Handera CF Driver to Clie

[gothicaleigh]

I have a Handera 330 with a CF slot. It runs on OS 3.5.3. I know there is quite a bit of difference between that and OS5, but would someone be able to update the drivers for Clie? It bothers me that my cheapa$$ 330 can handle CF's and my NX can't.

[phil ng]

we had this contest already. i think that these drivers can't be moved over due to the fact that the pathways/ control api is radically different. oh well. i'd like to see someone try...

[iebnn]

It wouldn't work.

[Eric S]

Actually, the reason it won't work is the same reason hacks won't work. You can't capture and redirect the system calls.

[gothicaleigh]

Is there any reason someone couldn't write an OS3 or 4 emulator to run on the NX?
(OS4 was for 33mhz devices. Is the 200mhz processor fast enough to emulate OS4?)

[artoo]

Even if you made an full blown emulator, the emulator would not be able to do anythign a regular program couldn't, like the much needed system calls.

[iebnn]

The whole point of OS5 is that it emulates Palm OS4 on an ARM processor, gothicaleigh.

[Eric S]

OS5 doesn't emulate PalmOS4, it only provides compatible calls. Doesn't sound like much of a difference, but it really is.

Sort of like how WINE can run under Linux or FreeBSD, and allow you to run Windows programs, even though it's not emulating windows.

Also, to correct myself, I was thinking about why AutoCF or MSMount won't work in OS5, not why the HandEra CF drivers wouldn't work. The CF drivers are a different issue, and probably involve details of the low-level hardware and how it talks to the CF card.