23 Apr
2007
23 Apr
'07
11:51 p.m.
--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 22 Apr 2007 at 18:21, Chris M wrote:
But a '186 is merely an '86 with some other chips
tacked on. I don't know how V-8086 handles "additions"
as it emulates a peecee on a windows box, but it at
least seems that you could "add" on the ancillary '186
functionality in the same way you add the other
components present on a peecee mobo.
I have the '386 book, if it's the same one you're
referring to, and treatment of V-8086 mode was kind of
sparse. Intel had another book for those writing an
operating system. Perhaps that dealt with in greater depth.
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This is how I feel. Utilize virtual-8086 mode
to
alleviate alot of the dirty work. Anyone familiar
enough with it?
Thinking about this a bit more, given the the T2000
is an 8MHz 80186,
it'd probably be easier just to emulate the thing
entirely with a
software-based emulator instead of using V86 mode.
On a modern
machine, the simulation would certainly still run
faster than the
original.