[OpenBIOS] ROM-Emulators

[Edwin Rhodes]

this sounds like a really cool idea! but how would we go about making our
own board?

----- Original Message -----
From: James Oakley <jfunk at roadrunner.nf.net>
To: <openbios at elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] ROM-Emulators


> "Ronald G. Minnich" wrote:
> >
> > so can it sit in place of a 28F008s5? where do I buy one?
>
> I believe that chip is often SMT, soldered directly to the motherboard.
> To replace it, you would first have to disable the original one somehow.
> If it's socketed, it's a simple matter of removing the chip. If it's
> soldered... well, it would definitely void your warranty.
>
> The last couple of times I bought motherboards, I made sure that the
> flash was socketed as I had OpenBIOS in mind. You can always find a
> motherboard with any specific chipset that has socketed flash (ideally
> in a DIP package, that's easiest to deal with).
>
> Another idea that might be worth pursuing is making a board with two
> additional flash ROMs on it and flash into the main BIOS code that jumps
> to the selected ROM on the card. The board would be mostly the same, and
> no motherboard modification is required.
>
> Actually, this sounds like a better idea. What do you all think?
>
> JFunk
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