For some reason irmx-86 seems to be one of the things I documented the
least well. There's some details on my installation at
https://www.smbaker.com/setting-up-an-irmx86-operating-system-on-a-multibus-86-30-vintage-computer,
but I don't know that it has instructions on recompiling rmx and
enabling the bubble devices. I know somewhere I have notes on that....

Scott

On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM Ken Seefried <[email protected]> wrote:

> Scott...if you've documented your iRMX adventures anywhere, I doubt I'm
> the only one who would be really interested in it.  I even have an iSBX
> bubble memory board.
>
> KJ
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM Scott Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I believe back when I was looking into this that I saw some of the boards
>> that used the 80130 available on eBay. I hesitated to buy one, because I
>> had no confidence I would be able to get the rest of the software stack
>> working with it. As Ken mentioned, it's only part of iRMX there. Just the
>> Nucleus, I think. Now I have managed to do a custom build of iRMX86 (to
>> enable bubble memory), and there is a configuration menu where you can turn
>> features on/off, so maybe there is a way to enable Nucleus-in-80130. It
>> would be a very cool project to pursue.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM Ken Seefried via cctalk <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> There is some documentation for the i80130 in the iRMX databooks (see:
>>> https://bitsavers.org/pdf/intel/iRMX/).  There's additional info in the
>>> Intel 8086 developers manuals of the time, as well as the multibus boards
>>> that used it (iSBC86/30?).  As I understand it, it doesn't have *all* of
>>> iRMX in ROM, so you still need additional software to make a system.  I
>>> have a couple I haven't yet taken time to do anything with.
>>>
>>> It is my understanding (probably wrong) that there is debate over
>>> wether the 80150 actually shipped, and if so, did it ship in volume.
>>> I've
>>> never seen one nor know anyone who claims they have, but CP/M-86 isn't my
>>> thing, so I'll leave one of the many experts around here to chime in.
>>> YMMV.
>>>
>>> N.B.: If you're shopping, you want the "i80130-2", *not* the "i80130-6"
>>> or
>>> "i80130-A".  The former has the iRMX ROM; the latter is ROMless and was
>>> used for the integrated peripherals.  See:
>>> https://www.cpushack.com/2017/03/12/when-intel-runs-out-of-chips/
>>>
>>> KJ
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM Holger Veit via cctalk <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > Around 1981, Intel made a 8086 companion chip named _operating system
>>> > processor_ (i80130, and i80150, resp.) which comprised a ROM and some
>>> > interrupt logic. The 80130 contained sort of a BIOS for iRMX86, the
>>> > 80150 supported CP/M-86. Few info can be found at
>>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80130, and a datasheet exists at
>>> > alldatasheet.com.
>>> > Some lore is also found in some history pages, but not much more than
>>> > the datasheet contains.
>>> >
>>> > Was the ROM content of both chips dumped and is available on the
>>> > Internet somewhere, or does someone have such a system (supposedly some
>>> > iAPX86/30) and is willing to make this public, e.g. upload to
>>> bitsavers?
>>> >
>>> > THX to any pointers
>>> >
>>> > Kind Regards
>>> > Holger
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>

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