http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2005/08/31/win32-peripheral-breakout-box en-us 40 A Mac OS X Switcher, TiVo Addict, and Objectivist <div style="border: 1px solid #8ab3d1; padding: 5px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalreset/39030164/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos25.flickr.com/39030164_a535e9ca41_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalreset/39030164/">Win32 Peripheral Breakout Box</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/globalreset/">globalreset</a>. </span> </div> <p>So, what do you do when you need to access peripherals on Windows XP x64, but the vendors have yet to release a 64-bit compatible version of their driver?</p> <p>Switch to Linux? Same problem, if vendor doesn&#8217;t open source their driver.</p> <p>Complain? Tried that, vendor said they don&#8217;t support 64-bit and they considered the whole problem my own fault.</p> <p>Improvise? The pic attached shows my Win32 (Windows XP) Peripheral Breakout Box. All you need is an old laptop and a copy of Windows XP (or other vendor supported OS). Throw in Remote Desktop or just an rsync folder and ssh server, and you&#8217;ve got everything you need.</p> <p>The better solution, which I will hopefully be able to implement soon, is to throw Windows XP x64 in the &#8220;Great Idea, Bad Implementation, Abysmal Follow-through&#8221; bin. <br clear="all" /></p> Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:21:00 -0700 urn:uuid:f9d93815d9076a3980d5f7776e4df9e3 Scott Hughes http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2005/08/31/win32-peripheral-breakout-box Aggravation Technology Windows x64 photos