Window 7 and AREV (AREV Specific)
At 25 JUN 2009 06:26:05PM Tom Moffett wrote:
Will AREV run under Windows 7 or are we still stuck with workstations running Windows 2000 or XP
Since it was not support under Vista and would only worked properly in Vista in single user mode (no networking) we were hoping that the issues might have been addressed in Window 7
At 26 JUN 2009 03:35AM support@sprezzatura.com wrote:
Revelation addressed the issues by introducing AREV32.
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At 29 JUN 2009 03:03PM Tom Moffett wrote:
We are already aware of AREV32 but that requires purchasing the OI engine. Most of our clients simply want to upgrade their work stations and have no desire to invest additional cost into a database system that is works perfectly well for them. Do you know anything about the XP Mode in Windows 7. Will it possible work properly with the original AREV and NT Services or Universal Driver.
At 30 JUN 2009 04:56AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
The easiest way to find out is to try it for yourself. Revelation will not be putting any work into a product that they stopped developing nearly 15 years ago unless someone pays them to do so and possibly not even then. Windows 7 is basically an evolution of Vista so it is unlikely there will be much difference.
In reality it's all software and we're sure there is a way of making it work with the appropriate tweaks but thus far we have seen no commercial incentive to investigate further as our clients have all wanted to move to either OI or AREV32 to take advantage of the removal of the 64K limit along with increased speed and additional "Windows" features.
In fairness it's not Rev who are fault here, it's Microsoft - they are the ones who keep moving the goal posts. Have you looked at their Application Compatibility Toolkit to see if that can provide any clues?
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At 30 JUN 2009 01:37PM Dan Reese wrote:
Haven't tried windows 7, but arev works in Vista if you 1) use the All Networks driver without a Windows Service (aka peer to peer) and 2) if you use emsmagic to activate expanded memory. This is not necessarily a good configuration for systems with a lot of users, but smaller systems do OK.
Since Windows 7 is basically Vista, I would expect similar results.
At 30 OCT 2009 02:45PM dave w bennett wrote:
We were able to run Arev in compatibilty mode in Windows 7 connected to a 2008 64 bit Server, using the UD driver
At 11 NOV 2009 07:54AM Dan Reese wrote:
Which compatibility mode, and did you need emsmagic?