OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Hardware
OS/2 on Virtualbox with 8 COM ports
Daniele:
In bottom of the page You can download all drivers. It’s possible to install the one for windows and make your checks without having the board?
Lars:
No, without the board, the driver cannot query the PCI setup it needs to know.
Neil Waldhauer:
--- Quote from: Daniele on February 27, 2021, 04:43:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on February 26, 2021, 03:33:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on February 25, 2021, 11:45:10 pm ---Hi
I will like to solve the question:
- Which modern 8 Port serial card works on ArcaOS-OS/2 ?
By modern, I may refer to PCI and PCI-e that are available for sale today.
Update: I checked Amazon to see some options, but it is kind of hard to get some device to test those with OS/2.
- Syba SY-PEX15019 PCI-Express RS-232 Serial 8-Port Card with OXPCIe958 Chipset - $60.66 (Chipset)
- StarTech.com 8-Port PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card - PCIe RS232 Serial Card - 16C1050 UART. - US$ 164.99 (Website)
- IO CREST 8 Port DB9 Serial RS-232 PCI-e x1 Controller Card with Low Profile Bracket SY-PEX15067 - $102.99 - (Website)
Regards
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As I said above, I have tested the StarTech board above and it does not work.
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But do you never found a board that works?
Regards
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As I said earlier, the StarTech PCI 8-port card works great with OS/2. Everyone I worked for (5 different companies) on PEP had enough DIGI boards so I never had to find a compatible one. It's pretty easy to get PEP and CC running on the OS/2 computers. The challenge is to get them communicating.
Andreas Schnellbacher:
--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on March 01, 2021, 04:00:07 pm ---As I said earlier, the StarTech PCI 8-port card works great with OS/2.
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Neil, trying to avoid misunderstanding by reading your previous posts again: StarTech PCI 8-port works, but StarTech PCI Express 8-port doesn't.
Neil Waldhauer:
--- Quote from: Andreas Schnellbacher on March 01, 2021, 06:35:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on March 01, 2021, 04:00:07 pm ---As I said earlier, the StarTech PCI 8-port card works great with OS/2.
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Neil, trying to avoid misunderstanding by reading your previous posts again: StarTech PCI 8-port works, but StarTech PCI Express 8-port doesn't.
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Exactly. I did not use the StarTech 8-port for this project, though. It seems a lot of robotics programs for OS/2 used serial ports to the controllers for robot arms, conveyers, etc.
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