One thing to realize is that it is quite expensive for a manufacturer to keep writing drivers for outdated OSes.
It simply isn't cost effective for them to continue develop drivers which will have minimal use.
Sadly, though, there are still a number of areas around the world that are still running Windows 98 and NT4, and probably will be for a while.
Conversely, you will notice that development has ceased on writing drivers for new machines with outdated langauges. case in point being that Ricoh will soon stop developing the RPCS driver any further, and, from what I can tell, the mini driver seems to have its days numbered, as well.
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