Microsoft Virtual PC 5.2 eerr I mean Connectix Virtual PC

**aldo** · March 27th, 2003

Virtual PC 5.2 for Windows will only run on NT platforms (Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0 SP6). Users intending to run Virtual PC on Windows ME or Windows 98SE will need to use Virtual PC 5.1 for Windows

Improved 'Virtual Switch' networking architecture
- Higher levels of reliability, especially for connection oriented networking protocols.
Improved processor virtualization
- Resolved a number of core emulation issues, leading to better support for a number of operating environments.
Improved support for Terminal Server environments
- Better support for remotely displaying Virtual PCs under Windows 2000 Terminal servers.

As you can see it's already getting M$ influence.

Download: http://www.connectix.com/support/vpcw_online.html

Connectix will continue the support of VPC until August 18. On April 15, Virtual Server will be available as a preview release but on M$ site. More info: http://www.connectix.com/about/acquisition_win.html

almighty bob · March 27th, 2003

dunno much about virtual pc, but can this be used on my xp machine to run old dos games? if so, how could i go about doing this?

**Kane** · March 27th, 2003

>dunno much about virtual pc, but can this be used on my xp machine to run old dos games? if so, how could i go about doing this?

Yes it can.

Buy the software
Install it
Install 9x or use an MS-Dos boot disk to install Dos on the guest OS
Play

almighty bob · March 27th, 2003

sounds simple enough =P
thanks

Mad · March 27th, 2003

just one advice.
Vpc isnt meant to play games. Yes it can play some DOS games, i played Ultima 8 almost perfect.
Time for download!! Ill try Linux(Conectiva Linux 8) on it, last time i was having problems with X windows on it....

**Kane** · March 27th, 2003

Yeah, I supose I should mention that it doesn't support 3d video or sound. It emulates the video as an S3 trio, and the sound as a Sound Blaster 16

chp · March 27th, 2003

I have an old Pinnacle MP10 parallel external module to capture realtime videos in MPEG1 (not compatible with W2K nor WXP). Do you think it will work on my XP-Pro?

**Kane** · March 27th, 2003

No fecking idea. Head over to the pinnacle website.

Mad · March 27th, 2003

if its external it should be able to find it, but keep in mind, since its an emulated OS it will run at a lower performance.
I use VPC at my XP-Pro with no problems.
OS tested:
Win95 OSR2
Win98se
Win2k Pro
Linux Conectiva 7 and 8(little problems with video driver/X server)

chp · March 27th, 2003

Pinnacle? let me laugh..... The worst customer support on the earth... They stoped that great tool without saying anything to the users. (they killed the forum and the FTP sites)

Rebel_X · March 28th, 2003

I have tried VPC! its good.. especially the Funny window when booting OS!

and there is ARDI Emulator (Executor precisely) to emulate MAC on PC without installing anything! even MAC games are inside it!

**Demigod** · March 28th, 2003

Backwards compatibility is always good I guess. For some reason though I can run DOS games just fine on Windows XP. I don't have any third-party software installed, yet I get sound blaster 16 support and VESA 2.0 support as well. I can run games like Warcraft 2 just fine.

Zeke_D · March 28th, 2003

How is this different then windows on windows that comes with XP{ already?

**Kane** · March 28th, 2003

Whadda ya mean? This allows you to emulate a PC, thus running another session of Windows within Windows. You can havew Win XP installed on your machine, and run a game on a virtual 98 machine in seconds without having to reboot your machine or close any apps.

DB7 · March 28th, 2003

Until they have USB support on Virtual PC it will be a waste of time having anyway, so who really cares, perhaps MS can actually do something right and help Connectix get the product up to standard.

**Kane** · March 28th, 2003

>Until they have USB support on Virtual PC it will be a waste of time having anyway

I though it had that? Or am I thinking of vmware?

DB7 · March 28th, 2003

Yes it is VMWare that has the USB support.

Mad · March 28th, 2003

Quote:

and there is ARDI Emulator (Executor precisely) to emulate MAC on PC without installing anything! even MAC games are inside it!

Gonna look for it.

almighty bob · March 29th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Rebel_X
and there is ARDI Emulator (Executor precisely) to emulate MAC on PC without installing anything! even MAC games are inside it!

mac... games...??

March 29th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Rebel_X
I have tried VPC! its good.. especially the Funny window when booting OS!

and there is ARDI Emulator (Executor precisely) to emulate MAC on PC without installing anything! even MAC games are inside it!

