Interesting, I get what you're saying now.

So that's weird, the newer versions aren't backwards compatible with other switches?

Interesting...

Yeah I guess you're going to have to set up a Dual Boot. You can use XP to do it, or you can buy/steal a third party boot loader.

Kinda sucks that you have to do that...

I would say use a DOS emulator, but the IRQ and port settings compatibility on those is screwy.