README file for Micro 8088 / Xi 8088 / Sergey's XT BIOS
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BIOS Images
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bios.bin - BIOS image for use with xiflash utility
bios-micro8088.bin - BIOS image for Micro 8088 Version 1.1
bios-micro8088-xtide.bin - BIOS image for Micro 8088 Version 1.1 with XT-IDE
bios-xi8088.bin - BIOS image for Xi 8088 Version 2.0
bios-xi8088-xtide.bin - BIOS image for Xi 8088 Version 2.0 with XT-IDE
bios-sergey-xt.bin - BIOS image for Sergey's XT Version 1.0
bios-sergey-xt-xtide.bin - BIOS image for Sergey's XT Version 1.0 with XT-IDE
TODO:
- Xi 8088: Debug mouse issue with Intel 8242
- Xi 8088: Debug issues with Microsoft and Logitech mouse drivers
Changes - Version 0.9.8
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- Merge Micro 8088 and Xi 8088 to master branch (use same code base)
- Implement BIOS setup option for F0000-F7FFF area extension ROM scan
- Fix FDC data rate setting on systems with 360KB/720KB drives
- Update the number of floppies in equipment_word when saving configuration
- Revise POST codes. Display POST code prior to an action, such as device
test or subsystem initialization
- Micro 8088: RTC autodetect fixes
- Micro 8088: Fix floppy drives configuration
- Xi 8088: AT / PS/2 keyboard controller initialization code improved
Changes - Version 0.9.7
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- Micro 8088: Implement RTC support and autodetect (based on the code
contributed by Aitor Gomez)
- Micro 8088: Implement setting 40x25 CGA mode using DIP switches
- Xi 8088: Implement CPU clock frequency configuration in the BIOS setup
Changes - Version 0.9.6
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- Micro 8088: Implement CPU clock frequency configuration in the BIOS setup
utility (contributed by Aitor Gomez)
- Fix the issue where BIOS would activate RTS when sending a character
- Fix the issue with 24 hours clock rollover
Changes - Version 0.9.5
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- Micro 8088: Fix reading serial port status
- Micro 8088: Implement checksum for the Flash ROM configuration space
- Fix booting without XTIDE Universal BIOS
Changes - Version 0.9.4
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- Micro 8088: Implement BIOS setup utility including saving configuration to
the BIOS Flash ROM
- Improve build configurability
Changes - Version 0.9.3
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- Implement turbo mode switching using keyboard on Micro 8088
- Fix the issue where the number of serial and printer ports was not
updated in the equipment word
- Update XT keyboard reset and buffer flush code
- Fix the issue where the BIOS would hang when one of the Lock keys is pressed
- Increase I/O delay in RTC code to solve 'FF' displayed in the year issue
Changes - Version 0.9.2
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- Update configuration mechanism to enable support of multiple target platforms
- Add initial support for Micro 8088 board using Faraday FE2010A chipset
Changes - Version 0.9.0
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- No updates except of BIOS date and version
Changes - Version 0.8.2
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- Fix keypad '*' interpreted as print screen
- Output '00' POST code to Port 80h when booting OS
- Use OKI-designed 80C88 and Harris-designed 80C88 instead older/newer 80C88
- Add date and time setup to RTC setup utility
- NVRAM setup utility - print help only if requested
- Minor bug fixes and readability improvements in floppy code
- Fix compilation errors with AT_COMPAT and PS2_MOUSE disabled
Changes - Version 0.8.1
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- Fix BIOS extension ROM scan procedure. Previously in some cases it was
failing to initialize more than one BIOS extension ROM.
Changes - Version 0.8
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- Add serial port (INT 14h) support
- Add printer (INT 17h) support
- Add print screen (INT 5) support
- Print BIOS extension ROM addresses on ROM initialization
- Add more POST checkpoints, update POST codes
- Rename Sergey's XT references to Xi 8088
Changes - Version 0.7e
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- Set DS to the BIOS data segment after calling extension ROM initialization
routines. Fixes the bug where POST would stuck following initialization
of an extension ROM that doesn't preserve DS. (Reported by Bill Lewis)
Changes - Version 0.7d
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- Extension ROM scan
- Include 0F0000h - 0F7FFFh area in scan, so that extensions
can be added to the system's flash.
- POST
- Reset IOCHK trigger, disable turbo mode
Changes - Version 0.7c
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- IPL
- Fix boot sector signature address
- Fix error when booting from floppy (call INT 13h AH=08h before boot)
- POST
- Add DMA initialization
- Skip memory test if ESC pressed
- Skip memory test on warm reboot
- Keyboard / INT 09h
- Add support for Ctrl-Break
- Add support for Pause
- Video / INT 10h
- Functions 06h and 07h: Improve scrolling implementation
- Function 00h: Fix bug with clearing display in graphics modes
- Use free font for graphics modes
- Add graphics font for characters 80h-0FFh
- Floppy / INT 13h:
- Use 2.88M settings for the default disk parameter table.
Previosly 160K settings were used and BIOS was failing to boot
from disks with more than 8 sectors per track.
- More clean and effective fdc_get_result implementation,
fdc_wait_input removed as it no longer needed
Changes - Version 0.7b
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- Initial public release
TODO
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- [high] Add technical documentation
- [med] Finalize extended keyboard support - full extended keyboard support
- [med] Beep if no video, install dummy handler
- [low] Keyboard - sound on buffer overflow
- [low] More tests - RTC, memory, DMA
- [low] Init display before keyboard, so KBD errors can be displayed
Alternatively store non-fatal errors and display them after display
is initialized
- [low] Check possibility of using same EBDA for XT-IDE BIOS and system
BIOS PS/2 mouse functions
- [low] BIOS checksum
- [enh] Add PnP extension
Switches and jumpers settings - Xi 8088
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SW2-8: Display adapter type:
Off = CGA
On = MDA or Hercules
Ignored if Video BIOS is present (EGA / VGA cards)