Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Z. B.
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 08:06:15PM +0300, Ercan Ersoy wrote: > FreeDOS Arduino Port doesn't have to graphics. For managing shell, we can > use only a UART on Arduino. We needn't 8k RAM for managing standard input, > standard output and standard error. Even before you start to discuss technical de

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ercan Ersoy
I have written some issues for Arduino Port of FreeDOS on freedos-devel. https://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg11347.html Best regards, Ercan -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ercan Ersoy
I know this. But, FreeDOS Arduino Port don't need C: for storage, it needs A: and B: generally. A: for flash memory on microcontroller, B: for SD card. Flash memory device driver and SD card device driver is simpler than floppy disk device driver, hard disk device driver and PATA device dri

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/13/2018 9:06 AM, Ercan Ersoy wrote: FreeDOS Arduino Port doesn't have to graphics. For managing shell, we can use only a UART on Arduino. We needn't 8k RAM for managing standard input, standard output and standard error. You don't need graphics, but even to manage a 80x25 text screen, you

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/13/2018 1:30 AM, Ercan Ersoy wrote: For FreeDOS Arduino Port needs major source code changes. Arduinos' microcontrollers (AVR and ARM) based on Harvard Architecture. For this reason, FreeDOS Arduino port can needs less resources. Sorry to be this blunt, but this is simply bollocks! Just

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ercan Ersoy
Hi! Harvard Architecture with separate program and data memory does NOT mean that you suddenly can get 640k x86 DOS performance out of a simple controller with 8k RAM. Sorry guys, this is total wishful thinking. But because you again mention the serial port UART: Maybe you want to write a p

Re: [Freedos-user] Now it gets odd Re: FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! As said, I can imagine that the BIOS of your system has problems if the USB stick and DOM both count as harddisks. But you already have bootable DOS installed from floppy now, so I suggest ways which are easier: You can connect the DOM instead of the normal disk to a "bigger" PC with CD-ROM a

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! Harvard Architecture with separate program and data memory does NOT mean that you suddenly can get 640k x86 DOS performance out of a simple controller with 8k RAM. Sorry guys, this is total wishful thinking. But because you again mention the serial port UART: Maybe you want to write a port of

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ercan Ersoy
Sorry, but this is a non-starter. Beside that the 8-RISC processor has absolutely nothing in common with the x86 >CPUs that DOS is based on. Those ATMega chips are "micro-controllers", not "micro-processors/computers". And a >basic Arduino Uno has a whooping 2KB of RAM, not much you can do

Re: [Freedos-user] Arduino Port of FreeDOS

2018-01-13 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/12/2018 2:15 PM, Ercan Ersoy wrote: Hello, I'm Ercan Ersoy (creator of DOS Coreutils and FreeDOS TUI Shell) and this e-mail address that I use general purpose. I have an idea. FreeDOS is a operating system that has some advantages. But, FreeDOS only runs PC platform. I think, FreeDOS c