From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:52:39 -0500 (EST)
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To: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:

> In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970204102025 DOT 166G-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
> mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
> >UUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!  Netscape??  That is *WHY* I'm looking for
> >a *GOOD* HTML editor!  I used NS's editor for a while and it
> >destroyed so many docs on me and crashed so much that I refuse to
> >EVER use it again!  It did _look_ nice, but looks are decieving.
> >:o)  That's ok, I've got some editors for Linux now.
> 
> Really?  I've NEVER had it go wrong on me.  I'm using 3.01 if that's any
> help?
> 
> >Check up on the Linux newsgroups and the Hardware-HOWTO, new
> >cards are being supported all the time.  Things change so fast in
> >our world!  (Linux that is, not earth  :o)
> 
> Unfortunately..... My card is one of the 2 that it says will NEVER be
> supported because CMD Technologies will only release the specs out under
> NDA, and so the source code cannot be distributed.  $@&%#!
> 
> DrDebug

Someone could write a driver for Linux by examining the DOS
drivers in DOSemu.  I know that the Linux ZIP drive support was
added by reverse engineering the IOMEGA DOS drivers in this
manner.



Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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