Hi Gregg, What machine even has a 186? I now it exist[s|ed], but never knew what it was used in, always guessed some embedded stuff. Instruction set-wise, the 186 is compatible with 8086/88 (I think it may have one or 2 more instructions), you should be good there. The 8086 is the "lowest common denominator" of the x86 line, so really ELKS will ((should)) boot on any x86. I'm pretty sure I downloaded some datasheets for the 186 off the net a while back. If the machine doesn't make use of PC or SIBO architecture, then you'll need to do some hacking, but it sounds like you know that already. -Ben --- On Sat, 4/26/08, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Has anyone gotten ELKS to run on an I80186 based system? > To: "ELKS" <linux-8086@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 10:05 AM > Hello! > I am looking to make use of the basic items that are part > of an I80186 > based system here. (I for Intel, even though that firm made > the bad > decision to EOL and probably discontinue that line sometime > ago.) > > I thought it would be appropriate to make use of ELKS for > it as > opposed to fabricating an RTOS for it from scratch. Granted > this is > asking a heck of a lot of the features found on one such > device, but > given the special nature of the I80186 and what ELKS is, it > does make > sense in a strange sort of way. > > -- > Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@xxxxxxxxx > "This signature was once found posting rude > messages in English in the Moscow subway." > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
