[Coco] Drivewire on Windows Vista?

[Chad H]

Well "Mostly" HDBDOS/BASIC here, and I a couple of primary points that make
the jump from DW3 to DW4 advantagous...

*  Turbo mode (double-speed)
*  HDBDOS Mode option

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 10:44 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire on Windows Vista?

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
> Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>>
>> DW4 will run on anything that has a fairly modern JVM.  This includes 
>> all versions of Windows from XP to 8.  It can work on even older 
>> versions, down to Windows 95, but the current build does not.  It 
>> also works fine on most any Linux (including the raspberry Pi and 
>> other tiny ARM based PCs) and most Macs.
>>
>> If anyone wonders about a particular machine, the easiest way to tell 
>> will be to find out if that machine has a JVM of at least version 1.5 
>> available.  Currently DW4 requires 1.6, but I think I can bring it 
>> back to 1.5 in the next version.
>>
>
> Don't forget about DW3. :) It works perfectly with Win98SE and 
> probably Win95.
>

This is true, and if you are only using BASIC, there isn't much reason to
use DW4 at all.
There are a few specific cases where you can do something in DW4 that
doesn't work in DW3, like Lyra for DW, but in general they are equivalent
for HDBDOS/BASIC use.

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