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Article #3135Re: 16-Bit Device Driver + OS/2 V2.0
From: Gerry Lachac
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 13:40
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 13:40
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In article <9105191848.AA16778@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> "Kenneth A. Kahn" <kenkahn@pksmrvm.vnet.ibm.com> writes: >It is my understanding and experience that if you have a 16-bit device driver >that uses 'documented interfaces', e.g. DevHelp calls, it should work on >V2.0 without modification. I can't speak for the EZtape driver never having >used it, but perhaps it does something 'funny'; there's some device drivers >I know of that work for 1.2 and 1.3 that do some funny things with GDTs and >such that won't work with V2.0 because the 'undocumented assumptions' they made >are no longer true for V2. Out of curiosity, what "undocumented assumptions" and games with GDTs would you be talking about? I don't think I play any games. I do some clever things to cut down on the number of GDTs I grab (well they're clever in my opinion :-) but I don't think I do anything "illegal". Could you be a bit more specific? Thanks... -- uunet!dialogic!gerry | "Even a dead plant turns | Dialogic Corporation OR | over a new leaf | 300 Littleton Rd gerry@dialogic.UUCP | when the wind blows." | Parsippany, NJ 07054 | | (201)334-8450
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!uunet!dialogic!gerry From: gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Subject: Re: 16-Bit Device Driver + OS/2 V2.0 Message-ID: <1991May21.134044.6473@dialogic.com> Date: 21 May 91 13:40:44 GMT References: <9105191848.AA16778@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Organization: Dialogic Corporation Lines: 25