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I have three Amateur Radio programs which will only run on a Window$ machine and are even problematic on Windows 7. They will not run under WINE for Linux either, which I use for a couple of other Window$ programs. Thus, I am looking for ideas on putting together a rig that will run one dedicated program which needs 2 COM ports and is set up for Windows 10 or 11. Maybe just buying a couple of small Dell refurbished boxes already loaded with Window$ 10/11 and then cleaning out the cruft?

Thanks in advance for advice!

I have three Amateur Radio programs which will only run on a Window$ machine and are even problematic on Windows 7. They will not run under WINE for Linux either, which I use for a couple of other Window$ programs. Thus, I am looking for ideas on putting together a rig that will run one dedicated program which needs 2 COM ports and is set up for Windows 10 or 11. Maybe just buying a couple of small Dell refurbished boxes already loaded with Window$ 10/11 and then cleaning out the cruft? Thanks in advance for advice!

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Just use a VM. There are tons of useful guides even on youtube for VMs and just about anything linux.

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If he's looking for something that requires a hardware COM port in Win10, a VM may not work.

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Isn't that the old printer port?

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RS-232C, aka Serial port, or COM port.

IEEE1284 is the Centronics Parallel port.