Designated drivers from Pencom
There is a price to be paid for having a variety of peripherals and option cards available on the Intel platform: the headache of developing drivers to support them. Pencom Software, already an expert in driver production, is using its skills to help alleviate some of the pain.
Pencom engineers have been working at NeXT, almost as part of the development team, on behalf of individual hardware and peripheral manufacturers. The company even offered a deal to developers who need prototype drivers for use in their Expo booths.