Re: Mochasoft and Windows 7

I have the Win7 version of MochaSoft and run the 64bit version and it works without flaw.

When I tried to get the XP version to run, the only way was to install it on the XP virtual system. I think there are significant differences between the two in how security and connections are made. As to System i Navigator you need to be at V6R1. The Personal Communications (5250 and other emulation) that I ran for years in XP will not load and run properly. The V6R1 is using V5.9 of the 5250 emulator which is also the latest version of PCOM.

Sadly since I am not Microsoft's biggest fan, I have to admit that Win7 has been extremely stable, reasonably fast (T61p Laptop with 4Gb Ram) and well worth the cost of the upgrade and associated software I had to buy. The only software I had to re-purchase was Adobe Acrobat, Mocha, and antivirus. Everything else just worked.

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects -- LLC


On 3/9/2010 6:50 PM, jmmckee wrote:

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I was on a telephone call for several hours trying to get a remote 5250 session connected. I told the person on the other side that a specific terminal type was required. He told me that he had no provision for selecting a terminal type - just 24x80 or 27x132. I found out later that the computer had Windows 7 and that he could not get the Windows XP version of Mochasoft to run.

I just wanted to know if anybody has seen problems getting Windows 7/Mochasoft to connect, and if there is that big a difference between the XP version and Windows 7.

Also tried PC5250 and that still did not offer, according to the other end, an entry for a terminal type.

Thanks.


John McKee