[ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [cgutman] 52055: [FDC] - Implement fdc.sys (still needs work but fairly complete) [TXTSETUP.SIF] - Load fdc.sys for floppy controllers [FDC.INF] - Install fdc.sys for floppy controllers

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

" I know people say "Who cares about floppy support?""

I care

Because i do think ReactOS can bring back to life old computers, which still
have floppies

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Cameron Gutman
<cameron.gutman at reactos.org>wrote:

>
>
> > With all my respect to the hard work put into this, I want to express my
> concerns:
> How did I know this was coming? ;)
> >
> > Why is there a need to develop a half-done fdc, if there is a full,
> working, tested by millions driver available even in old DDKs, which we can
> use without violating its license?
> > Why waste time writing that driver from scratch now when we could just
> import DDK's one and spend time fixing our PnP manager instead, and other
> involved components so that DDK's driver actually works?
> As far as I know, the only floppy related DDK driver is sfloppy.sys. If
> that is wrong, I would be happy to import a better fdc.sys and scrap this
> one.
> > Again, with all my respect to Cameron, he does a great job, but when he
> disappears next time for a year or two, who is going to finish FDC? Or any
> other of his half-finished branches? (each being really a pearl if it's
> done).
> aicom-hardware-fun can be deleted because somebody is finally working on
> usb. tcp-rewrite-branch was merged to the GSoC project. The only incomplete
> branch is aicom-network-branch which has Alex's new Winsock code in it
> (which only a few bugs prevent from being fully functional).
> > I would really suggest using all available resources first and only then
> spend time developing our own stuff instead of already existing.
> I did this thing in one (long) night because I was bored. It's not like I
> spent a month doing it. I know people say "Who cares about floppy support?"
> and I agree but it has to be done at some point to be compatible with
> XP/Vista/7.
> >
> > Thanks for understanding,
> > Aleksey.
> Regards,
> Cameron
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