re: Wireless USB mice which work on 98se?
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3936 messages posted)
Louis wrote:
|[...]The newer drivers will have the newest OS's in mind,
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That would be the drivers produced by CRAPPY manufacturers.
Good manufacturers will provide legacy support as well.
|that is where I figured the software will either not load or simply would not work.
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...or you could read the docs/packaging.
If it doesn't *specifically* SAY it supports Win98, count on it NOT supporting it.
...and after your driver package download is decompressed,
the driver for Win9x is a **seperate** file from the NT file.
If that doesn't exist, there's no magic that can make it appear.
A WinNT driver would be no more useful on Win9x
than if the driver in hand was a Mac driver or a Linux driver.
It seems you have ignored BOTH of my links--specifically the phrase "DOS-based".
|"Might" the old USB support on Win98se
|allow me to use a newer wireless USB mouse,
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Universal Serial Bus is a COMMUNICATIONS protocol.
The USB protocol support in the OS is about **data interchange**.
That, however, is only _one_ end of the deal.
Making sure the device can deal with a **particular** OS
is the responsibility of the manufacturer of the device.
*That* is the first step a device manufacturer has in writing a device driver.
THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARISE WITH LOUSY VENDORS
WHO ONLY WANT TO SKIM OFF THE CREAM. SIMPLY AVOID THOSE VENDORS.
|just not with every function enabled is the question?
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Functions are a property of the device driver,
so any bells and whistles are up to the device manufacturer--NOT M$
Again: FROM THE START, A DRIVER HAS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE OS KERNEL.
I linked to Karl's excellent page on drivers
where he explains that a device driver is a TRANSLATOR
between the language the *device* speaks and the language the *OS* speaks.
The device manufacturer already knows HIS language;
it's his job to learn the OTHER language.
This is where LAZY manufacturers become obvious.
Again, it's up to the device manufacturer to make sure things work.
When they MAKE THE EFFORT to do this,
they tend to PRINT that on the packaging / spec sheet;
IT'S A SELLING POINT.
The ones that don't *list* YOUR OS, likely don't support it.
It's really that simple.
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