Tony, Interesting idea using a virtual machine. I wonder if we could even run R83 on a virtual box. Oh well, I guess I don't really care on that one since I hope that I don't run into a R83 box any time soon. That just jinxed it for me, didn't it?!?!
Dick On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Tony Gravagno <[email protected]>wrote: > Mike - he doesn’t have serial ports and you think he’d have a USB port? J > **** > > A serial port is just a ISA/PCI card, easy to find in most junk shops > these days for a couple bucks. I have a box full of them.**** > > ** ** > > From there Dave needs a properly pinned serial cable so that he can reach > out from one PC with AccuTerm into the R83 box. Dave, you might need a > cross-over adapter for this to swap pins 2/3. And of course you need to > work through whether you’re using a 25pin or 9pin serial adapter on both > ends. Oh boy, get out those crimpers and the magnifying glasses… (Better > you than me, bud. ;) )**** > > ** ** > > Another alternative (and much faster though more costly) is to put a NIC > in the R83 box and then negotiate a one-time / week-long license with > EasyCo for PicLan (http://piclan.com/). Then you can telnet into R83 and > the world becomes a much better place – for this week anyway.**** > > ** ** > > Another option that I have never tried – load R83 into a virtual machine > (free VMware Player). You might then be able to somehow connect > “virtually” through the serial port, or use PicLan as above. The good > news here is – No Hardware! The bad news – you may be on your own in > trying to get this to work and there are no guarantees that it will. > You’ll need to look around the VMware forums for anyone trying to make use > of virtual serial ports.**** > > ** ** > > Completely off-topic for this thread and for jBase, but regarding > multiboot with Windows and Linux:**** > > You _*can*_ install Linux first, then Windows. But you need to go back > and re-install GRUB (or other) to the MBR as the bootloader afterward so > that you can get a selection when you boot. As mentioned earlier, I’ve > been using Partition Commander for more versatility (and I have something > like 8 partitions that I can boot from on one of my boxes). YMMV**** > > ** ** > > HTH**** > > T**** > > ** ** > > *From:* mike ryder**** > > ** ** > > Dave, > > You are lucky that you have anything of R83 left! > > Windows does not acknowledge that there can be any other operating system > in th world. If you want to install a second OS (even wen installing Linux) > you have to load winblows first. > > For serial ports, you can buy a USB-serial adaptor (try maplin) > > Mike > > On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:51:09 AM UTC, Dave Grenfell wrote:**** > > Tony: > > I'm back, all browned up and ready to begin. Hit my first snag. The > computer I was going to use for xp/jbase has no serial ports, so will have > to look for either an older box, or a serial port card. When I get this put > together, I will begin the transfer process. > > As an aside, I put R83 on an old Pentium 233 box, and it worked > perfectly. I then installed windows 2000 on the other half of the hard > drive, and now seems the only way I can boot PICK is to use the floppy to > execute the monitor. I guess the multiple boot thing doesn't work because > windows doesn't recognize the pick partition as valid. > > I will post progress reports. > > Dave. **** > > ** ** > > -- > IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. > > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en > -- IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en
