A really useful way to run a legacy Windows app is VNC (eg tightvnc.com) - run a windows system headless, and install vnc server on it. If you're on a LAN, you won't notice that it isn't local. If you put the windows box on a private network, you can even forget about windows updates (which is really useful when WindowsUpdate crashes every time you want to run it!)
Tips: do play with vnc settings, eg disable windows wallpaper, choose 256 colours if that's OK, disable compression if the windows system is slow, and turn off any animations (eg animate window resizing) in the windows GUI.
We've done that with Market Eye and an old W98 system, since it won't quite run under Wine.
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Tips: do play with vnc settings, eg disable windows wallpaper, choose 256 colours if that's OK, disable compression if the windows system is slow, and turn off any animations (eg animate window resizing) in the windows GUI.
We've done that with Market Eye and an old W98 system, since it won't quite run under Wine.