SS32 - Windows 7 - Virtual pc?

[denevans]

We are a local college radio station that received a hand full of old SS32 machines. We'd like to move SS32 etc from them to some Win 7 machines. ( am trying, not succeeding). Have tried a Virtual PC XP, but the ASI6044 is not seen. Suggestions?
thank you

[Deep Thought]

My experience running old 16 and 32 bit Windows programs (and 16 bit DOS) has been pretty good on 32 bit Win7. Have you tried that? You may not need the VM.

[ChuckG]

SS32 runs fine on Win 7 or 8. Which ASI driver version are you using? Win generally won't see those old cards until you install the ASI driver. The one I used is ASIWAVE_300RC55.exe
I can email it to you if you need it, else it's on the ASI website.

FYI: the ASI cards are locked to their original SS32 installation folder by serial number.You can't mix and match or you'll get a license error.
The license data is in the /SS32/PB.INI file. It's encoded so you can't alter the serial numbers yourself. You'll have to copy that file from the old machine to the new, keeping it with the ASI cards it was installed with.

[davek]

My experience running old 16 and 32 bit Windows programs (and 16 bit DOS) has been pretty good on 32 bit Win7. Have you tried that? You may not need the VM.

Something to keep in mind when ordering PC's with Windows 7 or 8; you might need to specify the 32-bit version of WIndows.

WIndows 7 and 8 (32-bit version) use the same NTVDM found in earlier versions of Windows (Vista, XP, etc).
Windows 7 and 8 (64 bit version) do NOT support 16-bit applications.

A colleague of mine decided to "upgrade" to Win 7 64-bit, and suddenly found a lot of legacy applications he'd been using no longer worked. For most broadcast applications (save for high-end graphics work) I find 32-bit Windows is adequate.

[denevans]

First - Thank you all for your input

Win 7 - 32 - Bingo
Hammering computer to make 6044 Card fit - Bingo
VT32, TLC - Bingo
SS32 - Bingo
.... BUT.... The Display is not proper. The Hot Keys / Options Menu are huge. (see attachment - (windows display does nothing)
ideas?

Thank You

[ChuckG]

Display has to be set to 1024 X 768 or it'll look like that.

[KPJL FM]

set the display before you start SS32. also, fonts/icons set to normal.

[denevans]

AND,, that worked

Thank you all for your insight and assistance.