[ RadSafe ] Backwards compatability for radiological software run on newer Windows

[CFRBUG]

For old DOS programs, you can also get DOS bootdisk images from bootdisk.com,
and then boot your machine straight into DOS (harder to do now that floppy
drives are rare). I used this technique to run some old DOS-based radio
programming software at my previous job (Motorola and Kenwood). I kept an
older laptop with a 3.5 floppy for just this purpose. Haven't had to do it
in many years though. I got out of the radio programming tasks in 2005.

On a newer laptop I guess could set up a multi-boot menu and have the DOS
image as one choice.

Bruce Bugg
cfrbug at gmail.com
(404)507-2237 [(404)507-2CFR]


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Scott Davidson <bsdnuke at gmail.com> wrote:

> Group, what experience is there for "backwards" compatability for "old" rad
> software like CAP88-PC, Microshield, RESRAD/RESRAD-Build and the newer
> Windows operating systems.  I currentl run the above on an emulator running
> Windows XP on a Macbook.  I am considering a Surface-3 tablet which is
> running Windows 8.1 I think.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Scott Davidson
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