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| caption = Booting up the 86-DOS system
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| name = 86-DOS
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| creator = Seattle Computer Products
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| current version = 1.0 (1981)
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| year introduced = 1981
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| type = Singletasking, Singleuser
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| architecture = [[IBM PC]]
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86-DOS was the CP/M work alike that was being written by Tim Patterson.
 
86-DOS was the CP/M work alike that was being written by Tim Patterson.
  
 
There is a great information site http://www.86dos.org/index.htm
 
There is a great information site http://www.86dos.org/index.htm
  
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== How do I get this to run ==
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There is a download like available to a [[SIMH]] image of the boot disk [http://www.schorn.ch/cpm/zip/86dos.zip here]  Simple download the zip file & extract it, then use a version of SIMH 3.0 or higher's Altair Z80 emulator to bootstrap it.  Although the name may seem misleading, the Altair z80 simulates a development enviroment that allows for an 8086 coprocessor to execute the 86-DOS Operating System.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:28, 13 July 2009


86-DOS
86-dos.png
Booting up the 86-DOS system
Type: Singletasking, Singleuser
Creator: Seattle Computer Products
Architecture: IBM PC
This Version: 1.0 (1981)
Date Released: 1981


86-DOS was the CP/M work alike that was being written by Tim Patterson.

There is a great information site http://www.86dos.org/index.htm

How do I get this to run

There is a download like available to a SIMH image of the boot disk here Simple download the zip file & extract it, then use a version of SIMH 3.0 or higher's Altair Z80 emulator to bootstrap it. Although the name may seem misleading, the Altair z80 simulates a development enviroment that allows for an 8086 coprocessor to execute the 86-DOS Operating System.