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Treeve Jelbert (treeve AT scarlet.be) wrote [09.03.03 06:13]:
> I have one application which I absolutely need, but I wrote it long ago in 
> Delphi for Win98.
> 
> I have been running it under wine, but have now switched everything else to 
> an 
> amd64 linux system.
> 
> How can I run my 32 bit delphi application  in this new envionment? 
> Will I be obliged to boot winxp or my old 32bit linux system?
> 
> Or should I finally rewrite the delphi code using fpc/lazarus or qt4?
> 
> Any ideas?

You can also run a 32-bit OS inside of a VM (like qemu, virtualbox,
etc.) and do it from inside the VM as a last-ditch effort. If the app is
small, then I'd recommend rewriting it (or at least recompiling it) for
more modern platforms so that you don't run into this problem again.

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