| From: | Matthew Allatt |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2001 at 20:23:04 |
| Subject: | Re: Mediator Drivers (was Re: 40 Years. Lord HawHaw-Guy Fox-Lundy) |
Hello Alan
On 16-Aug-01, you wrote:
>> for other things? I'm having a go at a serial driver. I've found
>> developer's information on the 'Net. I'd expect there to be developer's
>> information available for USB, Firewire, PCI Modems, there's developer's
>
> ah! but the serial port is fine under AmigaOS, almost all decent apps are
> coded to use another device for serial, its an API. however there exists
> no 'usb.library' for the Amiga. not only do you need to get the access to
> the card to talk to the devices, but you also have to master a new
> auto-config system for the USB, with hot plug'n'play/detect.
>
very true. I didn't say it was going to be easy!
> and then theres all the actual USB devices....how many of those companies
> will give info to an Amiga developer? For some of these USB things you're
> lucky if you get a Mac driver :-|
There are a fair number of graphic-based add-ons (ie. scanners and digital
cameras) that are TWAIN compliant. This is a bit of an industry standard.
The good news is that the specs for this are freely available on the 'net.
That's two of the most important things you'd want a USB port for. Mice,
keyboards, modems, etc. may also have a generic standard as well. I'd say
that Zip drives, and possibly broad-band (ADSL, cable, etc) decoders may be
closely guarded.
>
> I think the low-level USB stuff should be done by Amiga, that should be
> their job. then let the 3rd party coders do the actual nastiness of
> getting such things as USB PCI cards to be integrated into that API
>
That'll be fine for OS4 users. Anything earlier may be left high and dry
though.
>
Regards
Matthew.
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