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I have a certain old program that needs to use IPX for networking. It is being used with the Hamachi VPN software (which does support IPX/SPX). I found this site that shows how to get the IPX/SPX protocol on Vista, but for my case it isn't good enough because I also need to be able to change the settings. Is there any other way to get it working on Vista?
The alternative is for me to install Windows 95 in a VM. How would I go about setting up a Windows 95 VM to use IPX over a network?
please comment why you downvote an answer, if you feel it is wrong somehow. – A Dwarf – 2009-10-11T19:18:36.903
+1 vmware player is free. apparently the 3.0 RC can create VMs -- it's in beta but that might be good enough. don't know if 95/98 is supported though. http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/player
– quack quixote – 2009-10-11T21:12:47.983oops ... i'll have to owe ya one, i'm at the limit. – quack quixote – 2009-10-11T21:13:20.477
I'd suggest Micros~1 Virtual PC as a VM. It may suck for Linux, but it runs Windows and MS-DOS perfectly. – user1686 – 2009-10-12T14:03:01.603
The program in question was Theme Hospital. Conviently, the disc includes both the DOS and Windows versions so DOSBox was perfect (VMWare runs rather slowly on my PC). – Macha – 2009-10-12T16:30:41.923