I'm currently using DOSBox on a Windows XP machine to run an older program which normally talks to an older ISA card I have installed. The card is installed properly and windows does recognize it. Is there any reason why I can't communicate with this card?
Dosbox doesn't access Hardware directly.
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Curios, what's the card?
the card is an ADAC 5525 digital IO card. I actually have an older research instrument in my lab, and some software we had written to work in DOS which controls the instrument through this IO card. I need to still use this card and software to run the system, but I need to use it with a newer computer. It's probably a slightly odd situation, I'm just looking for any solution I can find at this point.
What's needed is to write a port handling pass through, like how midi is handled, but the quickest solution would be to just get an old 486/pentium for $0-20. Familier with craigslist? Online want ads for a given city/area; has forsale and free, local pickup(only drawback is the delay doing email tag to make arrangements for when/where, but no worse than waiting for shipping) ..or ebay, froogle, dumpster, local junk place, etc.
How would the "get an old 486/pentium" solution work if he wants to use his program on a newer computer? Relying on old hardware is fine but when that hardware dies......
Oh, I don't know, pickup more free/cheap hardware; like one does when anything breaks.
BTW, what's the need for using it on a newer computer?
I/O port passthrough isn't difficult (I am currently working with that for printer port passthrough) but if the card uses other resources like interupts, DMA, memory range you need to be familiar with kernel driver programming. Another problem might be timing.
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