Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: new tool | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:35:38 -0500 (EST) |
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>> with PCI at all (the IO ports might work on some motherboards), >> but it is great for ISA cards, including parallel port devices. > > DOSemu is a great too for doing this from VM86 and its > done me so far.
If DOSemu works, great. The cheap solution may be preferred!
DOSemu doesn't work to well for Windows 95 VXDs that demand control of an IRQ and DMA. It won't work for Windows NT drivers. DOSemu may also cause timing problems because it alters the way software runs - though I guess you could give it real-time priority and just hope the DOS driver does not get stuck.
Some people may want to write Windows drivers that just snoop on other drivers. SoftRAM was shown to be a fraud that way.
If the software can't do the job, you can use hardware. Those kernel developers interested in such a solution should send me mail to indicate your interest. Linux _will_ have drivers. :-)
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