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Visual Studio 6 (Preferably at least Professional Edition)

Please, no one saying look on E-Bay, and no one say 'Use DotNET'

I have specific reasons for looking fo Visual Studio 6. Mainly anything you write with it, just about any windows based system can run it at this point.

And I am looking on E-bay, but most people selling it will not ship to Canada.

Sorry cant help you with buying Visual Studio 6. But it really is not needed at the moment. Visual C++.NET can compile Win32 code like Visual C++6 and it can do it even better. It allows regular Win32 and MFC programming while retaining options for .NET and managed code. So unless you want to do Windows programming with another language like VB there is no need to buy Visual Studio 6.

Well, I just found some Visual Studio 6 on eBay where the seller is willing to ship to worldwide. So I guess you don't have to worry that they wouldn't ship to Canada.

Here are the linkies:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 78801&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 84820&rd=1



Alas, these following three only ships to US. But don't worry, most seller can be talked to ship internationally as long as you tell them "I am willing to pay for additional costs regarding to international Shipping & Handling" (Well I talked several to ship to INDONESIA; the worst country in the world with the most corrupt Costums Officials so if I can still get my items I can't see why you can't).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 18136&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 22111&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 26843&rd=1

In fact, if you searched ebay with "Visual Studio 6" keyword you will find many. This item is not as rare as, say, Voodoo5 5500 card.
http://search.ebay.com/Visual-Studio-6_ ... QQfromZR40


Good luck!

I am watching the Ebay links, problem is, there prices can shot through the freaking roof....

As for Studio.NET.

1- How well does it link to Access 97 (yes, 97. I legally own the Developer edition)
2- What's the least powerful system a Visual Studio program can run on?

Pricey? But all these links below are under fifty bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 22111&rd=1
US $20.50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 51435&rd=1
US $28.67. Ships to worldwide.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 63438&rd=1
US $0.01. Only ships to US but like I said, the seller can usually be talked to ship worldwide.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 60334&rd=1
US $0.99

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 91650&rd=1
US $0.99

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 54447&rd=1
US $9.99

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 24110&rd=1
US $0.99. Ships to worldwide.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 81968&rd=1
US $5. In retail box. Ships to worldwide.


Mind you, some are even cheaper than Total Air War I've spent about a hundred bucks on (including S/H).

As for the "rocketing price" concern, Visual Studio 6 ain't such a rare item, y'know! So I guess you don't have to worry about it too much. Chances you can just bid with the initial price and find out you're the ONLY bidder for the item.

Good luck!

Maybe

But I've been trying to score a Visual Studio 6 copy on Ebay for a few months.

Perhaps I'm having bad luck (shrugs)

2- What's the least powerful system a Visual Studio program can run on?

.NET applications can run on any system that supports the .NET framework. Of course actual requirements might vary depending on how a program is coded and how much resource it uses.

Regular C++ programs compiled with Visual C++.NET can run on anything. They are no different from C++ programs created with any other compiler (except they can be faster and more efficient).