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86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support (Announce)

posted by Ibidem, 06.10.2013, 08:08

> I'm forwarding this topic from
> DJGPP
> google group for those interested about new HW for running DOS on
> it. This project is extraordinary as fully OpenHW/OpenSource project. So
> all schematics are available. It uses Coreboot+SeaBIOS as openfirmware and
> it's targetted as DJGPP with arduino 86 libs dev. platform. It's small
> board like Arduino but based on Vortex86EX SoC with 256MB RAM and PCI-E x1.
>
> Estimated price of the board would be around 50$ (but depends on sales
> decision).

I'd been thinking that sounded neat, but I just ran across something else vaguely similar:
Intel seems to have just come out with a new line of processors-"Quark".
It's a SOC with a 32-bit "Pentium ISA" cpu (586, not sure if it has mmx), running at 400 MHz (fixed speed), and allegedly at ~ 1/10 the power of an Atom; I see 1.9-2.2 W TDP claimed. 512 kilobytes of onboard SRAM--enough to run DOS without any DIMMs...
Along with the new line, they came out with a new board:
the Galileo, which is Arduino-compatible, but with a Quark SOC.
In total, it's 10/100 ethernet (not sure about chipset; may or may not have packet drivers...), 1x mini-PCIe slot, USB 2 host controller & guest connector, RS232 (3-pin jack), JTAG header, optional microSD, 256 MB RAM, and 8 MB NOR flash for storing bootloader, firmware, and "sketch".
The system is 3.3V, but there's a jumper to allow running 5V shields.
It's supposed to be available for ~$60 at the end of November.
Schematics are available, and it seems like you will be able to replace the firmware; it runs Linux, and can be booted from MicroSD. Not sure how hard getting DOS to run would be.


http://download.intel.com/support/galileo/Galileo_Datasheet_329681.pdf
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/galileo-maker-quark-board.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7387/intel-announces...-quark-based-arduino-compatible-developer-board

Complete thread:

• 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 17.09.2013, 14:20 (Announce)
  • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Zyzzle, 17.09.2013, 22:36
    • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 17.09.2013, 23:24
      • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Zyzzle, 18.09.2013, 23:23
        • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Brian_extended, 21.10.2013, 23:16
          • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 22.10.2013, 02:00
    • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Oso2k, 29.10.2013, 22:03
      • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 30.10.2013, 01:51
        • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RoBoardLab, 30.10.2013, 16:54
          • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 30.10.2013, 19:03
            • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RoBoardLab, 31.10.2013, 16:40
              • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Oso2k, 31.10.2013, 21:55
                • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 01.11.2013, 01:26
                • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Zyzzle, 01.11.2013, 02:48
                  • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Oso2k, 01.11.2013, 17:20
                    • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 02.11.2013, 01:42
          • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support-long filenames - Arjay, 01.11.2013, 23:41
  • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Ibidem, 06.10.2013, 08:08
    • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 10.10.2013, 22:27
      • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Ibidem, 12.10.2013, 07:21
        • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 12.10.2013, 14:37
      • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - Oso2k, 29.10.2013, 22:17
        • 86duino OpenHW project with DOS/DJGPP support - RayeR, 30.10.2013, 01:49