VirtualBox

Opened 10 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

#13393 closed defect (obsolete)

CYMA Professional Accounting System V (PASPLUS) Crashes

Reported by: denali Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 4.3.16
Keywords: CYMA DOS Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Windows

Description

I have a client who uses an ancient accounting system called CYMA Professional Accounting System V. It's a DOS based program, written when I was chugging beers in college (I'm 44, just for the sake of discussion).

First off, I love VirtualBox! I was hoping this would give me an opportunity to show off how awesome it is. She's in a nursing home right now, recovering from a near fatal car crash. Her desktop computer uses Windows 7 and XP Mode to run CYMA and it works. However, her laptop has Windows 8.1. So XP Mode is kinda no go there. (Yes, I know there is a work around, but I'm not keen on it).

So, I figured I'd get it working on VirtualBox and all would be well.

I created a VM and installed FreeDos 1.1. Everything went smoothly. I created an ISO with her files on it, copied them into the vdi and ran it. It gave me an odd error:

CYMA Systems, Inc. Copyright (C) 1985 - 1994
CYMA Local Area Network Runtime for i80286/386 November 15, 1994

CYMA Local Area Network Runtime for i80286/386
Version 4.02 Date 11/15/94 16:02:00
error LOK, line=0, op=0 PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE:

Pressing any key does nothing other than exit to a DOS prompt.

Blah. I tried just loading FreeDos with nothing but Files, Buffers and nothing else in fdconfig.sys and autoexec.bat. It didn't work.

So I created a new VM, using DOS 6.22. I ran it. Lo and Behold, the user name prompt came up! After celebrating, I typed in the user name and it went straight back to a dos prompt. Bummer.

After fiddling around with it and contemplating drowning my sorrows in beer, I decided to play a game I had bought from Good Old Games. It uses DOSBox to emulate a DOS based system. About 2 minutes in, it hit me.

"Hey stupid, try DOSBox. If it works, it's not a file corruption issue."

So, what the heck. I tried it. I set it up, mounted the drive, took a deep breath and typed CYMA4L.

The user prompt came up. Bah, I'm not going to get excited this quick this time.

I type in her user name and hit enter. It asked for a password. I typed in the password and hit enter. It came up!

Huh?!?

So... This is my thing. I'd rather use VirtualBox, because of what it offers. However, pragmatism says I have to use DOSBox right now to get her up and running. I'm not a programmer, but I am a dedicated guinea pig. Tell me what I can do to help and I'll get it done.

First thing I have to offer up are the requested logs. I have searched the forums and this database for similar issues and found none. Granted, the only thing I searched for was CYMA, so it's possible my search was flawed.

Attachments (2)

CYMA-2014-09-14-15-54-47-FreeDos-Vbox.log (82.8 KB ) - added by denali 10 years ago.
CYMA running under FreeDos
CYMA2-2014-09-14-15-57-44-DOS622-Vbox.log (80.5 KB ) - added by denali 10 years ago.
CYMA running under DOS 6.22

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Change History (3)

by denali, 10 years ago

CYMA running under FreeDos

by denali, 10 years ago

CYMA running under DOS 6.22

comment:1 by aeichner, 8 years ago

Resolution: obsolete
Status: newclosed

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.

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