presto wrote: That, plus a dual-boot configuration with DOS or an earlier windows, might be more reliable than DOSBox for your high-speed application. I imagine I could boot from some form of media to a DOS environment but would I be able to still use the USB to Serial cable?

Prolific made a good USB to serial adapter, but those things are a fucking pain in the ass. I'd try with an "authentic" serial port (in a PCI or PCMCIA card), maybe the problem is the USB adapter (BTW, if you have one of those serial ports, you'd better use a real DOS, like FreeDOS). Hey Zup, …

Hi H-A-L 9000 and all, Unfortunately even with the latest SVN build and VC++ runtimes and with and without FICO off I had the same error message. We've simply had to carry one of my old laptops with us that can run the software (WinXP 32x) Thank you for the help, though! For the purpose of the …

Hi H-A-L, Thank you very much for the suggestions! I'll give these a try and let you know tomorrow evening how it goes. Kind Regards

Greetings to all! I would like to start by saying thanks for having the patience to read my message. Send out your invoices, kiss your wives - do whatever else you need to do first before lending a bit of your valuable time to my problem. I've been using and appreciating DosBox for years now to play …