Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.emulations:1089 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:4085 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!warwick!phupp From: phupp@warwick.ac.uk (S Millington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: MS-DOS emulator for CDTV? Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 07:49:47 GMT References: <7!Z_4N|@warwick.ac.uk> <1991May29.231913.25175@news.iastate.edu> <22034@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@warwick.ac.uk (Network news) Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: poppy In article <22034@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >Commodore cannot possibly write Janus cross drivers for every ISA bus card >under the sun. If you see an opening, go for it! Don't let Commodore get >in your way. I'll tell you, as an occasional user of Janus software, there >are a few more pressing issues before they start fiddling with serial cards. >But the basic system does work reasonably well. In the last week, on the NET someone from commodore - can't remember who, stated that the only way commodore would tell end users how to use the JANUS.library, i.e. provide documentation for software the customer has already bought, was is the end user became a JANUS developer!!!!!!!! How much does that cost:-) How are end users expected to write stuff for JANUS when commodore won't release the docs publicly? I would BUY a manual, "JANUS Programmers Reference Guide."? Even if I could afford to become one of these elite JANUS developers I doubt I would qualify - given the qualifications required to become a registered developer for other areas of the amiga system. In short commodore is not allowing the end users, their customers, to write the drivers that you suggest they could/should. If commodore will not allow us to write the they are by defult taking on the responsibility themselves - OR deciding to ignore bridgeboard users. Personaly I only rarely use the bridgeboard, but it is a real pain having to source a PC I/O card so I can use a serial port, when there is already a perfectly good one on the amiga - even 2400/4800 baud would be useful. BTW - The ATonce does allow you to use the amiga serial port. So it can't be that hard to implement. ***************************************************************************** * Stuart Millington * "A Mind Is A Terrible Thing, Remember * * UUCP:...!mcsun!ukc!warwick!phupp * That." - David Bryan, Bon Jovi * * JANET:phupp@uk.ac.warwick.cu ***************************************** * ? :phupp%warwick.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk * *****************************************************************************