Re: VAG software emulator review

[<isham-research.freeserve.co.uk@pop.pol.net.uk>]

> I have the preBaum -Car Comp- diagnostic software. Did you have any problems
> with communicating with the car computer? I cannot get any use out of this
> software due to this problem. Had I known  the maker of the software was
> going away forever, I would have moved this problem up on the priority list.
> Now that he is gone I'm on my own to solve the problem. I have tried using
> the latest in laptops and this did not help. I am using a Toshiba Satellite.
> After several attempts I can get connected but only momentarily before
> losing communication with the cars computer. Any help you may give will be
> appreciated.

>From the various comments, I suspect this device needs a 16550 UART in
the PC.  If it really is Windows 3.1 code, it might be possible to run
it under OS/2 and use Ray Gwinn's serial port drivers.  They include
16550 emulation (only possible up to a point) and a very nifty interface
trace (PMLM) that I've used _many_ times to debug serial port issues.

Can you run something like MSD to look at the serial port?  If it reports
an 8250 UART, this could be the problem.

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