First post, by Dernagon
I am attempting to use Dosbox in a less traditional method. Instead of trying to run games I am attempting to run old Motorola Radio Service Software. The software seems to load up just fine, however when I attempt to read devices (IE. radios) via the com ports it fails to do so. I should also note that Dosbox is definetly attempting to connect to serial devices, because I can see the Tx and Rx strings in the .exe window. I was curious to know what the current com port compatibility is for Dosbox. I noticed that Dosbox claims to be able to access modems via com ports so I suspect that other devices, in theory, should work as well. Maybe I need to configure something in Dosbox first? If so I don’t know how. I’ve read the documentation that comes with Dosbox and already tried running a search through the forums, but haven’t really found any solutions. The only applicable info that might be useful is the fact that I am using Dosbox in Windows XP. I’ve heard that there might be some issues with XP making it difficult for programs to access serial/parallel ports directly. Anyway, if anyone knows enough about this specific type of issue could help I’d appreciate it.
