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Re: [LUG] Wine serial ports help

 

On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:33 +0000, Robin Cornelius wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> 
> >> I can use the pgm in wine  (version 1.0) but it needs to output data
> >> to / from the shop till using comms port.
> >> I have mapped in .wine/dosdevices the file com1 to /dev/ttys0 and in
> >> desperation  a usb to serial converter /dev/ttyUSB0
> >>
> > 
> > WINE doesn't 'do' USB though does it?
> > 
> 
> No but linux abstracts a USB to serial converter to appear as a pretty
> bog standard character device if wine can talk to /dev/ttyS0 then there
> is no reason that it can't talk to /dev/ttyUSB0. its presented the same
> to WINE.
> 
> Robin
> 
On my system it can't talk to either!

Regards

Kevin Lucas
Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!)
Po House, Minions,
Liskeard Cornwall 
PL14 5LE
01579363386


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