From: Dan Olson <dano@agora.rdrop.com>
To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Newbie Question
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:24:47 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030717082155.E5771@agora.rdrop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1058454523.9048.17.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>
> 80186EC does, 80186 is near enough an 8086 drop in replacement with some
> extra instructions - just nothing worth the effort so only a few people
> used them in PC's.
Huh, so would ELKS be happy running on a 186 with just the pre-compiled
kernal image? I had thought about building a "PC clone" of sorts with a
186 but gave up on the idea thinking that it would be too incompatible and
wouldn't run anything but custom software.
> Just replace the vt52 console driver with the serial driver and it'll be
> happy
Cool, it'd be easier to wire in a UART than a video chip I think :)
Dan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-17 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-16 16:38 [ANNOUNCE] ELKS-0.1.3-pre1 released Miguel Bolanos
2003-07-17 1:43 ` Newbie Question Sérgio Duarte e Silva
2003-07-17 11:02 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-17 11:12 ` Sérgio Duarte e Silva
2003-07-17 11:14 ` Paul Nasrat
2003-07-17 14:55 ` Dan Olson
2003-07-17 15:08 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-17 15:24 ` Dan Olson [this message]
2003-07-17 16:32 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-17 23:23 ` Sérgio Duarte e Silva
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