Basilisk II is better

http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html

March 27th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
aldo Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: in front my PC Posts: 293	Microsoft Virtual PC 5.2 eerr I mean Connectix Virtual PC Virtual PC 5.2 for Windows will only run on NT platforms (Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0 SP6). Users intending to run Virtual PC on Windows ME or Windows 98SE will need to use Virtual PC 5.1 for Windows Improved 'Virtual Switch' networking architecture - Higher levels of reliability, especially for connection oriented networking protocols. Improved processor virtualization - Resolved a number of core emulation issues, leading to better support for a number of operating environments. Improved support for Terminal Server environments - Better support for remotely displaying Virtual PCs under Windows 2000 Terminal servers. As you can see it's already getting M$ influence. Download: http://www.connectix.com/support/vpcw_online.html Connectix will continue the support of VPC until August 18. On April 15, Virtual Server will be available as a preview release but on M$ site. More info: http://www.connectix.com/about/acquisition_win.html __________________ aldo vargas http://www.aldostools.com/ http://aldostools.mysite4now.com/ Last edited by aldo; March 27th, 2003 at 01:50.

March 27th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>dunno much about virtual pc, but can this be used on my xp machine to run old dos games? if so, how could i go about doing this? Yes it can. Buy the software Install it Install 9x or use an MS-Dos boot disk to install Dos on the guest OS Play __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 27th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,955	just one advice. Vpc isnt meant to play games. Yes it can play some DOS games, i played Ultima 8 almost perfect. Time for download!! Ill try Linux(Conectiva Linux 8) on it, last time i was having problems with X windows on it.... __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek HD Audio ALC883] Baldurs Gate Dumps

March 27th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Yeah, I supose I should mention that it doesn't support 3d video or sound. It emulates the video as an S3 trio, and the sound as a Sound Blaster 16 __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 27th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
chp Bip...Bip... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: on Earth Posts: 966	I have an old Pinnacle MP10 parallel external module to capture realtime videos in MPEG1 (not compatible with W2K nor WXP). Do you think it will work on my XP-Pro? __________________ If god doesn't exist in our world, then...I will create god with my own hands!

March 27th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
almighty bob Destroying Angel Join Date: May 2001 Location: PoMo BC Posts: 280	dunno much about virtual pc, but can this be used on my xp machine to run old dos games? if so, how could i go about doing this?

March 27th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
almighty bob Destroying Angel Join Date: May 2001 Location: PoMo BC Posts: 280	sounds simple enough =P thanks

March 27th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	No fecking idea. Head over to the pinnacle website. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 27th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,955	if its external it should be able to find it, but keep in mind, since its an emulated OS it will run at a lower performance. I use VPC at my XP-Pro with no problems. OS tested: Win95 OSR2 Win98se Win2k Pro Linux Conectiva 7 and 8(little problems with video driver/X server) __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek HD Audio ALC883] Baldurs Gate Dumps

March 27th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
chp Bip...Bip... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: on Earth Posts: 966	Pinnacle? let me laugh..... The worst customer support on the earth... They stoped that great tool without saying anything to the users. (they killed the forum and the FTP sites) __________________ If god doesn't exist in our world, then...I will create god with my own hands!

March 28th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Rebel_X Smart Star Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Chicago, Oak Lawn Posts: 870	I have tried VPC! its good.. especially the Funny window when booting OS! and there is ARDI Emulator (Executor precisely) to emulate MAC on PC without installing anything! even MAC games are inside it! __________________ "Set sail to sea , But pulled off course By the light of golden treasure. How could he know This new dawn's light. Would change his life forever? How can I be lost, If I've got nowhere to go? Search for seas of gold. How come it's got so cold? How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.. So how can I blame you When it's me I can't forgive?" - Metallica The Unforgiven ]\|[

March 28th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Backwards compatibility is always good I guess. For some reason though I can run DOS games just fine on Windows XP. I don't have any third-party software installed, yet I get sound blaster 16 support and VESA 2.0 support as well. I can run games like Warcraft 2 just fine. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

March 28th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	How is this different then windows on windows that comes with XP{ already? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio

March 28th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Whadda ya mean? This allows you to emulate a PC, thus running another session of Windows within Windows. You can havew Win XP installed on your machine, and run a game on a virtual 98 machine in seconds without having to reboot your machine or close any apps. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 28th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 997	Until they have USB support on Virtual PC it will be a waste of time having anyway, so who really cares, perhaps MS can actually do something right and help Connectix get the product up to standard.

March 28th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>Until they have USB support on Virtual PC it will be a waste of time having anyway I though it had that? Or am I thinking of vmware? __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 28th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 997	Yes it is VMWare that has the USB support.

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