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| | Enterprise and the Datacenter edition of
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| machines as you can find.A wizard is
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| | "Longhorn". Sadly they haven't made any
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| available to walk you through the set up
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| | changes to the desktop software
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| but it's hardly needed. You set up the
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| | license.But there's still plenty of stuff
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| amount of RAM and hard drive space you
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| | to plink away at and you can try Virtual
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| want to allocate to the "guest" operating
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| | PC for 45 days for free. List price from
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| system and start preparing the virtual
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| | Mr. Softie is $129. I've seen it
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| machine like you would a regular
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| | discounted at several places and, as
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| computer. This might mean partitioning
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| | always, be sure to check around for the
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| the hard drive, formatting it
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| | best price. Meanwhile if you want to
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| and then installing the operating
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| | check it out you can download the trial
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| system.What operating system? Doesn't
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| | version off the Microsoft info
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| seem to matter. It took more time to
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| | page here.And my biggest problem? Finding
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| track down old floppies than it did for
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| | a 5.25" diskette drive for all that old
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| me to install Windows 2003 server,
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| | software.Don Watkins, Copyright, 2006.
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| FreeDOS, BSD and DOS 7.0.Fire up Virtual
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| | May be reprinted in compliance with
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| PC and a console comes up that allows you
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| | terms.About Don Watkins - Don has been in
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| to select an existing guest operating
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| | involved in computers since the 60's
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| system or install a new one.So what's the
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| | starting PCNet on CompuServe in 1983. In
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| benefit? Well it's pretty cool to be able
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| | 1994, Don was awarded the John Dvorak
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| to
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| | Lifetime Achievement Award. He was
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| isolate various operating systems so you
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| | awarded the SIA Lifetime Achievement
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| can do just about anything yet not have
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| | Award in 2003.
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