Thanks Mark for this first hint. I wonder if anyone can confirm if the standard lpt in guest is in fact a passthrough type or if this has to be configured somehow, there seems to be no hint at all in the manual...
On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 12:37:58 +1300 Mark Cranness <mark.crann...@gmail.com> wrote: > VirtualBox has had parallel port support for a while, but it is not visible > in the UI. > You need to use the VBoxManage to configure it. > > See section 8.8.1 of the manual, --lptmode and --lpt options. > > Version 4.2.0 apparently has "Added support for parallel port passthrough > on Windows hosts", according to the change log. > > > On 8 November 2013 00:40, Stephan von Krawczynski <sk...@ithnet.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to virtualise a DOS guest on a windows 7 host because the > > physical > > box is going to break in short (386, very old). Unfortunately there is a > > software running using a hardware dongle on parallel port. AFAIK there is > > no > > virtual parallel port in vbox, and anyways it probably would not work with > > a > > dongle. So how can I configure vbox to exclusively use the hosts parallel > > port? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Stephan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
