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Some notes and please open discussion section...
I tried ELKS v0.6.0 on my Atari PC1 with 8088 and 512KB RAM and seems to work fine ;)
Some notes: The boot output lists:
- "NEC V20" CPU, but it's a normal 8088 ;)
- The FDD are 720k not 360... (But i think the BIOS may be the problem ;)
On the "download" page here on github are different images, but no information what the files are. The List https://github.com/jbruchon/elks/wiki#binaries is incomplete and not the same as the files here: https://github.com/jbruchon/elks/releases
Is there a file list for 360, 720, 1.44 and 2.88 versions?!?
Think it would be also helpfull to open the github discussion, isn't it?
Bootscreen of my Atari PC1: (Note: The right side is cut off. This is due to my EGA converter and TFT combination.)
Hello @jedie and thank for running ELKS and letting us know about it with screenshots and discussion :)
"NEC V20" CPU, but it's a normal 8088 ;)
We're aware that the CPU identification code (probably written 20+ years ago) is buggy and sometimes inaccurate. It doesn't know anything about later model (386+) CPUs either. I have been thinking of removing it entirely, except it sometimes seems useful. (Not very useful when it gives flat out bad info though in your case!).
The FDD are 720k not 360... (But i think the BIOS may be the problem ;)
In your first screenshot, the first two displays of /dev/fd[0-1] info are received directly from the BIOS, whereas our probe routine is accurately identifying the drives as 720K. This is because the probe routine at open time attempted a read on track 79 which succeeded, which updated the kernel tables.
Is there a file list for 360, 720, 1.44 and 2.88 versions?!?
The actual list is in elkscmd/Applications, which is a bit cryptic but shows what you need. It would be possible to write some scripts to generate a more human-readable version of the same.
The List https://github.com/jbruchon/elks/wiki#binaries is incomplete and not the same
Thanks, looks like that needs to be updated with the 1200k and PC-98 floppies. UPDATED.
Think it would be also helpfull to open the github discussion, isn't it?
How does that work, I am not familiar with it? So far, we've mostly had discussion within open issues, but welcome more discussion elsewhere.
Thank you!
How does that work, I am not familiar with it? So far, we've mostly had discussion within open issues, but welcome more discussion elsewhere.
Just go into project settings/General/Features and activate "Discussions"...
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;)
Is there a file list for 360, 720, 1.44 and 2.88 versions?!?
The actual list is in elkscmd/Applications, which is a bit cryptic but shows what you need. It would be possible to write some scripts to generate a more human-readable version of the same.
I insert a Link in the Wiki with: https://github.com/jbruchon/elks/wiki/Home/_compare/0e9e895cd51674e070570a9a4aa7eb9c05e898b2
Hello @jbruchon,
Can you turn on Discussions, or give me permission to do so, as suggested by https://github.com/jbruchon/elks/issues/1334#issuecomment-1160081114? I don't have authority and there is not Settings tab for me.
Thank you!
