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INSTAT does not really run with DosBox ?

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First post, by zanou

Posted on 2014-06-24, 10:06

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Hello,
I would like to use an old dos program of statistics (it's not a game...) called Instat. With dosbox on Win08 It does compute quite correctly what I need, but it does not save nor print the results (so it's not usable) ! It was running correctly on WinXP. Could you please help me ?
Thank you,
Zanou

Reply 1 of 6, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2014-06-24, 12:33

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There is no printer supported in DOSBox.

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Reply 2 of 6, by zanou

Posted on 2014-06-24, 14:54

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OK, but why Instat cannot save the files it generates ?
With Quattro Pro in dos there is no such problem through dosbox...
Cordially,
Zanou

Reply 3 of 6, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-06-24, 16:09

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Longshot but if you have instat in a sub folder of c:/program files you will need to move it elswhere. Beginning with Vista you no longer have the rights to save there as a normal user. Other than that I'd expect other mounting related problems (different mountings than on Xp leading to instat getting confused where to save... Etc.)

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Reply 4 of 6, by JosSchaars

Posted on 2014-06-24, 21:27

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No idea what INSTAT is about, but it's not a game.
So try vDos: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdos/.
It's based upon DOSBox, but targeted at "serious"applications, not gaming.
At least, printing problems should be solved.

Reply 5 of 6, by zanou

Posted on 2014-06-25, 20:52

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
I doesn't work properly YET, but I feel my old dos program will finally nicely run...

Reply 6 of 6, by emendelson

Posted on 2014-07-01, 17:14

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Instat (freeware from the University of Reading, UK):

http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/n/n_instat.htm

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