DOS emu and games

Tue Sep 16 15:22:25 EDT 2003

Well, it's like this: Banks like M$ 'cuz they're a big company.  They also
don't  want to have to support multiple standards.  They'll deal with the devil
they know, rather than learn one that they don't.

M$ Money files are proprietary format and trying to suck one in is pretty
tough.

If you don't mind spending money, try 'moneydance'.  It costs $30 and says it
supports OFX, QIF, SSL/TLS, Java, and XML.  It also claims to work with
Paytrust  online payment system.

http://www.moneydance.com

Cheers!

Bob
--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> BUT, the big question is, are there any that will import my Money files
> cleanly
> (no having to export every single account to a QIF and then trying to fangle
> <-technical term...  it back into some order).
> 
> Also will this app connect to my bank and import my Electronic statments and
> allow me to pay bills from the account.  These thigs are so ingrained in use
> (I
> finally got my wife to manage the accounts a little) it is too hard to give
> up.
>  I even tried to download the electronic bank statement and balance that way
> but that left me with double entries (not double entry bookkeeping just two
> entries :-)
> 
> Anyway as much as I hate it - many banks only support MS for electronic
> banking
> and while I will relearn or redo just about anything to switch to a Linux
> capable product, I can't find a comparable money mgt app.
> 
> I haven't given up hope that one will be around -- What are some bigname for
> pay apps?
> 
> 
> --- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Well, there are a few.  There's gnucash, gcompte, gnofin, etc. (search for
> > finance on freshmeat.net) for the free softwarefolks.  There's a number of
> > pay
> > for products out there, too...
> > 
> > cheers!
> > 
> > Bob
> > --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > > Have to be able to use MS Money)
> > > 
> > > I really wish there a better alternative than gnumoney, because I am in
> > > the same boat. Anyone know of a viable Linux money package?
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 12:05, JJ Neff wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I was coming to that conclusion...  I was gonna format a smallish
> > partition
> > > > ~750MB with Fat and use a DOS bootdisk.  Still have to reboot to play
> but
> > > don't
> > > > have to be in Windows...
> > > > 
> > > > Oh well. I haven't given up entirely, I want to try DosEMU with a DOS
> > boot
> > > disk
> > > > (still having trouble even getting a CDROM loaded in DosEMU) I may be
> > > having
> > > > some problems with Supermount and dosemu and the cd not sure yet...
> > > > 
> > > > I actually thought I was the only Daggerfall player ever!  :-)  I have
> > > > Battlespire as well but didn't enjoy it as much.  
> > > > 
> > > > Come to think of it some of my favorite games EVER were DOS,
> Tombraider,
> > > > Daggerfall, BioForge,  but of course that leaves out Half-Life and RTCW
> > > (which
> > > > I consider Linux games:-).  
> > > > 
> > > > I hope to try NWN tonight as I downloaded the Linux Resources and Linux
> > > client
> > > > and Linux updates - but to free up enough space I'll have to format my
> > > Windows
> > > > Partitions :-O !!!  (Now that I have VMware running Win98 that is not
> as
> > > > scary... Have to be able to use MS Money)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > JJN
> > > > --- Greg Neumann <dadneumann at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > > > > Wow!  Another Daggerfall addict!  Hey, Daggerfall is tricky enough to
> 
> > > > > get to run in native DOS, let alone an emulator!  My solution is to
> > just 
> > > > > have a DOS partition.  Of course, I'm very much resigned to having 
> > > > > Daggerfall crash in DOS at least once every session.  Running it in 
> > > > > Win98 works about the same, and getting sound support is iffy at
> best. 
> > 
> > > > > I gave up on Win95.  I rather doubt you'll ever get good Daggerfall 
> > > > > performance in an emulation, as the game itself is far from stable. 
> If
> > 
> > > > > you have any luck, please post.
> > > > > -Greg
> > > > > 
> > > > > JJ Neff wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > >I tried Wine, DOSEMU and FreeDos, I just can't seem to get
> DaggerFall
> > to
> > > run
> > > > > in
> > > > > >Linux.  It's a Dos6 game that came out prior to Win95.  
> > > > > >I tried DosBox and that site has a note specifically about
> Daggerfall
> > > that
> > > > > it
> > > > > >segfaults and sure enough it did.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Wine started the install but then froze and wouldn't let me click
> > > anything
> > > > > >(mouse problem?) and Dosemu doesn;t seem to want to find the CDrom
> to
> > > run
> > > > > the
> > > > > >install.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Any help? easy to follow web sites or suggestions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > >JJN
> > > > > >
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