I’m thinking of grabbing an old XP from a comp shop near me. I have some old programs and was force to buy windows7 pro to run them. With no support, I might as well go for an old XP since it won’t be hooked to the web.
That is what I am thinking also.
I have the same problem, but haven't discovered a source of drivers that will run legacy printer/plotters. There is a wide open opportunity for some enterprising computer programming group. Windows XP was solid.