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Yes this is my problem. The hardware manufacturer does not want to support upgrades (they want to sell new hardware) and so I am stuck supporting XP. In my sit
by danieltillett 11y ago
Yes this is my problem. The hardware manufacturer does not want to support upgrades (they want to sell new hardware) and so I am stuck supporting XP.
In my situation there is not even hardware the customer can upgrade to as the original hardware supplier has left the market. We are all stuck with XP until something catastrophic happens.
- nitrogen 11y agoIs the hardware expensive enough that reverse engineering the driver would be economical?
- danieltillett 11y agoIt would be worthwhile doing, the problem is the cost is really high for an individual lab.
- aidenn0 11y agoI know a chemist still stuck with a windows 98 machine for a similar reason (it's the most recent OS that a particular piece of lab equipment has a driver for).
- nitrogen 11y agoThere are developers out there who would be willing to write new drivers if the manufacturers won't and the labs are willing to pay.
- danieltillett 11y agoThe problem is for an individual lab the cost is very high - there needs to be some sort of forum where labs can get together and put a bounty together for new drivers.