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minus-squareVoxX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months agoYou can connect VMs to physical ports. We use a Win XP VM to connect through a USB to serial converter to get data from devices 30+ years old. You can make and use backups because the VM can run the original software.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 months agoSome lab equip has proprietary ports that would need reverse engineering to make and use a USB adapter.
minus-squareDragnmn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s fair, I read virtualize as “cloud/hardware far away” and not “local physical machine with a VM on it”.
You can connect VMs to physical ports. We use a Win XP VM to connect through a USB to serial converter to get data from devices 30+ years old. You can make and use backups because the VM can run the original software.
Some lab equip has proprietary ports that would need reverse engineering to make and use a USB adapter.
That’s fair, I read virtualize as “cloud/hardware far away” and not “local physical machine with a VM on it”.