Here is an Email I just got from
Strand:
"Sorry but it is not possible to run the
console offline editor under XP or any other NT class OS.
What you can do is obtain a copy of VirtualPC from Microsoft. They keep moving it about so best I do not give a direct link. Simply search for "VirtualPC" from
http://www.microsoft.com
A free trial (time limited) is available. The product costs approx £60.00
VirtualPC does just as it says -creating a window in which runs a
conventional PC. To start with it is empty -you will need to load
DOS 6.22 on it and then the
Strand OLE. The amount of hard disk & RAM in the PC is as set within the properties of the window. Obviously they must exist for real on the host. 20Mb disk & 32Mb RAM will be adequate for the
OLE.
Ensure that himem.sys is loaded (device = c:\
dos\himem.sys in config.sys)
Put the following environment variable into autoexec.bat (this is case sensitive)
set OS = Windows_NT
The latter stops the
OLE looking for the printer port, which is a pig to emulate correctly with VirtualPC. Normally if the
OLE does not see the printer port it will hang-up in the start up
screen
Regards
John Wright
Strand Lighting Service Manager
Tel +44(0)20 8735 9790
Fax +44(0)20 8735 9799
GSM +44(0)7867 536536"