From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bdale Garbee Subject: Re: Ram , Flash requirements? Date: 04 Jul 2002 16:13:38 -0600 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <87it3v87l9.fsf@rover.gag.com> References: <20020612132351.O40423-100000@agora.rdrop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes: > > Are the integrated components included in the 80186 different than those > > found as seperate components on PCs? > > Yes - it has on board DMA controllers an the like but no PC like devices On the other hand, having even just the serial console in an 80186 and a ramdisk driver working would be an excellant start for some things I'd like to try at some point. Though, actually, the CPU I care the most about in this genre is the NEC V53... So many good ideas, so little time. Bdale