Some of these applications run fine under Wine, but Wine does not support usb connections. Some of the software does not function properly under later versions of Windows, like XP and Vista). To replace it would involve an investment of several thousand dollars. Having made the decision to switch my computers to the Ubuntu operating system for a variety of reasons, I am faced with an issue regarding some critical legacy applications that were originally written for the Windows 98 operating system, related to several pieces of equipment that I use for data acquisition (although dated, this equipment is still quite functional and meets most of my data acquisition needs. This procedure most likely would not be necessary were one using a newer version of Windows for the Guest operating system. Those with a need for traditional asynchronous serial communications no longer supported by modern equipment (i.e., RS-232 Serial Communications).Those with a need to preserve legacy applications that will not run properly on newer equipment or operating systems.

Those most likely to benefit from this procedure include: This is a special case involving the use of Windows 98SE as the Guest Operating System.

While much of what is covered may seem trivial to an experienced Network Administrator, setting up such a network can be a difficult issue for some of us.

This document outlines a procedure for setting up an internal network between a Virtual Guest Machine running on a computer using an Ubuntu operating system as Host, for the purpose of sharing files between the Virtual Guest machine and the Host Operating System. SHARING FILES BETWEEN AN UBUNTU HOST AND A VIRTUALBOX GUEST WITHOUT GUEST ADDITIONS

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