86-DOS
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| 86-DOS | |
 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.
