At 03:01 PM 9/7/2011, Eric Auer wrote: >Hi Ralf, James, > > >> I am wondering how to set up my device in virtualbox to work with > >> freedos? I have looked in the settings for my guest os, freedos. I > >> see under ports a section on serial ports, and also a section on > >> USB. But I don't know which would relate to my external speech > synthesizer. > >... > > > Had similar issues while getting a parallel port printer in DOSBOX > > working on Windows 7 Home Premium/64Bit. DOSBOX just would not > > provide a proper "translation" from the Windows 7 parallel port > > device to a plain DOS parallel port within DOSBox. > >Maybe a bit "perverted" idea, but: Given that the "guest OS" >is more often something like Windows, maybe VirtualBox will >be better in forwarding the USB as-is? Then you will need a >DOS "USB serial port" driver to access your serial devices, >but at least VirtualBox does not have to simulate some type >of device/port out of some other type of device/port? Your >DOS driver would do the transform "inside guest space" :-)
Well, that would be indeed a bit "perverted", as I actually understand his initial post that his device is in fact serial (as in RS232/V24 I assume) and he already has to work with a crutch of a Serial2USB (not USB2Serial as mentioned, a Mac that runs OS X 10.7 won't have a physical serial (RS232/V24) port!) to be able to physically hook up that device to his host PC. Using a not very "hardware friendly" host OS is certainly not helping here, which is likely to even further limit the chances of finding a working solution... Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using storage to extend the benefits of virtualization and iSCSI Virtualization increases hardware utilization and delivers a new level of agility. Learn what those decisions are and how to modernize your storage and backup environments for virtualization. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51434361/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
