86-DOS emulation

[GloriousCow]

I am interested in emulating the earliest versions of 86-DOS.
As I understand it, this would entail emulating the following:

1. an S-100 system with an 8086 board (will be 8088 initially, until I can write a new BIU for the 8086)
2. a 8086 support card which has two PICs, some timers, serial and parallel ports, with the appropriate 8086 monitor loaded
3. a Cromemco 4DC floppy controller

What i'm unclear of is what displays were supported - or was the system interfaced via the serial port via terminal?
Anything else i'm missing?

 

[hmb]

I am interested in emulating the earliest versions of 86-DOS.
As I understand it, this would entail emulating the following:

1. an S-100 system with an 8086 board (will be 8088 initially, until I can write a new BIU for the 8086)
2. a 8086 support card which has two PICs, some timers, serial and parallel ports, with the appropriate 8086 monitor loaded
3. a Cromemco 4DC floppy controller

What i'm unclear of is what displays were supported - or was the system interfaced via the serial port via terminal?
Anything else i'm missing?

The system console was a serial terminal connected to the serial port on the SCP-300 "CPU Support Card".

 

[GloriousCow]

The system console was a serial terminal connected to the serial port on the SCP-300 "CPU Support Card".

what kind of terminal did it expect? Just curious if i should pull in a proper terminal emulation library or if i can hack up a simple serial "video card"

 

[hmb]

what kind of terminal did it expect? Just curious if i should pull in a proper terminal emulation library or if i can hack up a simple serial "video card"

86-DOS would work with a very basic serial terminal. When used with a VT-52, its function keys could be used to perform several very basic line-editing commands as described in the 86-DOS user manual.

 

[GloriousCow]

Ah cool; VT-52 it is then. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.