Alistair Riddoch wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:26:24PM -0200, Leonardo Sampaio Cardoso wrote:
> >
> > Hello guys. I have just finished my 8086 minimal board (for the
> > microprocessor class) and I want to get elks running on it. I would like
> > to know the minimum ram and rom needed to get that done. It has a 8251
> > serial interface, a 8255 parallel interface, a 8253 timer and a 8259
> > pic. Any ideas? Suggestions?
> >
>
> As an absolute minimum I think you need 64K of RAM and 64K of ROM to build
> a system that will allow you to run a couple of apps. If you want to
> be able to log in and run a shell, you will need a filesytem. In this
> case in addition to the 64K kernel ROM you will need 128K or so
> of filesystem ROM, and probably 128K of RAM. The rest of the chips you have
> in mind sound fine.
>
> Al
First of all thanks for answering :)
I was also thinking about a 128K x 8 flash memory I found in a defective
motherboard. Does that make a reasonable File system?
thanks again.
leosam
