I've built a WinXP guest in virtualbox in the vein hope that the PW1 might get detected as a HID as that's what's mentioned in some of the debricking guides. It didn't.
I did learn how to connect USB ports to VirtualBox guests though so at least I know how to do that now.
https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/install-virtualbox-extension-pack-on-linux-windows/
https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/ac...lbox-guest-os/
And I also learnt how to connect a virtualbox guest to the network for internet access:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/3630...-13-04-as-host
Quote:
Open Virtualbox Manager
Select the machine you cannot get internet on in the left pane
Click the Settings button in the top menu
Click Network in the left pane in the settings window
Switched to Bridged Adapter in the Attached to drop-down menu
Select the name of the network adapter you are currently using on your host machine. I am using wireless so I chose eth0 which is my wireless network adapter. You can check which adapter you are currently using by opening the terminal (CTRL+ALT+T by default) and running ifconfig. It will probably be the eth adapter that shows an inet addr and shows data transfer next to RX bytes.
Under Advanced, make sure the machine is using the Desktop Adapter Type
Under Advanced, make sure Promiscuous Mode is set to Allow VMs
Under Advanced, make sure Cable connected is checked on
Hit OK to save your changes
Start your VM
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And I found the drivers for my USB to serial device, which worked under XP.
https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm