[Wine] Re: Ham radio application error

[Rob Turk]

"Hambones" <wu4g at pipeline.com> wrote in message 
news:1169782147.118618.133050 at l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Update:
> Can't believe I left this out:
> Running 0.9.29 on Ubuntu 6.0.6LTS
> For those familiar with DX4WIN, it's version 7.02.
>
> On Jan 25, 8:44 pm, "Hambones" <w... at pipeline.com> wrote:
>> I'm attempting to run a ham radio app called DX4WIN in Wine.  Install
>> seems to be just fine.  Running the app executable results in the
>> following error:
>> "vichw11.sys missing from windows\system32\drivers, please copy file to
>> that location"
>>
>> The install correctly puts the file in that location so obviously there
>> is another issue.  I believe this is a device driver for
>> serial/parallel ports which is used heavily in the app.  Any
>> suggestions on this one?  Thanks!!
>

The application seems to use that driver to directly control pins on the 
serial/parallel ports. That's something Wine will not be able to emulate. 
You're out of luck with this one..

Rob