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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hippocampus OSD, Inc. "Industrial Strength Internet Solutions" vox://416.979.9000 fax://416.979.8223 http://www.hippocampus.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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