Leonard Evens wrote:
I am still puzzled about why there is a difference between versions 0.8 and version 1.03, but it could be that the more recent version has to be able to modify the device in addition to being able to read it.
One way of getting some clue about this would be to run the 1.0.3 and 0.8 programs under strace, and show the result here, or mail them to me. Graeme Gill.