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"Black Box" Approaches. (Announce)

posted by Jack E-mail, Fresno, California USA, 19.06.2010, 22:54

>> ... I was not put on this Earth to cause problems -- but I will respond
>> to problems others throw at me.
>
> Having swapped several private emails with you on other topics other than
> from DOS and got to know you better as person I do genuinely believe you.
> However rather than privately emailing you I felt it was better to be
> "open" in some of these discussions ...
Understood, and my Thanks.

>> They are welcome to try. If they do, and USBDRIVE is permitted to use
>> DOS and UIDE hard-disk logic for "removable" drives, resultant problems
>> will not be my fault.
>
> That is a good approach.
Actually, a sad one. I still believe many people will suffer crashes.

>> Well, many on this forum have been speaking about "unloading" drivers to
>> save memory. Saving 111 bytes permanently is one class of "unloading".
>
> A very clever and witty reply from yourself. All I can say is "Touché
> sir!"
Merci, Monsieur.

>> The "USBDRIVE black box" is noted as being not-yet complete, and to deal
>> with it, I was asked to make changes I felt were not necessary.
>
> Ok and as the maintainer for UIDE this is a perfectly "acceptable"
> response as no programmer should feel forced/required to do anything
> with "their" work.
Tell that to Bret Johnson.

>> Only 2 people -- Bret and me --
>
> This I have more of a problem as you are assuming this to be/always be the
> case. I am expected to see over time a "reverse" in DOS ...
I doubt it. Even if so, few will go back to DOS and write device-drivers
needing caching support. "Only 2 people" should be true for a long time.

>> If you wish to talk of "black box" approaches, I will let you GUESS with
>> whom you should speak first.
>
> Well I am happy to talk with Bret to hear more of his side as someone
> genuinely interested in trying to help you guys find some middle ground
> in a constructive way. I think I have been failing in my attempts so far
> but at least I've been trying despite my own faults.
There was no middle ground. As I got tired of this being an issue, and as
I found valid technical reasons NOT to allow USBDRIVE "messing up" UIDE, it
was my decision to eliminate external-entry logic, end this issue, and keep
USBDRIVE out! Little more you could have said or tried, same as me.

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