Deuterium, bjv_austin, any updates? Anyone try Parallels 3?

I'd either: (in the same order, in case of emerrgency, i wouldn't sell the PC until i had a solution)
A) buy a old PC and set it up for the pump, then sell the PC and buy a Mac
B) Buy a Mac, set up foolproof dual-boot windows and make sure the whole family knows how to use it, and that the dual-boot software is reliably set up so that it won't fail when needed, then sell the PC.

I wouldn't be comfortable with option B) as if the dual-boot fails then that's a big problem. Personally, i'd do both, dual-boot the Mac and use it for the pump the majority of the time, but get a old PC as a backup for the pump incase the Dual-boot on the Mac fails, plus, if either of the two fails (which windows does sometimes) you just use the other.

What are the minimum specs for the pump?, so i know what the old PC has to be capable of. (though i wouldn't want something that would die on you after a few weeks/months, get a PC that has a few years left to go, so it doesn't die on you)

Good strategy, Wee_Guy. Always consider the worst-case scenario and be prepared for it. The price you get for an old PC is not worth the peace of mind knowing its there in case.

Well... I suppose you'd have to buy a old laptop instead to do what i said earlier. ;)

For a while, I ran XP on a similar 266 MHz Pentium setup. It worked much more reliably than Win98, though much slower.

-jc

I upgraded to Parallels 3 yesterday and tried the same set up with no go. I'm worried that what the VM did in XP by downloading that Serial Port package driver messed me up for good. :(