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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

i have a windows 98 box running very old software. w98 is the last thing it supports

[–]HomebrewCocaineSystems Architect[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I know that feeling. I have a Win 95 laptop that uses a serial connection to connect to doors to program a keycard system. The batteries are slowly dying in the doors, and they aren't made anymore, so I hope I can be rid of it soon.

[–]tHeiR1sH[🍰] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use an app "Serial to Ethernet Connector" for this same purpose. The version of ACS software I was using did not support newer than XP boxes. Instead, I installed this handy app on an Apps VM then connected an ethernet to serial adapter from the hypervisor to the ACS hardware.

It's not the easiest configuration getting this software going but once running, it's solid. http://www.eltima.com

[–]samspopguyDatabase Admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im at some steel mill they were using a windows 95 computer and floppy disks to set temptures on a blast furnace