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First post, by Unknown

Posted on 2004-01-12, 06:59

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I Just want to know if the comms port work with dos box. I'm trying to get a software package working which using the comm port to get to a remote device... Is the possible? does DOSBox run comm ports? do I have to set it up?

Reply 1 of 2, by iampiti

Posted on 2004-01-12, 16:32

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I Just want to know if the comms port work with dos box

No, they don't work and AFAIK there are no plans to implement it.

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Reply 2 of 2, by Snover

Posted on 2004-01-14, 20:28

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They are emulated, not virtualized. If you want to use your serial ports in DOSBox you'll need to write that passthru functionality yourself.

Yes, it’s my fault.

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