ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

[Udi Finkelstein]

The question is not if it will run under FreeDOS, but if it will be usable
under FreeDOS.
How will you back it up? The old machine probably had a floppy drive. I
don't think that's a solution you want to stick to.
In any case, you can always run it under VirtualBox and then backup the
virtual HD file.
You can even use the original DOS if you want.
In fact you can create a disk image from the original HD and move it to the
virtual machine.

Another question is if Hashavshevet has a dongle (copy-protection). If yes,
what type (parallel port?) and how these can be supported.
I'm not sure you can even find a motherboard with an on-board true parallel
port anymore. a USB to parallel adapter may not be compatible with copy
protected programs that expects to access the parallel port via the
original I/O locations in the PC memory map.

This may be of help:
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/ul-15.en.htm

Udi


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>wrote:

> Hi Eliyahu,
>
> I wonder: Will Hashavshevet run on FreeDOS?
>
> Theoretically, you could buy a new machine, install FreeDOS as the OS and
> copy the Hashavshevet DOS files to it...
>
> Could you give it a try and let us all know?
>
> Amichai.
>
>
> 2014-02-10 11:42 GMT+02:00 vordoo <vordoo at yahoo.com>:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> Hopefully you will get or find a striate answer but as I follow this
>> question for a long time with no actionable resoles I would:
>>
>> 1. Rephrase the question to: "Is anyone hear using or knows someone who
>> uses a linux desktop application (not a web based site) for an IL business
>> accounting?"
>>
>> 2. Consider using the old windows program in a virtual machine, it maybe
>> even better then the present setup, as you can access it from other PCs in
>> the network.
>>  *** you may need to make sure more then one concoction is not aloud,
>> depending on the original software design ***.
>>
>> HTH,
>> :-)
>>
>>  On 2014-02-10 00:16, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:
>>
>>   Hi all,
>>  I know this subject has been dealt with in the past but since the field
>> is fluid I'm bringing it up again.
>>  A friend of mine manages the books for several zedaka funds, currently
>> he still does this on an old DOS machine running chashavshevet, but the
>> machine is starting to display some potential signs of problems so he is
>> starting to look at other solutions.
>>
>>  Sadly (but understandably) gnucash is not Israel Tax Authority approved
>> so it's not an option, are there any Linux friendly options or will they
>> have to have a windows machine in the house again (I switched them to all
>> linux + 1 dos about 1-1.5 years ago).
>>
>>  Thanks,
>> Eliyahu - אליהו
>>
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