> >hmmm... seems dangerous to me: some hardware drivers can be installed in
> >this area at startup. (example: workspace of diskroms). MSX system area
> >is from #F380...#FFFF. Below that area, the DOS kernel area; from #F1C9
> >to #F37F for the DOS2.x kernel (probably the same for DOS1 kernel).
> >Hardwaredrivers (like floppy, ide, ...) are installed below the DOS
> >kernel area. (so below #F1C9). So if you delete all data till #F000, it
> >is possible that you destroy important driverdata.
>
> Another option: use UZIX drivers for every hardware device.
> For example FastCopy also uses drivers to support different types of FDCs.
>
> There are advantages of using drivers instead of DiskROM:
> - you have more freedom where to put the data structures
> - different types of drive can be implemented more easily
> (for example, HD drive)
>
> Ofcourse the drawback is that you have to write a driver for every FDC
used
> in MSX2 and higher. Fortunately, there are not that many different ones.
MAARTEN!!!
Are you really suggesting this?
If something will result in incompatibility...
Anyways, I think FutureDisk uses direct FDC-access too...
If that's true then I guess they have already written those drivers.
~Grauw
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