Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
from dmccunney: See http://oldcomputers.net/gridpad.html But since it came with MSDOS 3.3 built in, the question is why you would need FreeDOS. Thanks for the link, it was interesting out of curiosity, but of course nobody would pay $2370 nowadays for something like that. Tablet sounded like something modern, but otherwise the description looked like something long past its time. Now I wonder if the flash cards, 256 MB or 512 MB, could be read on a modern computer with a media reader as a compact flash or SD card? Tom -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Thomas Mueller mueller6...@twc.com wrote: from dmccunney: See http://oldcomputers.net/gridpad.html But since it came with MSDOS 3.3 built in, the question is why you would need FreeDOS. Thanks for the link, it was interesting out of curiosity, but of course nobody would pay $2370 nowadays for something like that. Nowadays, no. When it was released it was another matter. Back when the original IBM PC was first taking over corporate desktops as an engine to run Lotus 1,2,3, prices were in that range. Tablet sounded like something modern, but otherwise the description looked like something long past its time. It's a tablet form factor, with a stylus for input. It's an early pen computing device. Now I wonder if the flash cards, 256 MB or 512 MB, could be read on a modern computer with a media reader as a compact flash or SD card? I have an all-in-one USB reader that handles Compact Flash, MMC, Memory Stick and Compact Flash cards. Assuming it *is* the Compact Flash format used by the cards for this, they are certainly still readable. They were formatted as FAT16, and I still have a 256MB CF card originally used in a Handspring Visor PDA as external storage with a third party adapter. I could successfully read it and transfer data off of it. Another FreeDOS list member has a PC that replaced the original HD with a CF card, for a gratifying speed boost. Current SSDs are not a new concept. Tom __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
There is a limited subset of DOS in ROM. The hard drive had been cleaned of most of its contents, they did leave the on screen keyboard software loaded. Two 10meg flash cards came with it. At least that is what the label on them claims. -- But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel I Timothy 5:8 -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
from Bob: Does anyone know if Freedos would work on a GridPad 1910? For those that don't know this is a PC/XT tablet computer. 10 Meg hard drive in this one. No floppy, so install will be interesting. How do you transfer data to GridPad 1910? Surely there would be no USB or CD, and hard drive would interface would be something that came long before IDE or ATA and not compatible with modern computers? Tom -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 6:06 AM, Thomas Mueller mueller6...@twc.com wrote: How do you transfer data to GridPad 1910? Surely there would be no USB or CD, and hard drive would interface would be something that came long before IDE or ATA and not compatible with modern computers? See http://oldcomputers.net/gridpad.html But since it came with MSDOS 3.3 built in, the question is why you would need FreeDOS. Tom __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
You need to format the flash drive with a FreeDOS boot sector and kernel then figure out how to tell the bios to boot off that drive. A similar process used to work a Poqet PC I used to have [0]. Beware these kind of computers can have a non-compatible bios. This will affect their chance for success. [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poqet_PC On Saturday, March 14, 2015, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 6:06 AM, Thomas Mueller mueller6...@twc.com javascript:; wrote: How do you transfer data to GridPad 1910? Surely there would be no USB or CD, and hard drive would interface would be something that came long before IDE or ATA and not compatible with modern computers? See http://oldcomputers.net/gridpad.html But since it came with MSDOS 3.3 built in, the question is why you would need FreeDOS. Tom __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net javascript:; https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] GridPad 1910
Does anyone know if Freedos would work on a GridPad 1910? For those that don't know this is a PC/XT tablet computer. 10 Meg hard drive in this one. No floppy, so install will be interesting. -- But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel I Timothy 5:8 -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
