Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-22 Thread Thomas Groman
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:13:00 + mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > Quoting Johnathan Mantey : > > > Michael, > > What has changed that is prompting this endeavor? > > SBC -> Single Board Computer > > RTC -> Real time computer running MS-DOS 6.22. > > GUI -> Graphical User Interface

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-19 Thread King Beowulf
On 9/16/19 4:41 AM, Michael C Robinson wrote: > Microsoft seems to think everyone can buy a new computer frequently, but > the QSP-2 uses an ISA shared memory card that is not compatible with non > ISA systems and Q-Soft 2 seems to require dos based Windows. > > Since Microsoft has graciously

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-17 Thread michael
Quoting Johnathan Mantey : Michael, What has changed that is prompting this endeavor? SBC -> Single Board Computer RTC -> Real time computer running MS-DOS 6.22. GUI -> Graphical User Interface running Windows 98SE and Q-Soft. The operating systems the RTC and GUI depend on are long ago

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-17 Thread Johnathan Mantey
Michael, What has changed that is prompting this endeavor? On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:47 AM Michael C Robinson < mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > RTC stands for real time computer and it typically runs MS-DOS 6.22. > > GUI stands for Graphical User Interface and it typically runs 98SE. > > SBC

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-17 Thread Michael C Robinson
RTC stands for real time computer and it typically runs MS-DOS 6.22. GUI stands for Graphical User Interface and it typically runs 98SE. SBC stands for single board computer. Windows Me may not work because a driver for the shared memory card has to be loaded at boot where Windows Me seems

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-17 Thread Michael C Robinson
Quoting "Rodney W. Grimes" : Let me try to start with a "Problem statement", note this was written after reading and commenting to the email in line. You are trying to "keep running" an old Quad QSP-2 peck and place machine that uses 2 computers, one shall be called the GUI and the other the

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-17 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
Let me try to start with a "Problem statement", note this was written after reading and commenting to the email in line. You are trying to "keep running" an old Quad QSP-2 peck and place machine that uses 2 computers, one shall be called the GUI and the other the RTC. The *original*

Re: [PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-16 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> Microsoft seems to think everyone can buy a new computer frequently, > but the QSP-2 uses an ISA shared memory card that is not compatible > with non ISA systems and Q-Soft 2 seems to require dos based Windows. > > Since Microsoft has graciously decided that $100k+ machines which > depend

[PLUG] Replace Windows 98se with Linux or Freedos...

2019-09-16 Thread Michael C Robinson
Microsoft seems to think everyone can buy a new computer frequently, but the QSP-2 uses an ISA shared memory card that is not compatible with non ISA systems and Q-Soft 2 seems to require dos based Windows. Since Microsoft has graciously decided that $100k+ machines which depend on Windows

[PLUG] Replace Windows 98SE with Linux....

2019-09-16 Thread Michael C Robinson
Microsoft seems to think everyone can buy a new computer frequently, but the QSP-2 uses an ISA shared memory card that is not compatible with non ISA systems and Q-Soft 2 seems to require dos based Windows. Since Microsoft has graciously decided that $100k+ machines which depend on Windows