Bring LinkPoke feature back to B#/VB

I started in 1995 with VB1.1. In Version 5/6 we used **LinkPoke** property of TextBox in Visual Basic to interact with RS232 ports. That immensely helped us to interact/read data from SCADA, PLC, etc. Since the advent of .NET/VB.NET this **property is long gone**.

Now with the proliferation of IoT I want to
1. LinkPoke via textbox or similar UI control with any IoT device to read or write data.
2. Instead of using LUA, C or similar likens I want to load the VB runtime onto a chip and execute my B# written binary (may have .NET Core or may not).
3. Atleast give headsup or direction or documentation on how to build 8266 or similar chip with VB runtime in place of LUA or Arduino. We shall build the 8266 (nodemcu) which is open source hardware and bring B# in that area.

@KathleenDollard please bring LinkPoke back to B# in its native form. Security concerns can all be addressed if any.