I have been trying to play an old windows 3.1 game "Hodj 'N' Podj", but it crashes soon after starting a new game. I think this may be some sort of reverse compatibility issue, is there any program you are aware of that will allow me to emulate the windows 3.1 environment within Win XP? I've done this before for DOS with programs like DosBox, but I can't seem to find one for Win 3.1 Thanks!!! --nate (sky_lennard@hotmail.com)

There is software called Virtual PC or VMware which allows you to run older operating systems within XP. Once this Virtual PC is installed you load up win 3.1 and all works well. I am sure you game will work using this software. Regards.

Or if you do not want to pay for VPC/WMWare, and do not feel like pirating it, you can try Boch's x86 PC Emulator. It is GNU GPL, so you can get it for gree along with the source code. You can also make deriative works, and re-distribute the original, and deirative within the guidelines of the GNU GPL. Here is a quote from thier frontpage about what Boch's x866 PC Emulator is: <blockquote> Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486 or Pentium CPU. Bochs is capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, Windows® 95, DOS, and recently Windows® NT 4. Bochs was written by Kevin Lawton and is currently maintained by this project. Bochs can be compiled and used in a variety of modes, some which are still in development. The 'typical' use of bochs is to provide complete x86 PC emulation, including the x86 processor, hardware devices, and memory. This allows you to run OS's and software within the emulator on your workstation, much like you have a machine inside of a machine. For instance, let's say your workstation is a Unix/X11 workstation, but you want to run Win'95 applications. Bochs will allow you to run Win 95 and associated software on your Unix/X11 workstation, displaying a window on your workstation, simulating a monitor on a PC. </blockquote>