On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:29:41 +0200, Thierry Godefroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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It is definitely possible to modify slightly the Q60/Q40 sources of the hard
disk driver so to make them compatible with Qubide, then to compile and link
the corresponding module into the GoldCard version of SMSQ/E... The changes
would be very tiny (I/O addresses mainly, and probably the removal of some
Q40/Q60 hardware interrupt registers settings).
The problem is: how would you boot up SMSQ/E from the hard disk then, given
that Qubide and QXL.WIN partitions are not compatible ?... Of course, you
could boot it from a floppy or from a RomDisq. As for porting the SMSQ/E
drivers so to make them ROMable and part of the Qubide board, it might be
possible, although probably not as easy. Another possibility would be to
make Qubide and SMSQ/E drivers to co-exist (with different device names,
of course, such as 'win' and 'hdd'), but it might be tricky to make them
recognize their own partitions on the same hard disk...
Thierry, Zeljko is asking about the second possibility (ie do away with the QubIDE format/ROM alltogether and have a new driver compatible with the QXL.WIN standard from SMSQ/E). A driver like that could be modified (whereas sources of QubIDE's driver do not exist) to support newer QubIDE developments like FLASH writing etc.
Phoebus
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