Re: some questions
I'm new to this list and am wondering if the message below means to imply that an 8086 system with expanded memory is not supported because drivers for all the different bank-switching schemes do not exist. I have the same question for 80286 systems with extended memory cards. Expanded memory cards are problematic because each card potentially had it's own hardware scheme. Extended memory cards are not a problem. Extended memory is just extended memory. But I haven't seen the PM version of ELKS yet.
Re: will it eventually run X
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Eric J. Korpela wrote: [snip] I don't suppose you ever used X on an 8 MHz 68010 (like early Sun machines). I have :-) I wonder if it's still possible to get X10 or X11R3 source code anywhere. X wasn't always as bloated as it is now. [snip] ftp.x.org andru
Mail List Archives? Term program?
What happened to the mailing list archives? If I could search the archives, I could probably find the answer to my next question: Is there a terminal emulator program for ELKS yet? For those keeping count, I've got ELKS running on a Compaq 286 'lunchbox' machine (1.5megs, 40 meg HD), and a Amstrad PC640 "portable computer" (640k RAM, 2 720k floppies, NEC V30 processor). The Amstrad is neat because it can run on 10 C sized battery cells or a car cigarette lighter adapter. I'm thinking about making a small solar panel array to power it. Solar powered ELKS! -chris
Re: Mail List Archives? Term program?
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Chris Starling wrote: What happened to the mailing list archives? if they indeed did disappear I'd volunteer to make them available on my server if somebody happens to have them. Tracy Camp 503.380.3218 Hurrah Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consultants to the Networked World http://www.hurrah.com/
Re: Mail List Archives? Term program?
I thought I remembered someone making a small simple terminal program...maybe it was just for testing serial support. I probably have the mail sitting around somewhere, but it'd take forever to find it. Am I remembering right?? Dan On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Chris Starling wrote: What happened to the mailing list archives? If I could search the archives, I could probably find the answer to my next question: Is there a terminal emulator program for ELKS yet? For those keeping count, I've got ELKS running on a Compaq 286 'lunchbox' machine (1.5megs, 40 meg HD), and a Amstrad PC640 "portable computer" (640k RAM, 2 720k floppies, NEC V30 processor). The Amstrad is neat because it can run on 10 C sized battery cells or a car cigarette lighter adapter. I'm thinking about making a small solar panel array to power it. Solar powered ELKS! -chris
Re: some questions
Hello I think that´s impossible, but why not increase the amount of memory? You run into the same problem as you do trying to use Expanded memory on a pc, each company used they're own bank switching scheme, and the CPU can only address 64k otherwise. Well, most of the Z80 systems have only =64k, so I think there is no kind of bankswitchig. Of course, without memory expansion this systems will never run with ELKS. That´s not my question. One way might be to implement a bank switching model for embedded Z80 or upgraded computers. This means to put the reference scheme into the kernel documentation, and no other will work. (There´s an article about memory expansion on Z80 in http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/tcjol.html - dram.zip, but I haven´t try´d it yet) Is it worth all that work ?!? (I have no experience with this) BTW: What´s the target of the ELKS Project, run it only on old computer or use it on embedded homemade computers, too? bye Zak -- Sven ´Zak´ KozmaE-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (priv) BGFA EDV/Epidemiologie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ping.de/~zak We have joy, we have fun, we have sessions with the suns ...
Re: some questions
At 08:33 15/04/99 +0200, Zak wrote: snip documentation, and no other will work. (There´s an article about memory expansion on Z80 in http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/tcjol.html - dram.zip, but I haven´t try´d it yet) This link is okay but the two articles both abort with 404 errors. Anyone know of later links? Cheers, Denis
Re: Mail List Archives? Term program?
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Dan Olson wrote: I thought I remembered someone making a small simple terminal program...maybe it was just for testing serial support. I probably have the mail sitting around somewhere, but it'd take forever to find it. Am I remembering right?? check http://acid.ch.pw.edu.pl/~sq5bpf/elks jacek
Re: ELKS loading init and List titling
include the To: field of the mail header. Geez, duh. I should've thought of that. Sorry everyone! Ross
