From: Andrei Chichak (acpmiedm_at_telusplanet.net)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 08:39:10 PST
beginning of rant
Okay, here's my question. Did anyone else notice how hard this question was
to read? After 20 years of the Mac teaching us about typography and
generations of teachers teaching about punctuation and spelling, let alone
capitalization, we come to this? Just kidding.
end rant
So, your question.
Yes, every device would require a device driver to be written. You (u)
would have to get someone (sumone) to figure it out and write a driver. The
device manufacturers typically do this, but getting someone to write a
driver for a dead computer is beyond the scope of profitability.
Someone would have to have a good heart and a lot of time on their hands.
Andrei
At 06:23 AM 3/10/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>OK HERE IS A QUESTION after u get the newton to recognize usb. wont you
>then have to create drivers for each device that you want to work with the
>newton? i mean even though u get the newton to recognize the usb card it
>doesnt mean that anything u now plug into it will be seen by the
>newton. so does this mean that if anyone wants anything usb to work with
>the newton will they have to send said device to you or sumone else just
>to have a driver created for their own personal use? so is someone going
>to figure out a cost per usb device that has to be created? i would think
>that someone will be spending alot of time and energy to help the rest of
>us that cant do this. but before everyone starts to run out to buy usb
>items to play with on their newton sumone should come up with a cost per
>item or a flat fee for said service so that we are all aware of what said
>service may cost. im not trying to stop anyone from doing this or from
>anyone wanting it to work i just happen to
> notice
> that only the first half of the problem is being mentioned not what
> happens after the usb driver is created. mho of course.
>
>LAG
>
>Eckhart_Köppen <eck1001_at_gmx.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:20:42 -0700, Andrei Chichak wrote:
> > Remember "If the card was some sort of dual standard card". If you found
> > one of those, then it is just work. I've seen some pretty amazing stuff
> > come out of this group despite the nay-sayers. Go for it.
>
>A CompactFlash USB card might work, but would certainly require a quite
>complex driver.
>
>
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