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From: | Andrew <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: djgpp-friendly parallel port ZIP driver |
Date: | Thu, 01 May 2003 21:07:44 +1000 |
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>-: > 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? > >Misunderstanding. The Iomega driver works just fine with djgpp. >I am asking if anyone knows of a replacement (with source) that >I can build with djgpp. Have a look at the freedos web site. They sometimes have replacements for stuff like this. For example there is a USb driver for dos available on one of the links. Another suggestion is to see if there is a driver available for Linux and it may be open source, then all you have to do is port it..... no idea how hard this will be. Andrew
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