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Date:      Sat, 23 May 1998 12:04:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net>
To:        "Randal S. Masutani" <randal@comtest.com>
Cc:        freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BIOS bootstrap?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980523120331.11594C-100000@neuron.hippocampus.net>
In-Reply-To: <199805230112.PAA07832@oldyeller.comtest.com>

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Randal:

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Randal S. Masutani wrote:

> The input/output through COM1 must be done with BIOS support.  If you do not 
> have BIOS support for this then I am not sure what else you can do.

My BIOS allows me to write extensions...
 
> I am currently doing this on a PC/104 board from Mesa Electronics 
> www.mesanet.com, Model 4c27 386SX-40MHz, 8MB RAM, 8MB Flash, Ethernet, and the 
> usual PC AT ports.  Its a great little board.
> What kind of board are you using?

A Toronto Microelectronics Pentium SBC. They use the Mr. BIOS kit to graft
a BIOS onto the board. There is also int 13 Flash available on the board
and a other SBC stuff like soft/hard watchdogs.


-marc
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