Problem with medical hardware on serial port

hi everybody,

I hope here on this mailing list are some guys who works in a hospital or
got on a different way contact with medical hardware.

On my case I have the following problem:
the thinclient has two extern hardware components:
- printer (lpt1)
- scanner for magnetic cards (com1)

But how can I configure the com1?
This "scanner" reads magnetic cards for checking information about
patients and their wishs about their lunch. Under a fatclient with Window=
s
Windows connects to this "scanner" via a hyperterminal.

I never worked with such hardware. Is here someone who has some experienc=
e
with a thinclient solution for the kitchen in a hospital?

Thank you very much for your help

Greetings
Stephan


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