Quoted from Jodannar:I updated my machine to 1.6 when I first got it but I think I used an old pc that I no longer have ..
For all of you that are struggling with updating the software, you don't need an old machine for that. It easily can be done using e.g. Windows 7 or 10, see the links bellow:
https://brianpeek.com/pinball-2000-software-update-with-windows-7-x64/
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/updating-pin2k-rfm-swep1-code-with-win-78-no-serial-port
Let's thank Brian Peek to make this all possible.