8 Apr
2007
8 Apr
'07
10:33 a.m.
Dave Dunfield wrote in response to Jules Richardson (I think):
...
You aren't forced to use the drivers; you can do direct register level
access under windows98, or 95, or dos. The driver is needed only under
xp because of the need to do hardware level access.
(Plus I really
don't want to be driving the thing under a heavyweight OS like
Windows - and God knows what the resources and docs are available for the
alternatives)
Main reason I haven't gotten one yet. PCI card with winblows drivers...
Soon as you have to go into that "complexity for the sake of complexity"
environment, things go a LOT slower - and I just don't have time (or
desire) to deal with it.