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Old 01 September 2005, 03:10   #18
fmcpma
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Originally Posted by a_petri
Minix expects an A2091 compatible SCSI host adapter, and it accesses it directly, without using any AmigaOS drivers. Therefore Minix hard disk support under WinUAE would require a precise hardware-level emulation of the A2091 card, and I suppose it would be too much effort for a relatively minimal improvement.
Hmmm. I see. But can one not say that the harddrive emulated by WinUAE is as real as if it emulated an IDE or SCSI one -- it just uses a proprietery interface? In that case, "all" that is needed is a suitable driver for it in Minix!
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