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_ 		1. October 2009 @ 15:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There's a program written in DOS that we use at work. I get to come home for work sometimes and I'd like to use it on my Macbook instead of having to go to my desktop. I installed Parallels, but it's ONLY for this reason. And taking up space and using Windows only for this program is a waste to me. I don't mind it, but if there's a way to run the program on the Macbook straight away I'd be much happier.

Thank you in advance for any and all help.
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Xian
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_ 		1. October 2009 @ 17:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DOSBox might be worth a shot. It's more geared towards running DOS Games but it seems to work well on applications too and I have heard of people getting Windows 3.1 to work on it too. Where you might have issues is if you need to print from your application, there probably aren't DOS drivers available unless you have an older printer.

http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1
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_ 		2. October 2009 @ 19:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
most likely you will be unable to run it unless you run windows in a vm.
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