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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: DDK vs SDK
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Date: 29 May 91 14:11:45 GMT

phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:

>I have heard reference to something Microsoft call DDK.  I know SDK is the
>Software Development Kit for Windows, but I don't know what DDK is or what
>it is to be used for.  I will be doing development of networking applications
>to run under Windows.

DDK = Device Driver Kit.  Sorta like an SDK for super-tekkies who want to
write closer to the bare metal than Windows permits for normal apps.  
Actually, it's most useful for someone who wants to support a nonstandard
peripheral, or needs special support features.

Sample code in the kit includes somewhat outdated versions of the standard
mode comm and HPPCL drivers.

Only place I've seen it for sale other than directly from uSoft is in 
The Programmer's Shop mail-order catalog, at $350.

Joe