Emerald and linux

[r10crw]

My works laptop uses XP but has no comport and I hate those usb convertors (Ive wasted hours trying to get them working properly ) So Im looking at using my home laptop with a fixed com1 which runs Karmic, has anyone experience of running the Emerald software through WINE or similar?
Cheers Craig

[steve_weegie]

Hi Craig,

I'd ditch Wine and find yourself a copy of VMware workstation. This is exactly what I use on my linux laptop for car tuning purposes. VMware will let you run XP inside linux and pass through any USB or COM ports as required.

You can get a 30 day trial at the link below.

http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/

Give me a shout if you've got any problems.... I do VMware design for my day job

Cheers,

Steve

[tut]

Craig, I have a USB to Serial that works OK.

tut

[r10crw]

Thanks Tut but really wanted to use the Linux laptop so dont need to rely on the works machine. Steve thanks but looking a little complicated for what I need and of course it invloves spending money, my whole reason for switching to linux Im from Aberdeen you know!!
Cheers Craig.

[steve_weegie]

Bloody northeners, making me install Wine and try to get the emerald software working with it

Well, it installs and appears to run fine on my Fedora 11 box, using Wine 1.1.32-1... Cant test it further as i dont have a serial port... Or an emerald

[r10crw]

Thanks steve, guess Ill have a go
Wasnt being lazy just wondered if anyone had attempted it before,
Thanks Craig.