12 Jul
2011
12 Jul
'11
9:17 p.m.
Multitech MPF-PC
http://elazzerini.interfree.it/MP-PC/index-en.htm
What I NEED to make this system alive::
1) new ISA 8bit video card like monochrome, CGA, or VGA card
2) boot disks: they are special because they contain the DIOS loader that
sits between the hardware and the operating system itself to allow the
complete management of the motherboard.
Regards
Enrico
13 Jul
13 Jul
6:56 a.m.
On 12 Jul 2011 at 23:17, Enrico Lazzerini wrote:
Multitech MPF-PC
http://elazzerini.interfree.it/MP-PC/index-en.htm
What I NEED to make this system alive::
1) new ISA 8bit video card like monochrome, CGA, or VGA card
2) boot disks: they are special because they contain the DIOS loader
that sits between the hardware and the operating system itself to
allow the complete management of the motherboard.
Enrico,
I used the MP-PC or perhaps the version with a hard disk many years
ago I don't remember much about it--I used three of them for a
special project and do not recall the DIOS files, but it was a long
time ago and didn't use them after the project was complete.
If you are a Multitech collector, I do have the owner's manual for
the Multitech 900, the PC AT unit. Let me know if you need it--I
don't think I'm going to encounter a 900 anytime soon.
All the best,
Chuck
14 Jul
14 Jul
11:35 p.m.
all this talk of DIOS and stuff is making me loopy.
are you sure it wasn't just a disk based BIOS? Does the firmware contain just enough
code to get it booted up?
what is so peculiar about the h/w of this thing that it has all these special needs? Again
is the f/w stripped down, bare bones?
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