Many of us remember with nostalgia. Long ago, we used QuickBASIC version 4.5. Modern QB64 is nice, but there are many programs written for original QuickBASIC which will not run without modification on QB64. For those, VMware can be a life-saver. Simply fire up an older guest operating system, and run the code using the original compiler/interpreter. Right? Well, not exactly.
The attached file summarizes a problem where VMware Workstation generates an error message when the guest machine tries to run one of the simplest of BASIC demo programs. The problem is present with DOS 6.22, Windows 3.11, and Windows 95 guest machines. The file provides links to working virtual machines that demonstrate the problem.
Can anyone run one of the guest machines? See if your host produces the same error. Even more interesting would be if it did not...
Bill Triplett
Lexington Park, MD.
