From: Andrew <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp-friendly parallel port ZIP driver
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 21:07:44 +1000
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>-: > Does anyone know of djgpp-friendly software that might be used to
>-: > replace the Iomega driver?
>-: 
>-: I wonder what makes you think that a driver being closed-source makes
>-: it "unfriendly" to DJGPP, just like that.  There's no particular
>-: reason to assume that it shouldn't just work as it is --- or do you
>-: have experience otherwise?
>
>Misunderstanding.  The Iomega driver works just fine with djgpp.
>I am asking if anyone knows of a replacement (with source) that
>I can build with djgpp.
Have a look at the freedos web site. They sometimes have replacements
for stuff like this. For example there is a USb driver for dos
available on one of the links.

Another suggestion is to see if there is a driver available for Linux
and it may be open source, then all you have to do is port it..... no
idea how hard this will be.

Andrew