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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:42 ADT
Peter Gutmann (pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:02:20 (NZST)
>I understand from an earlier email that <soundcode.com> are not planning a 16
>bit version of these drivers, but I am wondering if a shareware version might
>be a considered ? If you have considered writing a 16 bit driver Peter ...
>then this ( even a simple one) would be most welcome.
The Win95 VxD version should work just as well under Win3.1, unless it uses
Win95-specific tricks (which shouldn't be necessary on something that simple).
I'm not writing the driver myself, just nagging someone who knows VxD's into
doing it and then (assuming it's OK with them) releasing the result for others
to use. No payment necessary, I think making it shareware would only
discourage use due to the nuisance involved in paying for it.
Depending on how far the soundcode.com work has progressed, I might put this
one on hold, since it looks like they're doing the same thing anyway (their one
sounds a lot more concrete at the moment).
>My reason for enquiring, is that although it will be a happy day when I only
>have to write 32 bit applications, I presently write 16 bit versions also. As
>long as there is a demand for 16 bit versions of my programs, then I will
>supply them, however it does introduce certain difficulties (challenges) where
>security is concerned.
Exactly. Win16 already has enough problems with any app being able to do
global heap walks and whatnot, so that's a platform which really needs this
sort of thing - having memory which isn't searchable via ToolHelp is a step in
the right direction.
Peter.
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:42 ADT