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PashaPasha Posts: 56
edited 2008-10-28 22:10 in Propeller 1
Is there a way to make the propeller take a simple x86 operating system in one of its cogs. I mean something really simple like dos for instance.

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  • pgbpsupgbpsu Posts: 460
    edited 2008-10-28 19:13
    @Pasha

    Although I haven't used anything like this, here's one that came up recently:

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=750894


    I think you'll find lots of hits if you use this search engine:

    http://search.parallax.com/


    pgb
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-10-28 19:28
    There's also an older Propeller OS that I wrote that's the basis of FemtoBasic: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=598350
    An improved version is here: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=620700

    There was someone who was working on an emulator for the 8080 processor so the Propeller could run CP/M. You wouldn't be able to run DOS since that would require an 8086/8088 emulator, harder to do than an 8080 emulator.

    Post Edited (Mike Green) : 10/28/2008 7:33:22 PM GMT
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2008-10-28 20:02
    The old Sinclair QL (8 MHz 68008) had an 8086 emulator. It could even run Windows, albeit rather slowly.

    Leon

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2008-10-28 20:09
    It's a lot of work to write an 8086 emulator. Are you volunteering?
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2008-10-28 21:17
    Not likely!

    Leon

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  • heaterheater Posts: 3,370
    edited 2008-10-28 22:10
    @Pasha: "really simple like dos for instance."

    I've got just the thing for you: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=711157

    That's CPM for the 8 bit 8080/8085 architecture with 8 floppy disc drives emulated in SD card. Run all you favourite Microsoft Basic programs, WordStar etc !

    Not much support for Prop features at the moment only enough to flash some LEDS.

    I'm still tinkering with it from time to time, one day I'll release a version with hard disk emulation and supporting 64K RAM.

    @Mike : No I'm not up for the 8086 emulator, it's too much work, would be horrid slow, really needs external RAM (slow) and anyway I realized I've done quite enough programming for that ghastly architecture already.

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