Yesterday I visited briefly with one of our users at the Iowa Pork Show. He volunteered that his wife (the company bookkeeper) is still using the DOS FBS version (even though all of our software has been converted to Windows over the past decade or so.)We're happy that we can provide alternatives solutions for a wide spectrum of agriculture. That's why we offer so many combination of modules and allow users to run older versions of our software, including plenty of clients still plugging away in MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System).
The demise of DOS has been widely predicted ever since Windows 3.1 hit the scene 18 years ago, but now its creator, Microsoft, has driven the final nail in its coffin with the release of the 64-bit version of Windows 7. Not only is there no easy way to print (DOS doesn't support USB printers), but you can't even open up a command prompt to launch the software.
Keep in mind we're talking only about 64-bit Windows 7; however, this flavor is fast becoming the default configuration--you have to look on some back shelved or special-order 32-bit computers.
So pamper those clunky old Win 98 and XP boxes. When they die so will your DOS FBS programs. If you delay long enough, the data conversion process will be complicated and expensive (rather than automatic and free).
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