Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Running Load 500 / R2 on Windows XP

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Posted by Peter Hall (Member # 695) on 03-07-2003, 10:04 AM:

I'm trying to carry only one laptop ! So far I can't run a pile of set up software - apparently a Windows deriviative of Virtual PC works - has anyone tried this ?

Cheers

Posted by David Graham Rose (Member # 1450) on 03-07-2003, 02:23 PM:

Hi There Peter

I've tried it and it doesn't work. It looked like I'd connected to the CP500, and load500 said that I had indeed connected, but absolutely nothing happened. Load500 said that it was updating the software, but nothing happened. When I wrenched the serial cable out of the CP in frustration, there was no damage to the CP. It still worked. This was using virtual PC Windows 98 within Windows 2000 Professional. I think I need to find Ball Theatre Services and apparently there is something on their web site that will work.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-07-2003, 02:58 PM:

You will have to do what I did and that is to patition your HD and install several operating systems on it. The early Sony software requires Win 95, while everything else runs good on 98. I prefer XP Pro and thus I have all three on my drive.
Mark @ CLACO

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 03-07-2003, 03:44 PM:

...waiting for Gordon to post something about OS/2...

[Smile]

Posted by Jon Bartow (Member # 241) on 03-07-2003, 05:28 PM:

The R2 software wants real DOS not some emulation. I have used load500 under win98 ok, but win2kpro had problems.
Best bet: do what Mark said, partition your hard drive and set up a dual/multi boot system. I have on my laptop dos6.22 and Win2Kpro (I don't currently have a need for the early SOny software that Mark speaks of, otherwise I'd have Win95 too)
Win2kpro includes a multiboot utility on it for easy use, otherwise get a partition manager program such a "System Commander"

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 03-07-2003, 07:15 PM:

I use boot magic along with partition magic
Scott Load 500 dras 10 and R2 work just find in a dos session in OS2 and the sony stuff works fine in a winos2 session

Posted by Ken McFall (Member # 845) on 03-08-2003, 03:20 AM:

As it requires a real dos mode just carry a 1.44 boot disk with you and boot into dos. I would normally create a DOS folder where I save dos only utilities so its easy to navigate to at the command prompt.

The only other thing to try is compatibility mode in windows XP. Right click on an exe file and 'properties/compatibility' and you can select it to run as if it is in an earlier version of windows. It's a long shot but you never know.

The boot disk is the best and simplist solution its quick to boot and gives you a clean environment.... as long as you are using fat32 and not NTFS as your filing system!

Regards

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 03-08-2003, 03:28 AM:

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The boot disk is the best and simplist solution its quick to boot and gives you a clean environment.... as long as you are using fat32 and not NTFS as your filing system!

If you are using NTFS (because your should be) a ~50MB DOS partition will work just as well.

Compatibility likely won't work since it still won't give the software direct access to the hardware -- which is the root problem here. [Frown]

Posted by Peter Hall (Member # 695) on 03-08-2003, 08:23 AM:

Perhaps the best option is to look in LOOT for a Win95 laptop !

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-08-2003, 10:50 AM:

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The boot disk is the best and simplist solution its quick to boot and gives you a clean environment.... as long as you are using fat32 and not NTFS as your filing system!

Another option would be to carry a DOS boot disc which includes CD-ROM drivers (e.g. a Windows 98 SE floppy), and all your applications on an ISO9660 format CD-ROM, which DOS would be able to read. If the laptop's BIOS can boot directly from a CD, you could simply create a bootable CD using a Windows 98 boot floppy as the boot image (e.g. using Nero 5.5), which also includes your applications.

The only drawback with this is that if the primary partiton on your hard disc is NTFS, you won't be able to save any application data, other than to a floppy.