[comp.os.os2] Why is it so difficult to write OS/2 drivers?

horstman@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) (12/08/89)

Maybe this is a dumb question, but why is it so difficult to write screen
and printer drivers for OS/2? There apparently is still no HP LaserJet driver
or Hercules screen driver for OS/2 although Windows versions exist. Neither
is a particularly complicated device, so what is the catch?

For that matter, what printers do have OS/2 drivers? That pinnacle of 
printer technology, the IBM Graphics Printer?

Cay
horstman@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu