> Some more exotic VGA graphics modes are not implemented, and
> most text modes take more graphics computing power than some
> lower resolution graphics modes at same screen refresh rate /
> frames per second rate, but I would say that Geode is really
> VGA compatible enough for DOS.
Rather tha
Hi Robert, XO user, others,
> > sort of graphical layer since there is no (S)VGA standard
> > implementedin fact, the graphical controller is embedded in the
> > Geode chip and i'm not sure if it implements some standard at all
> Why not read the Geode LX data book at
> www.amd.com/us-en/Con
Daniel Franzini escreveu:
> and use the appin fact the even easier alternative is to use
> DOSEMU but i'm not sure how will the performance bei don't use
> DOSEMU so i cannot tell much about it
DOSEMU's performance is very good. Graphic is faster than any other emu
(qemu vmware M$...
Daniel Franzini wrote:
> on the subject of porting FreeDOS to XO, one would have to write some
> sort of graphical layer since there is no (S)VGA standard
> implementedin fact, the graphical controller is embedded in the
> Geode chip and i'm not sure if it implements some standard at
> all
you are correctAMD Geode is indeed x86...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode_(processor)
on the subject of porting FreeDOS to XO, one would have to write some
sort of graphical layer since there is no (S)VGA standard
implementedin fact, the graphical controller is embedded in the
Geode ch
I remember that there was a project IIRC called L(i)DOS tha loaded a
minimal Linux kernel, DOSEMU and one shell.
IMHO this could be a way to go, but withou graphics, for graphics you
would need X which would make things bigger.
Alain
xo user escreveu:
> Hello
> I plan to buy OLPC XO laptops fr
Hi XO,
> I plan to buy OLPC XO laptops from One Laptop Per Child project.
> 1. There is no standard BIOS on the laptop.
> 2. There is no VGA/EGA/CGA display mode on the built-in display
> Is it possible to port FreeDOS to this new AMD Geode laptop?
I think the OLPC will run on Linux. And on Linu
Hello
I plan to buy OLPC XO laptops from One Laptop Per Child project.
I plan to run old DOS education program on the laptop.
Unfortunately
1. There is no standard BIOS on the laptop.
2. There is no VGA/EGA/CGA display mode on the built-in display controller on the laptop.
Is it possible to por
