On Tue, 27 Dec 2011, Andrew Lynch wrote:
What are the
possibilities of running DOS of some sort and a homebrewed
VGA board?
Hi Dave! Thanks! The possibilities are pretty good if you are patient.
John and I are developing two new boards to address this very issue.
The current S-100 8086 CPU board runs CP/M-86+ and MSDOS 4.01. I imagine it
could run FreeDOS as well if someone were to port it.
However for really good PC like compatibility you'll want these two boards
we are working on:
1. S-100 MS-DOS Support board
2. S-100 VGA
I was about to ask if anything else would be necessary to assure hardware
compatibility with the 5150. It looks like the MS-DOS support board is
what I was thinking of. Does the RTC include a battery in the package?
I don't see it elsewhere on the board. That might be a cause of trouble
later on (see Sun workstations).
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at
cs.csubak.edu
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