[DSP-10] Booting/loading on XP computer with CDrom

[kd7ts]

I did some playing around with "Puppy Linux" a while ago, and it's not  
difficult to make a bootable CD. I don't think an image file is needed.

I have screwed up a lot of CDs by not leaving the disk open ended... so  
don't do that.

The few burner programs I have used all allow making a bootable CD.

I think the files you need to boot to a DOS prompt are the same as a  
floppy.

Command.com
Io.sys
Msdos.sys

and to run the dsp-10

Dsp.bat
R.bat
Ezfast.com
Ezld.com
Uhf3.exe
Uhfa.exe
Egavga.bgi
Uhelp_1.txt
Uhfa.cfg
Uhfa_43a.rnd
Gnu_gpl.txt

The batch files are not required.

You can also boot from a USB device if your BIOS allows it.

There is some dicussion in the DSP-10 docs at.....

http://home.comcast.net/~kd7ts/v380/autoboot.htm

73 Mike kd7ts







On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:47:54 -0700, Don AE5K <donj at ae5k.us> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm just in the midst of switching laptops, the ancient one being an old
> 90 MHz Pentium Toshiba running Windows 98 with floppy disk booting of
> the DSP-10 software.
>
> The new(er) one is an IBM T43 running XP with no floppy, but it has a
> CDrom drive.  Fortunately I have the docking station for it which gives
> me a serial port.
>
> Surely, someone else has gone thru something like this -- anyone care to
> share an .ISO file with me that I can burn a CD with?  Or at least, give
> me some hints as the easiest way to do this?  I, of course, would like
> to have the computer boot up using the CDrom, but still have access to
> the hard disk for logging and other purposes while using the DSP-10.
>
> The last I could find in the list archives was some rumblings back in
> 2007 which didn't exactly answer my question.
>
> While on the subject of booting and operating the DSP-10, has anyone
> done this using a version of Linux?
>
> I'm finally taking the DSP-10, built many years ago, out of mothballs
> and hopefully putting it to good use as the i.f. for a 1296 transverter
> to begin with.
>
> 73,
> Don AE5K
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