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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> David gave a link for a binary that he, I (and possibly Steven) have
> gotten to install and run on BL3.4--so long as you add the other libraries

Could Steven or someone post the relevant information about where to get 
the binary and what other libraries are needed with it, and how to use it 
with FreeDOS and Win98?  It is scattered among many postings.  Also the 
BL3 image suited for use with qemu - or can we use the DOS-loop fs.img 
plus any bzimage?  Someone please summarize.

> David listed in his recent post about how to do this.  Those are some bits
> from Slack 9.0.  It might not be as simple as it might seem to get your
> scanner to work from a Win9x instance running under qemu, though.  It
> emulates hardware, and I'm not sure it can access a real parallel port
> (assuming your scanner uses a parallel port).  Or is it USB--in which case
> it likely won't work because BL3 doesn't handle USB too well.  You might
> want to have a go at reading the qemu documentation to find out how
> easy/difficult it might be to get your scanner to work from a qemu Win9x
> instance.  I may drag out the actual hardware tonight and see if Ifinally
> meet with success at installing Win98 under BL3.4 and qemu.
>
> James