[TriLUG] Way for linux to access serial port on MS machine. (possibly OT)

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 13:19, Mike Norwood wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> At the risk of frightening people again by mentioning Windows, I wonder if 
> anyone is aware of anyway to access a device on a serial port on a Windows 
> machine from Linux.  Ideally some way to create a /dev/something on the 
> linux machine that would map to one of the serial ports on the other 
> machine.  Has anyone ever needed something like this or come across a way 
> to do it?  I am trying to figure a way to access a signature capture pad 
> that is attached to the Windows machine from the Linux machine. I can access
> it fine if directly attached to a Linux serial port, but there is a 
> Windows PC in the perfect location for the signature capture device, and I 
> am out of serial ports on the Linux system.  The windows and Linux machine 
> would be networked together.

A low-tech solution would be an A/B transfer switch.  Yeah, I know
that's so '80s ... but you might be able to find a used one real cheap. 
:-)

--Jeremy 

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