From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gregg Levine" Subject: Re: Has anyone gotten ELKS to run on an I80186 based system? Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:50:51 -0400 Message-ID: <18d205ed0804272150g1ee750c1pccc013af693d31d2@mail.gmail.com> References: <234567.12942.qm@web50511.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4814ED62.1020305@nc.rr.com> <0K0000AJLNCUGF70@msgmmp-1.gci.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=nuqpz5S+LnT5dbxdgKk5SRfu8lGavPKre6Wmba+m3DI=; b=ZmgEPWN+o14+ducVqLn8qwRyFYU4U/Gy4HIgqJgS1q4IWLVhh0OKlVysMRk6idWlPLAeLu2AKtYbyQzBizDQph5N8YyrPg9Zu6AsTRqkwf/taTpu2hRALBfsXR0XcYkV26zpPh/DRRuElluhNk714oMHlWByrWCjWpPmqJfP6h8= In-Reply-To: <0K0000AJLNCUGF70@msgmmp-1.gci.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ELKS On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Grant Stockly wrote: > At 01:17 PM 4/27/2008, you wrote: > > > I had an old D-link wireless router that used an embedded 80186, had a > PCMCIA card slot, a PRISM I PC card, and some useful ports on the back. > Shame that it failed; running ELKS on that would have been like gold. A > very lucrative device to develop ELKS on for sure, but the point is that it > had the 80186 CPU (the 186 was/is an embedded-only CPU, never really used in > any general-purpose computers to my knowledge). The COM, LPT, and more than > one Realtek RTL8019, as well as the PCMCIA interface make it quite possibly > the most modern-peripheral-laden 16-bit Intel CPU in existence. > > > > The 186 was used in CP/M-86 systems. I have a computer with one that runs > AutoCAD version 1.4 for CP/M. I don't know if the 186 was used in computers > beyond those with the S-100 bus. > > The computer with AutoCAD has more video memory than system memory. : ) > > Grant Hello! Strangely enough Grant that did come up. Inside the group, actually a newsgroup, which supports Kermit, (Program, mind, not the overworked and underpaid muppet.) I have here an accelerator card who has an I80186 on it. At one point I had an idea to sort out how to reprogram its firmware to pose as such a system, but the idea ran out of steam, when I couldn't find anything further about the firm. The processor was also used for a few embedded projects. I have a project taking shape that might be able to make use of one, but right now it is only up to the paperwork and drafting table status. -- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."