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more not supported hardware?
Dear Kangaroo, it's not me who should calm down. I'm still a peaceful man. [[TFM|TFM]].
== Removing not supported hardware ==
The following pointer based HID hardware should be removed from the list of "supported hardware". This hardware is not suported by the "os" itself, as applications can't use or access it by themself with the help of fos. This hardware is (if at all) only used by a sub-program, the fileselector module. The support itself is not an "OS feature" at all. So if you call fos an "OS" it's not possible to mention this hardware as "supported".
Please correct me, if I am wrong. Otherwise the following sections should be removed.
*[[Marconi|Marconi]]
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[[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 02:11, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
The following hardware doesn't seem to be supported as well:
*[[CPC Booster|CPC Booster(+)]]
*HD64180 Coprocessor card
*IDE hard discs (173 KB/s with [[IDE8255|IDE8255]], 162 KB/s with [[CPC-IDE|CPC-IDE]] or [[SYMBiFACE II|SYMBiFACE II]])
Regarding the last one, there maybe routines for reading and writing some single sectors (btw. such small routines can be downloaded here: [[SYMBiFACE_II:IDE_routines]] ;-)). This is a feature of a BIOS, not of an OS. Both IDE interfaces are still completely useless for applications in Fos, as long as they don't implement the filesystem by themself (which would be quite crazy of course).
Regarding the Rom expansions, I don't understand the reason, why they are listed, too? Only because of the fact, that Fos requires 4 roms to be able to run? The other thing is, that they are all compatible, so it's senseless to list them all. It would be the same like mentioning all Atari-compatible Digital-Joysticks (Competition Pro, Quickshot, Jet Fighter etc.) in the Joystick section. Seems, that these entries are only for blowing up the list.
[[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 13:58, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
