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First post, by htfan123

Posted on 2011-11-18, 15:34

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Hi,

I use DOSBox to run an old stock charting software...yes unbelievable, but it does stuff that none of the new ones can. Anyway, I would love to be able to have two sessions of the program running (one from a different directory) and basically switch between the two... Is it possible?

Thanks

Reply 1 of 4, by Jorpho

Posted on 2011-11-18, 15:50

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htfan123 wrote:
Is it possible?

Why not try it and find out? 😉

I would try to offer an answer, but I don't quite see what you mean by "switch between the two". If you're expecting the two instances to exchange data somehow, that might be tricky.

Reply 2 of 4, by megatron-uk

Posted on 2011-11-18, 16:51

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You could probably run the two programmes in the *same* dosbox session and flip between them using some additional dos software such as 4Dos or QEMM. I don't know how well it would work though.

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Reply 3 of 4, by htfan123

Posted on 2011-11-18, 16:58

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That was easy! Thanks! it worked

Reply 4 of 4, by ovvldc

Posted on 2011-11-19, 00:14

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So, what did you do that worked?

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