[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > I posted this question to the gphoto mailing list with no response so I'm > trying > you guys...since I know there are many knowledgable people here. So without > any > delay... > > I'm going to try and write a program/library to read data from a portable mp3 > player. Currently I must use Windows to communicate with the device, so there > is > definitely a need for such a program if I want to use the device under Linux. > > My problem is, I need to be able to read the data being sent to and from the > device to reverse engineer it. Therefore, I need someway to log the data that > goes across the parallel port. Thus, I'm looking for a windows app that will > allow me to do this. Nothing special, just a way to log data going across the > parallel port. > > I know Linux has some packages to do log parallel port data, but, the software > runs under Windows...not Linux, so, I'll need a windows app. Also, I looked > into > the Diamond Rio mp3 player utility, and they claimed to have used a custom VxD > (virtual device driver?). This doesn't mean much to me. > > I've researched this for awhile with little progress. Any help would be > appreciated.
have you tried the program under wine in linux ? in vmware in linux ? in Win4Lin ? while i cant speak for the parallel port in testing my UPS cable last year i installed APC powerchute plus in win* in vmware and it worked fine. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
