OP is using Windows 7.
If it's Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate, then Microsoft's own XP Mode--linked above--works a lot more seamlessly than anyone else's virtual machine, and it won't expire like downloading XP itself. I've tried Virtualbox and Dosbox for a program I've been clinging to, and MS is a lot happier with its own VM.
Otherwise, sure, go for some other virtual machine, maybe via Windows Virtual PC
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3702The free VMware Player
http://www.vmware.com/products/player will also run older MS operating systems, which can be found if you Google around for abandonware. Whatever Windows you were using in the JB3's heyday, you can probably find a copy.
If you do try a virtual machine, get the original instructions from the software maker and go slowly step by step, because it gets mighty geeky. But there is a lot of online help around.