I just finished moving a working installation of WC! 4.2SL from WinXP (whereit
was running perfectly using MS Virtual PC), over to Win 7 Pro using Oracle's BR>Virtual Box VM software (MS VPC is not fully supported under Win 7).:(
NOW, all WC! does on start-up is display "Carrier Detected, Dropping DTR", the
modem lights (USR Courier VE) flash around some then WC! gives up and exits.
Anyone have any idea what is going on? I've exhausted my efforts to BR>re-configure things to WC!'s liking! Also, at NO time does the CD light comeon
(worked fine the other day) and the CD Override DIP switch is Off as expected.
Init option &C1 has no affect either. The COM1 port and modem settings are all
in sync, 115200 Baud, 8,N,1 with Hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS). Google has BR>turned up nada on the situation.
VBox? I installed the package plus the Guest additions. What else is t
Oh, ok, that's about it. Have you tried a USB modem with this? I had it working with one of my two Zoom 57.6k USB modems and it worked fine under VirtualBox.
Yeah, USB seems fine. When I can afford one I will do just that {chuckle} thanks!
1st.Oh, ok, that's about it. Have you tried a USB modem with this? I had
Thanks again, but I went scrounging thru my junk boxes and found a Usb 2.0 Serial port interface with drivers (gently used) so will give that a try
Will keep ya posted! :)
USB Modems, are tough, I tried running one with a VM and the host couldn't pass the com port to the VM. Even though it was a USB modem, the VM neversaw
it.. In fact it is now sitting in my closet gathering dust because I have no use for it.. LOL At least that was my experience with it...
I just finished moving a working installation of WC! 4.2SL from WinXP (whereit
was running perfectly using MS Virtual PC), over to Win 7 Pro using Oracle's BR>Virtual Box VM software (MS VPC is not fully supported under Win 7).:(
NOW, all WC! does on start-up is display "Carrier Detected, Dropping DTR", the
modem lights (USR Courier VE) flash around some then WC! gives up and exits.
Anyone have any idea what is going on? I've exhausted my efforts to BR>re-configure things to WC!'s liking! Also, at NO time does the CD light comeon
(worked fine the other day) and the CD Override DIP switch is Off as expected.
Init option &C1 has no affect either. The COM1 port and modem settings are all
in sync, 115200 Baud, 8,N,1 with Hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS). Google has BR>turned up nada on the situation.
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Location: | Plano, TX |
Users: | 512 |
Nodes: | 10 (1 / 9) |
Uptime: | 00:00:40 |
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