Sure, I have an image and 2 or 3 identical HDDs to restore them to. I have my doubts the image would mount as a VM, but I can install a fresh XP in a VM and then try to restore the drivers. I’d only have to find a way to access a serial port - I know they exist as USB adapters, but can’t be sure the software would recognize it accordingly. Would have to recognize it as a serial in the host OS and then pass through to the image. Which in theory should work, but in practice I’ll only touch it when it becomes a necessity. And luckily there’s a million old computers for cheap on ebay, so I hope I can just wait it out until the microscope eventually retires. It’s been long since written off, and I believe there were plans to replace it within the next 5 years, max.
Sure, I have an image and 2 or 3 identical HDDs to restore them to. I have my doubts the image would mount as a VM, but I can install a fresh XP in a VM and then try to restore the drivers. I’d only have to find a way to access a serial port - I know they exist as USB adapters, but can’t be sure the software would recognize it accordingly. Would have to recognize it as a serial in the host OS and then pass through to the image. Which in theory should work, but in practice I’ll only touch it when it becomes a necessity. And luckily there’s a million old computers for cheap on ebay, so I hope I can just wait it out until the microscope eventually retires. It’s been long since written off, and I believe there were plans to replace it within the next 5 years, max.