Recent content by irbrenda

I'm still using floppies in my work daily. It's the company I work for and the work I do, but I refuse to spend $12k for new equipment at my age. Old works for me and the bosses! Old seasoned court reporter, dinosaur era, and should have retired years ago. Old reporters don't die. We...

I'm not sure what you are doing, but I have MSDOS installed via Virtual PC 2007. I installed DOS via Windows 98SE in the virtual environment. I need to review it all again. I remember installing WordPerfect DOS 5.1. That's the virtual machine. It has been several years, but I use it daily...

I bought an external DVD drive a few months ago. LG Electronics on Amazon. Works fine. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ODDE33U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.resellerratings.com/store/GROOVES_INC I wouldn't. I've been burned more than a few times by not reading resellerratings.com first. I've posted on there for years about online buying experiences, too. I'd believe what's posted. Look elsewhere.

I have always built my own PCs years ago, but today, the prices are too low to be bothered. I use Parallels on a MAC to run Vista, and inside Vista, I installed Virtual PC 2007 so I can install DOS. Talk about archaic. But that's our legal system here.....the Dark Ages.

It all will depend on your needs. MAC is okay for certain things. PCs are best for my kind of business and the software I use will not work on a MAC unless I use Boot Camp or Parallels with Windows. I'm at that point where I need a new machine, too (Windows Vista Ultimate since '09), and...

I know all about Winimage and the like. However, in my business, I actually did need the floppies, even though I could have used a WordPerfect DOS CD for installation. My court transcripts require the use of saving DOS files into ASCIIs on floppies only via Virtual PC 2007, for the court...

I built my own PC in 2008 with 3 HDDs and it's still up and running 24/7, still running Vista Ultimate only because of my business. And this has had a heat issue for many years when the weather warms up, but it hasn't suddenly shut off or had more than a few BSODs over all these years. I...

Not true about floppys not working. I use them every single day in my business. I also have several external floppy drives which work great. I continue to purchase floppys, but yes, a few eventually refuse to read so I trash them. But for the most part, they work fine. I use them because my...

I do the same thing using Paperport 11, but it's a very old version by Scansoft. It allows me to unstack my pages in a .pdf By doing so, I am able to select the pages I need to save in a separate .pdf Why don't you download the free trial and try it out. I think Paperport Professional...