28-08-2019, 06:01 PM
(28-08-2019, 03:57 PM)ppppenguin Wrote: I already run XP in VBox for various programs that don't like W7.And you can simply copy over the file, the XP snapshot. All the main VM host programs are supported on Linux.
Mapping the XP serial ports can be to Linux physical serial or Linux USB ports that have any USB-Serial adaptor which works on Linux, which is most of them. Seems to work more reliably than USB based serial native on Win XP, 7 or 10.
The VB RS232 OCX works on client XP, or on 32 bit WINE (when the WINE COMx port is mapped to a USB or physical serial port), even on 64 bit Linux. I can't get any VB6 program using the RS232 to work on any 64 bit windows, even if there is a "real" serial port.
