SBA 5.52

Although I know the program is no longer supported I recently emailed Karel at a number of addresses where I'm positive the emails went through. I stopped playing blackjack a number of years back and when my blackjack programs wouldn't work with Vista 64x systems and SBA was no longer supported I deleted the .exe. I'm going to start playing again in a couple of months and really need this program. PBA 4.3.7 works on a 64x Windows 7 system using the Windows XP Mode / Virtual PC update and I'm sure SBA will. Someone had actually recommended a virtual PC on this site but at the time I didn't see anything from Microsoft and didn't pursue aftermarket as I wasn't planning on playing again. Now that there are good games an hours drive from my house and I don't have to fly around the country or drive 3 hours anymore the temptation is just too great. I rely on both PBA and SBA and would feel like a one legged field goal kicker going out to play without either program. I'm not interested in any other program. In my emails I offered to buy the program again but didn't receive a response. What I would do, if someone supplies me with SBA 5.52 and a password, and it works under Windows XP Mode / Virtual PC, I would donate the purchase price of the program to one of the foundations Karel lists on his webpage. I will provide proof. I don't think there's anything unethical about this.
Thanks.

You need to look towards:

http://www.qfit.com

I'm not interested in any other software.

Seems, SBA runs DRASTICALLY FASTER on Win 98 SE than on Win XP.
Personally, I recommend following system that is practically fast enough.

Software:
Windows 7 (64 bit) + VMware Player + Windows 98 SE + SBA

Hardware:
Intel or AMD multi core CPU
at least 4 GB memory,
(perhaps, SSD would be faster than hard disk drive)

VMware Player is free.
By Googling ��Windows 98 SE VMware image��, hits something.
But, needs to clear copyright issue for using....., I am not a lawyer.

I use SBA for eleven years and it is my favorite software (I've got qfit products as well).

I was using SBA with Windows 98 SE and during the last seven years I use it with Windows XP.

I have just got my first Windows 7 machine.

If I don't find a way to use SBA with it , I will buy another windows XP 32 bit machine just to have a back up for my SBA.

It would be nice if someone could explain how to use SBA with Windows 7 in a simple way because my understanding of computers is very limited.

I am not a PC expert.

To run SBA faster in Win 7(64 bit) PC , I found that (VMware player + Win 98 SE) is
FAR BETTER than (VMware player + Win XP) in my experience.

I would like to hear PC experts�� opinion, for example,
to run SBA faster, which is better combination (VMware player + Win 98 SE)
or (Oracle VM VirtualBOX + Win 98 SE) or other system.

rereading my post. I explained a method that works with PBA 4.3.7 and should work with SBA. It's a Microsoft download. Just Google it. Any none of this thread hijacking is really responding to my original post, is it?

I am so sorry, if you had bad feeling.

I thought you would be interested in my empirical finding that
SBA runs drastically faster on (VMware player + Win 98SE) than on
(VMware player + Win XP).

And also, I thought you and I were sharing the same question of,
to run SBA faster with ease of use, what are the good, better combinations of
��virtualization�� software and guest OS.

bad feeling. Just frustration. Sorry. I don't know with todays Dual Core processors and faster if the difference in speed would be measurable.

was faster than (VMware player + Win 98 SE) in my Win 7(64 bit) PC.
I tested today.

Oracle VM VirtualBox is also available free download.

Free from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Created for people who spent a lot of money on older programs that no longer work with Vista or Windows 7. It creates a virtual XP mode on Windows 7 64x systems. It opens and looks like XP but you can minimize it to your taskbar like any ordinary program. Just be aware if you want to completely close it out clicking the "X" to the upper right only minimizes the program. You have to go under CTR+ALT+DEL and choose "Shut Down". When you open My Computer or Explorer you will see your virtual C: drive and your normal C: drive. You can execute programs from your local C: drive.

It works very well on programs I've tried so far and it's from Microsoft.