Re: personal money management tools for linux without X?

[Rafael Skodlar <raffi@linwin.com>]

I do not use DOS for many years and do not know the programs you are using
under it. One thing that I would try first is to run dosemu, DOS emulator,
and the same programs you use already. That way you gradualy move over to
Linux and replace DOS programs with native Linux ones if available. Of 
course there is a danger that not all programs will run well under dosemu. 
Well behaved ones do.

DOS partition can be mounted under Linux and accessed from dosemu and 
hopefuly your program would run the same way it does in it's native 
environment.

There are commercial products like VMware and Win4linux (I think) which 
you can use for running windows in Linux or the other way around. I use 
VMware at work to run Windows 2000 inside Linux. I need that because of 
only one application, Checkpoint firewall management console. I must say 
that VMware works great and W2000 behaves like a real PC with 
emulation of power on,self test, boot, and networking.

Good luck,

-- 
Rafael


On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 12:36:12PM -0500, Bill Gaughan wrote:
> 
> Hi, listers,
> 
> I am looking for a money management program that works in linux without
> X-windows. One that is, of course, blind friendly. Pull-down menus or
> numbered key choices from a screen menu, okay. I need to do simple home
> money management, track a check register, income and expense tracking,
> keep track of credit card purchases, etc. I don't need fancy reports like
> account summaries or general ledgers. Just simple transaction data entry
> would be fine. Anybody remember MoneyCounts 8.0 for DOS from Parsons
> Technology. Well, I am still using it even to print checks. I would like
> to do all this in linux so I don't have to reboot back to DOS. Any
> accounting programs available in linux that are blind friendly?
> 
> Oh, does anybody remember Charlie Crawford's talking checkbook program?
> That used to be available from www.empowermentzone.com? I have this one
> too, but it is DOS. But, it was freeware. Q. Has this program been ported
> to linux? If anybody knows how to get in touch with Charlie Crawford,
> please let him know that a linux port would be useful to many of his
> fellow blind friends. Any ideas, listers?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Gaughan
> wgaughan@snet.net
>