>> If you had emulated the hardware of one of the better known multiport
>> cards you might have used their drivers. This may or may not entail
>> some copyright/patent violation.
>
>Hard to do this when we're talking about a notebook without PCMCIA or USB
>or anything more advanced than serial/parallel ports.

Windows knows nothing of the hardware, except what it (decides to) see. By
emulating a fourport or other card's register level programming I/F one
should be able to use their driver (which should already be in the
Windows driver database). I do NOT suggest that this be done on a
commercial basis. Rather as a one-off or special purpose equipment.

Peter

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