quicken 6 for dos. is it obsolete?

Dec 12, 2012 27 Replies

Thanks for agreeing that I am still receiving updates to Windows XP.

Until April ***2014***, I believe.

That's my impression as well.

Regardless, I certainly hope Windows XP support continues until Microsoft comes up with something better than Windows 8. Geesh, what a fiasco that is.

I'm hoping that, too. Rumour has it that the next OS is coming out in very late 2013 or first half of 2014.

Odds are, I'd assume the 'desktop' would be even more hidden and restricted in Win9. The push will be the 'Metro' interface along with Apple-style control as to what you can put on your computer.

From: "David H. Lipman"

I have tried Win8/32.

Quicken 8 for DOS works just fine under it.

This DOS emulator was made for old DOS games. It seems to work okay for other DOS apps as well..

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From: "Steve Stone"

Thanx for that. It works for Win7/64 but with a few problems.

  • Printing - I don't see how to redirect printing
  • Screen display - how to adjust windows size and automatically adjust if using 43 line mode
  • ClipBoard - Can't pass text from Win/64 to DOS Quicken 8

Other than that, it seems to work OK.

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