I see these inexpensive XT and 8086 replica laptops that say they run DOS 6.22 and they claim to use the XT BIOS and they have a 9 pin serial port, but I don't know if it is a real port or a USB emulated 9 pin serial port. The other issue is will the Software run on an 8 bit XT or 8086 with 640 kb of memory ? I have been so focused on finding an old laptop 386 or 486 or Pentium with a real hardware serial port that I never considered an 8088 or 8086 laptop, and the fact that even a 486 is hard to find now. But these new mini laptops use a CPU that can run as an 8 bit 8088 or a 16 bit 8086. I just don't know what the software needs. Anyone have success on an 8088 or 8086 running this software ? Has anyone else seen these new laptops or tried them ? Thanks
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Anything that will run DOS 6.22 will work. If the machine has a DB9 serial port, it can be set to port 1 to 4.
It is not an emmulated port, even on some newer machines.
Running dosbox on my win 10 machine, it has a real DB9 serial port and happen to run KPG-23D for a couple old radios.
So you don't need an older PC, and even newer with only USB, you can get a USB to RS232 adapter cable unexpensively.
FTDI chipset is recommended for those.
It is not an emmulated port, even on some newer machines.
Running dosbox on my win 10 machine, it has a real DB9 serial port and happen to run KPG-23D for a couple old radios.
So you don't need an older PC, and even newer with only USB, you can get a USB to RS232 adapter cable unexpensively.
FTDI chipset is recommended for those.
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