On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > I have one windows machine at home among many which I'm trying to > > transition to Debian but it has one card that I don't think will > > work with Debian. It's my Hauppauge WinTV card > > it's a TV/Radio tuner which works under all the winblows versions > Just because it works with Windows doesnt guarantee it's work with Linux. > It's a WinTV card. Basicly, logic suggests it's a Win-hardware, and > therefor you can not use it with Linux.
With the invention of "winmodems" and "winprinters" and suchlike, it has become common to say that these "windevices" will only work under Windows. That is not technically correct. There is nothing magical about Windows, it's just software. There's nothing magical about these devices, they're just hardware that uses I/O and memory mapping as well as IRQ and DMA mapping to do their work. It may not be possible to get programming information about winmodems and it may be necessary to implement a variety of protocols (V.8, V.80, V.42, V.42bis, and whatnot) in the driver, but it is, in principle, quite possible to use winmodems under Linux, and they're the hardest of those listed to do, or so I believe. I think that it may be about time for somebody to look into Linux drivers for winmodems, at least, if only just to see what the task entails. I know that people have been working on Windows-specific printers for some time. -- Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ 12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA
