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From: poirot@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Daniel Poirot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: DOS in ROM?
Message-ID: <687@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 4 Oct 90 19:32:49 GMT
Reply-To: poirot@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Daniel Poirot)
Organization: NASA JSC Houston, TX
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Now that 8088 motherboards are as cheap as they are, I would like to
replace some ageing micro-controllers with a PC motherboard.

With up to eight slots on some of these boards, this would allow me to
customize the controller by adding standard PC expansion boards.  Also,
programming in C and testing in a DOS host would be very attractive.

I would like to be able to run in a disk-free configuration for several
data-gathering points in the lab.

Several of the manufacturors of EPROM boards for the PC advertise the
capability of running DOS in ROM.  I am interested in a copy of the ROM
image if one is available.

Has anyone had any experience with putting DOS in ROM?  I understand
Radio Shack, Grid and Digital Research all use some sort of DOS in
ROM.

Also, I have a locator program from Dr. Dobbs Journal that is supposed
to convert .EXE files into a ROM image.  The article was aimed at a
BIOS-only system without DOS.  This would be O.K. but would defeat the
host-based testing capability.

Please reply by E-Mail as I will be out of the office for the next few
days.  Responses will be summarized and posted if there is sufficent
interest.

Thanks

Daniel Poirot           poirot@aio.jsc.nasa.gov
Lockheed C07A           "The mind is a terrable thing."
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