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From: jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl
Subject: Re: PC as bare machine?
Date: 1999/08/20
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Ada2001 <ada2001@my-deja.com> wrote:

: I am starting on a embedded Ada development project that will ultimately
: run on a custom Intel CPU target board. The final target hardware will
: not be available for a few months.  I am wondering if it is possible to
: use a standard PC as a bare machine development platform until I get the
: real target board.  Has anyone done this or know of any papers
: describing how to boot a PC with a dedicated program (no operating
: system)?

In my experience, a 'bare board' really covers many variants, from really
bare boards, to boards with a bios and possibly an ROM'ed (DR)-DOS, to
boards with simple propriety ROM'ed monitors.

I sure hope your 'bare-board' includes a DOS ROM, as that would solve a
lot of 'start-up' problems. Otherwise, take a look at the sources of the
FreeDos project. Or Caldera's, if the source license is appropriate for
your use.

Jerry.

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