From: "Dave White" <spectrac AT thebestisp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Embedded programming
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 23:35:21 -0500
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Hi Alexei,

I downloaded the files from your site and spent the last few hours reading
through the documentation and source code, and it looks like this will do
exactly what I need!!!

Thanks for all your help and input.

--
Dave White
SpectraChrom Software
www.spectrachrom.com


Alexei A. Frounze <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote in message
news:390FA2E3 DOT 9944E12D AT mtu-net DOT ru...
> Start with DJGPP/NASM and my OSLoader.
> OSLoader can boot from a disk (any MS FAT12/16 disk), setup PMode and run
your
> 32-bit program made with DJGPP & NASM.
>
> Take a look at my homepage.
>
> I belive you could just modify a little OSLoader so that it load
particular
> binaryfile but not waite for its name from the keyboard.
>
> --
> Alexei A. Frounze
> -----------------------------------------
> Homepage: http://alexfru.chat.ru
> Mirror:   http://members.xoom.com/alexfru
>
> Dave White wrote:
> >
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
> > news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000502144857 DOT 22132O-100000 AT is...
> >
> > > Surely, you cannot be positive these scripts will do what the original
> > > poster needs?
> >
> > Let me explain what I'm trying to do.  I've built an embedded control
> > project, based on a standard PII motherboard, but with no video,
keyboard,
> > disks, etc.  I need to write a small, fairly simple, application which
will
> > control my add-in cards (ADC/DAC/relay, etc.) and buffer incoming data
for
> > transfer to a 'real' PC.  I won't need any of the standard library
routines,
> > not evem malloc - being an embedded system, I can control all memory use
and
> > access fixed location buffers.  All I'm really trying to do is to use C
(not
> > even C++) as a high level assembler - easier to debug than plain
assembly.
> > I'll be writing all my own I/O functions and memory handling routines.
> >
> > Ultimately what I want to is create a binary image that can either be
loaded
> > from EPROM, or from a boot floppy, switch into protected mode, set up a
> > couple of interrupt handlers, then call my C _main function.  I have
pulled
> > together a lot of information from the web, but much of this relates to
flat
> > real mode, rather than full protected mode.  FRM is brain dead on a PII
so
> > I'd rather use full PM.  I have Borland C++ 4.5, Borland BCC32 command
line,
> > TASM 5.x, MASM 6.1, djgpp, NASM, etc. but have no simple way to start.
I'm
> > pretty sure that the complexity of the task I'm trying to accomplish
isn't
> > too hard, but the wealth of information is confusing.
>