From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: djgpp-friendly parallel port ZIP driver
Date:	30 Apr 2003 15:34:44 GMT
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JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:
> Does anyone know of djgpp-friendly software that might be used to
> replace the Iomega driver?

I wonder what makes you think that a driver being closed-source makes
it "unfriendly" to DJGPP, just like that.  There's no particular
reason to assume that it shouldn't just work as it is --- or do you
have experience otherwise?

Following this route of thought, you'ld have to avoid MS-DOS itself,
or any other hardware drivers (SCSI, CDROM, whatever), on the same
grounds, making it all but impossible to run DJGPP programs.  I see no
well-founded reason for doing that.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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