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Solve : Print and/or Burning files to CD for backup? |
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Answer» Hi, I'm HOPING someone here can help resolve a problem a friend is having with a very old, DOS based, tanning salon program? The programs is "SunMate v4", that my friend bought in the late 1980's. A few years after my friend bought the software, the creator passed away, without being able to sell the software. Before he died, he placed the software on a public domain Bulletin Board so anyone could download and use it free of charge. The bulletin board was taken down TWO years later (1994, I believe), so all support for the program was lost when the bulletin board went down. The original program was installed on an old Windows 3.x operating system. Since upgrading to a newer, Windows 98 Computer, then later to Windows XP Pro SP3, being able to boot and run the program from pure DOS was lost. The program now RUNS by booting to Windows XP, then starting it by clicking a link that opens the program from the XP DOS Prompt window. The original installation floppy disks are corrupt (indicates they haven't been formatted - then ask if I want to format them), so we can't reinstall from them. A few DAYS ago, my friend inadvertently hit a wrong key combination that changed the software back into "Demo" mode. I've been able to get the program working again, but am not able to get it set up to print records and daily/weekly service activity, or burn them to CD to keep them updated. I'm hoping someone here can help me get the program set up so she will be able to print and burn to CD, the business records and activity. I have found a way of printing the records by using a program named "Printfil", but would rather be able to do it directly from the program because of the number of steps it takes to print using Printfil. I have the program files and even the DOS files ORIGINALLY used for the program if they would help resolve the problem. Please get in touch if you might be able to help. Thanks, disaksenYou need a reliable backup of whatever you have. As for the floppies, a skilled technician can get the neat off of them. But I have no idea where you would find one. Kind of a lost art. The alignment of the stepper has to be carefully tweaked to allow reading off track data. Hard to explain in words. Many floppy drives are mus-alined. Don't assume the diskettes are blank. One method of backup is to use another computer and 'slave' the DOS hard rive to a good working computer. The working computer can copy the files to a backup directory. |
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