2 Nov
2004
2 Nov
'04
6:50 a.m.
I've not come across it with serial ports but it's a common problem
with older hardware that connected to the system bus- I have several
older GPIB cards that won't run in anything later than a 286 and an
EPROM burner card that won't operate in anything later than a genuine
XT.
DaveB
NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Kenzie" <kenziem(a)sympatico.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: "Old PC" emulation ?
On Tuesday 02 November 2004 12:43, Fred N. van Kempen
wrote:
Hi,
So.. what it boils down to is: is there any
(serious) project on
doing
a "old pc systems" emulation a la SimH, which does, for example, a
pure IBM PC, PC/XT or PC/AT ?
I had a request yesterday for a 286 or earlier machine, the person
says
that somethings with the serial ports changed after that and the
test
equipment gets communication errors on newer machines.
Another person wanted a 486-66 for a Massspectrometer
I know there was a problem with games that were written using the
system
speed to time loops, I guess this also occurred in test equipment.
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