From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-cpm Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm Title: Re: 8080 to 8086 translation Article-I.D.: ucbvax.376 Posted: Thu Dec 16 04:09:02 1982 Received: Sun Dec 19 11:51:15 1982 >From goldfarb.ucf-cs@Udel-Relay Tue Dec 14 01:54:26 1982 To: Jerry E Pournelle , goldfarb.ucf-cs@Udel-Relay Cc: info-cpm@BRL, Li@Rutgers Via: UCF-CS; 12 Dec 82 21:45-EST Via: Udel-Relay; 12 Dec 82 21:44-EST Via: Brl; 12 Dec 82 22:02-EST Via: Brl-Bmd; 12 Dec 82 22:36-EST I tend to agree that Godbout does a terrific job of supplying preconfigured CPM's for just about every combination of their hardware. Unfortunately, (but in some respects, fortunately), I augment the CompuPro stuff with a CCS 4-port serial board that I have modified to do what I want. I need a full-spec RS232 port to drive my Racal-Vadic, which I use for a RCP/M system part of the time. But the rest is all Godbout: 8085/8088, memory, Disk 1, and System Support 1. Thus, BIOS programming is necessary in my case. I like to use an interrupt- driven keyboard as well, and Sorcim does not provide for that. So I have to modify the BIOS to handle that. I am also a hacker/tinkerer and I love to play with CP/M. That's why I need to have an assembleable BIOS. Ben