> It was pointed out to me in mail by another reader that the "Windows
> Hardware" such as modems could probably be supported by Linux or anyone else
> who bothered to write the driver, and that the money that would be spent on
> the support hardware would better be used for CPU and RAM.
If the mfgs of LoseModems and GDI printers were willing to (a) all do
roughly the same things so we wouldn't have to write bazillions of
drivers like for the proprietary CD-ROM code, (b) allow people to see
specs on how to communicate with this hardware, and (c) not reserve the
right to change things from model to model which would screw up B, then
it might be possible, but would require serious kernel-level support...
Even if we knew how to write the drivers, we'd be in the most anti-i2o
situation possible with them...
Keith
-- The wisdom of G'Kar: Bad Guys make a very satisfying THUMP when they hit the ground. But to thump the book of G'Quan is disrespectful.