Hi,
I have a legacy program that used to run on an MS-DOS machine. The program talks to a number of devices over RS232.
When I make a DOS VM and run the program, the output to the serial port is slightly different. I have carefully analysed the data - it appears that the first 8 data bits between the old and new system are the same. The only difference was the parity bits between the machines differed - although neither the VM or the original system are even, odd, mark of space parity.
After consideration I can only conclude that the parity bit is not actually a 9th data bit. While rare, there are some programs that transmit data over 9 bits.
My question is this: is there a setting to stop VMware Player getting in the middle of the serial data and transmitting exactly what was sent to it?
Thanks
